Saturday,
We woke up this
morning and got ready for the day. At 7:30, Liz and Gail left to go get supplies
for ice cream sundaes. Our team wanted to bless the kids and staff with a treat
and Ryan’s mom had given extra money to do this. While they were gone, the team
had devotions with great worship led by Ashley Huff, Tiffany, Stephen and
Connor. After worship, Zack led the devotion time. He talked about why people
are atheists or why they don’t choose God and he made some really profound
statements. Liz and Gail got back just in time to participate in a S.O.A.P. process
(Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer). This is a form of Bible reading
and journaling. We read from Isaiah 40: 25-31. Once everyone read it and heard
what God was saying, we all shared what we received from the Lord. It was
amazing how many received similar things for the group for the day.
After devotions,
we had a breakfast of pancakes fruit, milk and juice. Everyone loved them.
Once breakfast
was over, it was time for activities with all the teens. We had canvas journals
for them to decorate and then we took them through the S.O.A.P. process. It was
amazing to see how each teen decorated their journals. The kids are all so
talented. Our kids all decorated them also. It was a great time with just the
teens. At noon, we went up to the community room and performed our “Mask” drama
for the kids. We had testimonies from three of our team members. This was totally
a Holy Spirit led event since we had not planned to have people give testimonies.
A teen from EV asked one of our leaders why we had it so good. She had said she
wanted to go to the US because her life would be better. She thought we had
perfects lives and we didn’t have the past hurts that they experienced. Our
team’s testimonies were so powerful and you couldn’t hear a pin drop while they
were being given. Afterwards some kids
asked for specific prayer and even shared their stories with some of the
leaders. They blessed us by praying for
us and we continued our visiting outside.
We had a
fabulous dinner and then we were able to play with the kids a short while more
before we had a time to debrief with Ale, our EV group coordinator. When the team
had to say their last good-byes the tears were then flowing from everyone. It
is so hard to say good-bye to these precious kids. Our youth made such
connections with all of them. I have had every one of our youth say they can’t
wait till the next trip.
As the leader of
this team, I can’t express enough how proud I am of all of our youth and
leaders. They have all blessed me so much with their willingness to participate
above and beyond my expectations. I am so blessed personally by this team. East
Hill, you can be proud of our youth.
Sunday,
Everyone is packed and ready to go…sort of.
Physically they ready, emotionally they could never be ready. Please pray for safe travel today as they
make their way home
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