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After rainstorms throughout the night, the rain continued throughout the morning. It was a good thing for the city as it hasn’t had a good rain since the tornado. The rain did hinder getting us out in the field, which at first was disappointing. Many of us were assigned to Immanuel marking off barcodes from donated items. It didn’t sound like fun at first, but after getting going and having a system, the job became a challenge for us. We wanted to finish all the boxes. Even though we didn’t accomplish that goal, we did finish marking off 10,400 fruit roll-ups, 9600 Cliff bars and 600 boxes of cereal all in one day. Some of us enjoyed the break from outside work, but some didn’t enjoy the repetitive work. Over all, it was a good day. We did accomplish a lot and it did really the relief center.
Highlights … Kyle’s castle. Experiences while delivering food and drinks. The sense of accomplishment. Wonderful words from others about how hard we work.
---- from the Youth
As mentioned before, it rained. Through the night, we had thunder and rain. It was a welcomed sight for the people of Joplin, as they really needed it. It did make it cooler throughout the day and many were very thankful for this.
Today, we had many different positive experiences. We had the opportunity to listen to people’s stories who were affected by the tornado and talk with other churches who were also helping the tornado victims. As our evening bible studies/devotions have talked about, we talked about our gifts that God has given. We have been seeing this throughout the week. We see the gifts God has blessed each youth with in each task. We see that they can and will work hard to complete the task at hand and take pride in their work. We see them with the compassionate listening ear to the stories that are being shared. We see them laugh and come together as a group…and pray for each other. This is awesome. This is what we are here for. This is a blessing from God.
Please continue to pray for us as heat and lack of sleep are starting to weigh on us. Please pray for Kevin (a gentleman from Iowa who was also staying here with us). He had to leave early due to gall stones. Please pray for Bonnie as she struggles to figure out a way to get her mother’s (Millie) house fixed that was damaged in the tornado. Also, please pray for our friends in Carlye, IL (also stayed here) who had to leave suddenly because of an unexpected death in their church. Please pray for the hand of God to continue to lead the people of Joplin and volunteers.
In His service,
Terry
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