Day Two-First Day on Site

Kids got to spend the day at their ministry sites today but first we had to endure a significant lightning storm before we could head out but it only set us back a few minutes. Just to give you some ideas of the variety of things kids are doing: Karissa is painting the home and clearing the yard of a lady in the hospital. Shania is building sandstone steps at a local camp. Note: Shania now has pick ax skills. Adam is playing guitar at nursing homes. Chad and Alana cleaned and sorted in a local thrift store/ shelter. Ethan is mowing yards tomorrow. Rob painted a cafeteria at juvenile facility. Nathan is doing vbs in housing complexes. Kids are all over and you have my permission to ask them about it.

Our goal as adult leaders is to engage every student, every day. We are debriefing kids at dinner and in our group time and letting them process the day's activities and the day's lessons from scripture. Today's theme was connecting to the lost.

Tonight we (our church group) honored our "seniors". We are blessed to have 8 kids who have graduated yet took the time in this crazy, busy transition period before college to come serve with us. I think that's pretty special.

We also got a treat from Bev. She put together snack packs for all of us in chinese food take out containers. Each box contained a puzzle piece that our seniors put together. Connected together we formed a recognizable picture. Scattered individuals are not nearly as effective as a unified group hence the importance of being connected. Tomorrow we honor another special group. Stay tuned for details.

On the lighter side of camp, tonight we had nightlife with minute to win it games. Xavier Taylor found the winning skills to move a cookie from his forehead to his mouth using only his face-Fear the Beard! Maddie McConnell took first place by stacking three apples in the shortest time. Not exactly marketable skills but...

Things I should verify on wikipedia: I was told by a nursing home resident today that if you throw a green snake into fire his feet will pop out. How does this come up you ask? I really can't remember, I was too busy trying to stay engaged in the conversation. But honestly a lot went by while I kept thinking about tiny little snake feet. There is a story about a Peruvian death worm but that requires further wikipedia research.

Not much changes: I hitched a ride with Al to grab lunches this morning. After a few unsuccesful attempts to find his way, Al told me that he and Dave made a run last night to find the lunch place to avoid...wait for it..."just what was happening right now".

And in the let's make convesation but I really want to know department: We (Adam and I) spent some time in two nursing homes today in Corbin, KY. I overheard Adam ask one lady if she had ever seen Colonel Sanders having grown up here. So far I have not met any Corbinites that have actually seen him. Yeah, it's true, I wanted to know too.

Tomorrow (Wednesday) is day two on site. Please pray that the kids will see that doing things in Jesus' name is significant regardless of whether we can "connect" all the dots or not. Let us not be weary in well doing.