Last day of work

Today was our last day of work and I am exhausted! They actually made me work today. Everyone is looking forward to traveling to the beach tomorrow. We just finished up our evening devotions time and God was moving. We went to the sanctuary of the church we are staying at and watched a video presentation of different pictures and video's from right after Hurricane Katrina hit. Then we opened the microphone to our students to share what God has been doing in them this week. It was wonderful to sit back and hear that this trip was a success! Thank you so much for your prayers. Please continue to pray for us as we travel to the beach tomorrow and then home on Sunday. God has been using your teenagers and amazing things hava happened in their lives. I challenged them to write down something that God has done this week so that they don't forget it. I heard our students say so many things that God has been teaching them. One young lady commented to me about how she would often complain to her mom about their home. She told me "I will never again complain to my mom about where I live." One young man said, "I will never freak out if my mom won't let me get a new X-Box game. I've realized that I have a lot more important things in my life...like my family." We had so many people share how they realized this week how much Here are four new videos for you to watch. Some clips are of us playing in "the Projects" (that is what they call it!) One is of a home owner, and several are of workers. I hope someone is still reading this! Thanks again for all you've done to make this week possible for your students. (Also...sorry about the lizard video! It was a complete accident!) Love, Joy & Peace!

Some more...

Here are some more videos from today and yesterday. Sorry about the slow posting of videos. We only have dial up at the church and I have to sneak away to a Super 8 at night to use their internet. Things are going great! Tomorrow is our last day of work and many of our sites will be completly finished! One group is even starting a new house tomorrow. We had devotions together on the beach tonight and it was amazing to hear our students share how God has been working in there lives this week. Many of the shared how much they take for granted the blessing they have at home. Some are even wrestling with Gods will for their lives. Thank you for praying I hope you enjoy these new videos!

Day 1 & 2

Hey everyone! Sorry It's taken so long to get these posted. Internet has been a bit of a problem for us! I'm at a Super 8 right now posting this. All of our teams are working hard and getting a lot of work done. There is a video on here of one family commenting about all the hard work your students are doing. I am amazed at the way God is using our students! The last clip is a woman talking about using her bathroom for the first time in 3 years! It's pretty fun. Have a great day!

A reminder and some updates

Hello Everyone.

I just wanted to remind you of a few important things before we leave on the trip.

1. You must have your consent form completed and notarized in order to board your bus! Do not forget this form!

2. Do to space limitations you are only allowed to bring 1 carry on bag and 1 other medium size bag. This is very important. Please be respectful of everyone Else's space.

Updates

1. We will be doing a lot of dry wall work and painting. Be sure you pack a screw driver!

2. The church we are staying at only has 60 air mattresses available. If you own an air mattress bring it. If not don't rush out to buy one, there will be one available at the site.


Thats all for now! I'm excited