Hey Everyone,
I hope you enjoyed the first blog. I wanted to write again to tell you that we had an awesome night. We got the opportunity to worship again and hear some missionaries from Lebanon talk about serving the Lord. After we worshiped we went to the park and had a massive game of kickball. It was great to grow in our relationships with each other and students from other churches. After kickball we got together as a church to talk about our first day. I am glad to be able to write that on day 1 we see God doing some great things already.
At the meeting we heard some students talk about what really impacted them so far. Group 3 had an awesome experience at the Nursing home. It started off being a casual day and were asked to put together banners for a family picnic using a baseball theme. They broke into 2 teams and created banners in the morning and when we showed some of our work to one of the patients and it had a huge impact on one of the residents there. A lot of the students saw their serving have a real impact. They said even though it wasn't a big deal to make banners to them it meant a lot to the residents. This is was the big lesson that we learned the first day about serving: even though it might not be a big deal to us, it can have a huge impact on others. It was awesome to hear them talk about how they realized their serving made a big difference in the community.
We asked the students what they wanted to change from today to tomorrow and here are some of the things they said:
1. Take more time thinking about what they are doing and the reason they are here.
2. Caring more about the people they are serving and the projects they are doing.
3. Not complaining as much about the heat, people they may be annoyed with, or food they may not like.
4. Finally, going in to tomorrow with a better and more enthusiastic attitude.
We will post again tomorrow. Please continue to pray for us and the SMO trip to Quito as they leave Wednesday morning.
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