Sunday, August 30, 2009
Summer '09 in Chicago
From July 11 - 18 I went on a mission trip to KY!! About 90 men, women, and children caravaned south from here. Arriving there on a Saturday afternoon, it had taken 9 hours to get there. We were joined by 30 or so people who lived in Kentucky. They worked along side of us, and it was great. There were about 13 teams, some doing work on houses, not building them, but repairing roofs, bathrooms, porches and building ramps. Other teams were Kitchen crew, Vacation Bible School team, and Photography team, and of course the 2 chief captains of the whole trip. The team I worked on was painting the inside of a house that had had a flood from a nearby creek. We painted the walls, ceilings, and floor. We worked well together and had a good time. The kitchen crew always had a great meal for us at the end of the day, complete with dessert. One day we invited our host families to come to the Presbyterian Church where we had our headquarters, for a potluck put on by the church women. That was special for all of us. We had a worship service at the end of each day with a lot of singing and telling about how we saw God working in our doings throughout the day. Take care! Love to all, Linda
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sounds like a good trip. We left the very day you got back to go to New Orleans with 5 buses from our Western Iowa Synod to a National Youth Gathering. We were able to help put a floor in Sally's house that was flooded when Katrina hit by 2 feet of water. She lives in a fema trailer on the front lawn of her house as it is being repaired. I think she'll finally get to move in this year- at St. Bernard parish - the coordinators set us up with local organizations that are helping in the area. WE only worked 3 hours, but it was neat to see that the 5 of us could get 2 rooms floored. having all supplies there with an Americorp volunteer to tell us what to do was key to the efficiency. 36,000 kids were there in New Orleans!
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