Thursday, July 30, 2009
Women of Faith conference
Today finds me on the Eastern Shore of Maryland at my Ma's house. I'm trying to pack for a quick trip to D.C. to the Women of Faith conference with my G-ma. My grandparents will be here to pick me up shortly and I'm struggling with what to pack! Why is it so difficult??!!
Back from Asheville
Back from a great mission trip to Asheville, NC. We ended up working at The Veterans Restoration Quarters and Transitional Housing is a very unique facility that was created by the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry. It is an old hotel that has been turned into a facility for veterans to get back on track after finding themselves in dire situations. The program is developed to provide resources to assist veterans to get back in their community.
I felt extremely blessed to be a part of this unique opportunity. It opened my eyes to the fact that there are many veterans that have difficutly transitioning back into society because of the hardships they face when they return from war. There were many different types of men, young and old, those with physical injuries and those with mental injuries, fathers and brothers. However, these men all have the same thing in common-difficulty tranisitioning back into society. These men risked their life for us in so many ways by being a soldier and we need to continue to address the needs of these men (and women) to enusre that we thank them for their service to our country.
If you are interested in reading more about this ministry please see their website - http://www.abccm.org/vets-place.html .
I felt extremely blessed to be a part of this unique opportunity. It opened my eyes to the fact that there are many veterans that have difficutly transitioning back into society because of the hardships they face when they return from war. There were many different types of men, young and old, those with physical injuries and those with mental injuries, fathers and brothers. However, these men all have the same thing in common-difficulty tranisitioning back into society. These men risked their life for us in so many ways by being a soldier and we need to continue to address the needs of these men (and women) to enusre that we thank them for their service to our country.
If you are interested in reading more about this ministry please see their website - http://www.abccm.org/vets-place.html .
Friday, July 17, 2009
Youth Mission Trip 2009
This Sunday we are off to Asheville, NC to work with The Timothy Project. We are taking 13 youth and 4 adults to work on whatever The Timothy Project needs us to do. It looks like we'll be constructing porches, ramps and doing some painting. We'll see what is in store when we arrive for our first workday on Monday.
After 4 days of work then we get to take a break and go to a Mercy Me concert at the Biltmore Estate! Then a day of white water rafting to follow on Friday!
If we have internet access I'll try to post pictures and update the blog.
After 4 days of work then we get to take a break and go to a Mercy Me concert at the Biltmore Estate! Then a day of white water rafting to follow on Friday!
If we have internet access I'll try to post pictures and update the blog.
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