Today was a great day, but I figured you were tired of just hearing from my perspective about what was going on. So on the blog tonight each team leader is going to share about their group.
This is Ken I.
I have Liz C,
Sami V,
Keegan H, Shawn D., Jessica I & Jason S,
We have been working on re-shingling and painting the exterior peaks of the house. They have really pulled together and worked as a team. On the 1st day we accomplished more than the SOS Team Leader thought we would. They have shared and talked and I hope they have learned from each other. All have received Gods blessing of Sun since it has been in the 90's and working on the roof. Even though we have coated
each other with sunscreen, we all have some new color.
It has been great working with them, can't wait till tomorrow.
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This is Gary Bowron and Megan Coy!!!
Our students are: Aarah, Erin, Emily, Hunter, Hayden, and Logan. As well as our great and awesome SOS team leader, Rebecca!
These last two days have been great with the students and community. Their hearts have been set on helping an amazing woman, Ms. Betty, with home. On the first day, the kids and leaders went up on the roof and shingled and tarred! What a mess that was...good thing we had the WD-40!!! On the second day, two projects went on inside the house: a floor was ripped out as well as a ceiling!
All of the neighborhood (or so it seems) comes over to Ms Betty's and hangs out in the front yard and in the living room! with kids running all over the place and teens and adults working around the clock to improve the house's condition, memories have been made, hearts have been focused and God has been in the very pressence of your children!
Hello Parents! This is Sesley, and I have the pleasure of working with Chad, Jonathan,Alex (aka Pretty Boy), Tayler, and Heather, not to mention our fearess team leader, Will (aka Super Juan) who have never worked with junior high kids! :) We are working inside Miss. Peggy's house painting ceilings, walls, and blowing "popcorn" texture. Sadly, Miss. Peggy lost her mother-in-law today, but we were able to surround her in prayer. We are being charmed by the 5 kids that live there as they dance for us and help us hang plastic-MILES of plastic. We saw first hand how to put your little brother in a full nelson and carry him inside the house. Your kids are wonderful servants and are learning so much: roofing, painting, hanging plastic, cleaning tables...They can't wait to come home and work on their own homes!
This is Kari Muller and Rachelle Smith. The team working with us on Miss Ruby's house is Amanda McKay, Lauren Moreland, Elise, Jordan, and Kaleb. She is 60 years old, but you'd never know it! She works 2 jobs in order to make ends meet. Ruby has a great heart for God, and we are honored to help make her home a better place to live. The new skills we have gained in roof demolition, paint scraping, and priming are nothing compared to the lessons of patience, teamwork, and servanthood we have already experienced this week. ME (Mary Elizabeth, our S.O.S. leader) has challenged us to memorize scripture--creatively we might add--ask your teen!--and challenged the students to look deeper at the "why" behind what we do as followers of Christ. Jordan and Amanda took several neighbor girls to VBS today and enjoyed a time of singing, memorizing verses, and decorating cupcakes. We're very excited about how God is working in our group--both as a group and as individuals. Be praying for our continued safety and God's hand in all that we are doing here in Binghampton. We are so blessed to have your teens on our team, and Memphis, Tennessee, will never be the same because of their love and hard work!
Well that's all for tonight. If you didn't hear about your student tonight, check out tomorrow.
Good Night