Monday - The Work Begins!
We arrived at the school, MS 117, ready to paint. The weather was 90° inside the school—no air conditioning or elevators to take us to the upper floors. Our goal is to lose 100 pounds collectively as a team!
At lunchtime we met the principal, Mrs. Jones, who led our Team in a devotion. She sang I Love You With The Love of The Lord as a thank you to our Team. It was definitely a blessing to us, but she continued by telling us how she knew God had sent us to bless her and the school, and that after we were gone the fruits of our labor would continue to bless all who entered the building.
The school mayor, Blanche, welcomed us with open arms, and is going to fix us New York pizza for lunch this week! We will have an opportunity to share our faith with Blanche, so please join us in prayer that God will present us with many opportunities to share the gospel with her.
We painted in Room 222—only the "elder" members of the team understood the significance of the room number! Young people!
New Hope New York had a communication breakdown and lacked staff to run a Vacation Bible School in Queens. Their office called on us for 5 volunteers. Five from the Team stepped up to the plate and caught the subway for the 1-hour journey to Queens. They enjoyed working with many ethnic cultures, and it was a great experience. One team member had the awesome joy of leading a young Hindu girl, Hema, to know Jesus. Not a coincidence that our team is here... All things work together for good! Got to bed late rejoicing with the Team!
On Tuesday we will continue to paint. It is supposed to be over 90° again... stay tuned and pray for a cold front!
-Cathy Patterson
At lunchtime we met the principal, Mrs. Jones, who led our Team in a devotion. She sang I Love You With The Love of The Lord as a thank you to our Team. It was definitely a blessing to us, but she continued by telling us how she knew God had sent us to bless her and the school, and that after we were gone the fruits of our labor would continue to bless all who entered the building.
The school mayor, Blanche, welcomed us with open arms, and is going to fix us New York pizza for lunch this week! We will have an opportunity to share our faith with Blanche, so please join us in prayer that God will present us with many opportunities to share the gospel with her.
We painted in Room 222—only the "elder" members of the team understood the significance of the room number! Young people!
New Hope New York had a communication breakdown and lacked staff to run a Vacation Bible School in Queens. Their office called on us for 5 volunteers. Five from the Team stepped up to the plate and caught the subway for the 1-hour journey to Queens. They enjoyed working with many ethnic cultures, and it was a great experience. One team member had the awesome joy of leading a young Hindu girl, Hema, to know Jesus. Not a coincidence that our team is here... All things work together for good! Got to bed late rejoicing with the Team!
On Tuesday we will continue to paint. It is supposed to be over 90° again... stay tuned and pray for a cold front!
-Cathy Patterson
posted by Kairos at
12:03 AM
2 Comments:
Cathy,
I know this group will have a lot of laughs with you along--you have a way of keeping folks on their toes (part of your job description, isn't it?)!
Room 222...now I've got that theme song in my head... ("dooo, DOOO, doot-doo doot-DOO-doot DOO-doo doo-DOOT-DOOT-DOOOOO...." ).
I remember the weather for our Labor Day mission trip to NYC a couple of years ago...the word is "YOOmid."
And I'm glad you got to see Babbie Mason...assuming "Babble" was a typo and not some ripoff parody of Babbie.
Anyway, have fun, work hard, be safe and enjoy!
Mark
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Mark Kelly Hall, at Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Cathy and the gang---
I'm so excited to hear about the way the team is working and love to read about the crazy things God is throwing your way. The greatest is about the chance to lead the young Hindu girl to God...who knew this would happen except God! It's pretty cool to think about.
This news is a great way to start my day and I'll take it with me as I leave for church and as I listen to Pastor Thomas from Fish Hook speak about the work they are doing in South Africa. Wow....from Nashville to New York, Moldova and South Africa. Isn't is so incredible to see all the ways we can effect the world.
Keep on sweating for the team!
Can't wait to see everyone.
Jen Gash
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Sweet Sleep, at Sunday, July 24, 2005
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