Day three of Houston relief work has dawned. Today we worked at three separate locations that included an after school club and two houses. We finished spraying out the after school program building with fire hoses and squeegeed out the halls and classrooms. In the gymnasium of the same facility we moved the contents of a storage room to the stage and created piles consisting of personal care, first aid and infant products. During lunch
Howdy Y’all, We made it another day in the beautiful state of Texas. We woke up to the sound of mooing at the early hour of 7am for breakfast and our day began. We piled into vans to help out the Just Do It Now center, similar to The Boys and Girls Club, in Wharton, Tx. Arriving there we got geared up and were prepared for labor where we carried, pulled, and moved out furniture. The furniture
This week, our class is in Texas to do our part in the disaster relief from Hurricane Harvey. Originally, our class was planning to drive vans from Hume Lake, California to Houston, Texas. But, the leaders and staff from Joshua thought it best to see if God would rather us fly instead. Reason being, so that we could be more intentional and efficient with the allotted time that we had set aside to serve the
This week is now coming to a close. Earlier today we said goodbye to our amazing speaker for this week, Dewey Bertolini, whose passion and insight into the final words of Jesus excited us all about the intricacies of the Scriptures. Over the last few days, he walked us through the seven final statements of Jesus, words that changed the world forever. We learned so much from him about who Jesus is, what Jesus said,
So, life in the building continues as always. Most of us went off to work and others enjoyed a weekend in San Francisco. The retreat for the weekend was for the Hume lakers and the legacy which consist of people who are dedicated to helping support Hume Lake. Spike ball, long walks, and tired college students would have been a common sight up at the building. The buzz around the building has consisted of traveling
Well… tonight we traveled back into our childhood of Disney fantasy. We got the pleasure to dine with Cinderella and Prince Eric themselves, Bambi, Gaston, Russel and Carl, the good ole Toy story gang; it was quite a scene. As you looked around the room, you could hear the off-pitch melodies of us belting out our favorite Disney songs. (I’m sure you could hear that lovely sound all the way down the hill). Oh, we