Well, we headed out from Webster with a great send off from family and friends. This year 22 youth and 7 adults have decided to take a week out of there summer to help with Hurricane Ike recovery. We left Webster Presbyterian Church around 3:30 and got in some really good bonding time with each other in jam packed vans. We arrived in Bridge City around 5:00 and started to settle in right away at our home for the week, the Central Baptist Church in Port Arthur. The church has provided us with cots and mattresses, along with a whole floor in their sunday school area. There are showers in the church, with hot water! (Unlike last year's little fiasco with the ice cold water.) We are thankful to be staying at such an accommodating church. For dinner we headed out to the local Casa Olé for a tasty meal. At the dinner we sat with our small groups and got to know one another better. These small groups are groups of about 4 or 5 youth with 1 adult. Each group is in charge of a different task each day such as, breakfast crew, lunch crew, dinner crew, or devotional crew. In just a little bit the group plans to play some fun games together, followed by our nightly devotional. Tonight Caressa has planned a special opening night devotional to show us why we felt called to serve God in this place. After all that is planned for this evening, we plan to get a good nights rest for our first day of work tomorrow. Thank you for your prayers, support, and love. Stay tuned for more updates on our adventures.
-Sarah Faxel and Michelle Dupont
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