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New
York City 2005 Friday, July 8, 2005 Day 2
After a little bit of free time, we had a mission trip meeting at ten
forty-five. Doug Lowery introduced himself to the group and gave us
some instructions for traveling tomorrow as we sightsee. Mr. Stauff
challenged us with a message about how important things in our lives often require us to make costly sacrifices. Pastor Dave had each of
us open an envelope labeled "do not open" that he had taped in
the back of each of our mission trip manuals. Today's weather
has been cold (60 degrees isn't that cold, but it is summer) and
rainy. We woke up to rain, and it is still raining. Originally
canvassing was the plan, but the rain hindered us, so after lunch we
started some of the cleaning and maintenance projects that Pastor Sawyer
told us we could help with. We cleaned a LOT today. We washed twenty eight windows
inside and out and scrubbed two sets of stairs, scraping gum as we
went. The poor weather kept us from doing our evening ministry as well, so we
joined some of the teens at Faith Baptist for a youth activity from seven
until ten o'clock. At the beginning of the meeting we gave each of
the teens one of our
mission trip
bracelets with our theme, "The Glory of God: nothing else
matters." Together, both youth groups played a variation of
family feud (the girls won), heard a good message on patience, and went up
stairs for a mission trip meeting. Tomorrow is our sight seeing day,
so pray for our safety as we travel on the subway into Manhattan. We
leave at seven am. We love you and miss you! |
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We are so
thankful for sleep. This morning we got going a little later than
usual. Our first scheduled event was breakfast at nine
o'clock. The morning mail brought two important packages. The
first was a replacement for our internet connection card and the second
was a box of new church brochures. Before the trip Pastor Dave
re-worked Bay City's new brochure for Faith Baptist in Queens and we
purchased 5000 to use for canvassing and to leave for the church.
Pastor Sawyer was very excited to see these new brochures.
Each envelope
contained a dollar. He told us to mark that bill and keep it in our
wallets but not to spend it. We are all curious to see what he has
planned.
Some cleaned bathrooms while others gutted the entire church
kitchen and made it sparkling clean. Our last group worked outside
in the rain cleaning the trash area and kitchen parts with a hose,
pressure washer, and their hands.
