Troy
Today, I went to Agape to help with preschool age kids. The
theme there was the Shipwrecked vacation Bible school we had at our church.
When we arrived, the kids were sitting to begin watching their video, however,
we did not stay inside for a long time. We headed outside and did some yard
work. Delaney, Liz, Jacob, Morgan, and I pulled weeds and broke off dead trees
around the sign in front of the place. When we finished, the kids were outside
playing and we went to play with them. They were all joyful and loved playing
with us. Afterwards, the kids went inside for lunch and we helped the
volunteers there to serve the kids. As the kids ate lunch, we went upstairs to
eat our own lunch and had an extended break because the kids were taking a nap.
Once the nap was over, we went back downstairs to talk to the kids while they
ate snack then headed outside so they could have their boat race with the boats
they made during crafts. We then left to have dinner and showers and have an
early gathering. Later we went to the beach and I didn’t get in the water, but I
watched everyone else enjoy the water and watched the sunset with Emma. We then
returned to the church to conclude our day.
-Rachael
Today my group went to Agape, which is a free preschool
childcare place. We spent the day playing with the kids and helping in the yard
as much as possible. After that, we went to the showers and went back to the
church to eat dinner early so we could have as much time at the beach as
possible. We spent a couple of hours at the beach for our evening activity, and
then our church went and got ice cream. To end the night, we came back to the
church to rest up for our last day of service tomorrow.
-Morgan
This mission trip so far has been interesting. I have so far
worked exclusively with kids, the first 2 days I worked at kids club. Working
with kids was nice because they are full of energy and these kids were pretty well
mannered. Today and tomorrow I will have also been working with kids at Agape,
a church camp, and also helping them out with yard work. It has been pretty interesting
because like I said I enjoy working with kids and it has been a good experience
all around.
My experience on this mission trip has not just been limited
to my worksite I have had fun and learned a lot during other parts of the
mission trip. On Monday we had a cookout with the locals and it was fun to
connect to the community through playing soccer matches and eating food. I also
learned a lot on Tuesday Veronica, an immigrant herself, talked to us about
some of the challenges community members on the eastern shore face. As it turns
out a lot of the eastern shores population consists of migrant workers or
immigrants and so it is a pretty tight nit Hispanic community.
Over all it has been a good time and I do enjoy helping out
at the eastern shore. I’d like to thank the people who helped us get here, the
church, my parents, and of course Liz and Troy. I feel as if I have made an
impact on my faith and in the lives of others.
-Jacob
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