Hey, Webster Presby!
Today was our first day of mission work in the Port Arthur and Beaumont area. This morning we traveled to the SETIO (South East Texas Interfaith Organization) warehouse and met with our coordinator, Scott, and met the guys on his team (Mario, Blake, Barney, and Carl) who had lots of advice and instructions for us. We were briefed on safety and the work we were going to do, and everyone was then split up into five groups and headed out to their different work sites. Between all of us, we replaced doors, put in baseboards, painted, textured walls, worked in a resale shop (much like ICM food pantry and store near us), and met with the homeowners. We all had lots of water, stayed safe, and soldiered through the heat with the help of our Cool-Rags made by Mrs. Jill Massie! Work wrapped up around 4 o'clock, with each of the groups arriving after they completed their day's task. Everyone in our group has expressed how gracious the homeowners at their work site were, and we all just had a really great time. We got back to Central Baptist, rested up, showered, relaxed, and had a wonderful dinner of spaghetti and meatballs made for us by one of our small groups. We topped it off with Blue-Bell fudge pops, and now we're settling in for another night of games, fellowship, and devotional worship.
We love and miss you all,
-Group 2: Sarah Faxel, Bethany Cowan, Melanie Moore, Trevor Grunden, David Snowden, & James Kinzler
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