ARRIVAL DAY
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Arrival day has finally (well) ARRIVED!! YAY!
Twenty two of the team members arrived right on time today, after a noon departure from Faith. The trip was safe for all, with a little excitement and boredom thrown in just because it is a three hour drive.
The members were met by Pastor Remy and all the host families. The host families took the team members back to get freshened up and situated before a trip to the building site. Once at the building site, the team was greeted with a dinner party with people who have been volunteering from CedarBrook. It was a lot of fun, and there were a lot of great conversations going on between the two teams.
We had an incredible dinner, cooked by incredible church ladies!, then we had a prayer walk tour of the the new church, followed by a jamming worship session by Tevis West, CedarBrook's worship leader.
Our resident missionary host, Dave Johnson, taught us a little about CedarBrook's core values... They are REAL!!
R~Relationships
E~Excellence
A~Acceptance
L~Life Changing
L~Laughter
Then Dave & Mark, lead them in a rousing round of "We love Jesus, yes we do, We love Jesus - How about You?" I believe Dave's side won, heheh!!
Next thing you know, it was 8:00pm, and since we all needed to push our clocks ahead, it was really time to turn in - because tomorrow promises to be a pretty long day! (Church, church-lady lunch, 4 hours of work, youth group, small groups, and of course dinner and rest & relaxing with our host families.
This is awesome!
For the Team, Mark
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