Final Sunset

   Free day – on Friday, we take a little time for ourselves and engage in some of the local activities the island has to […]

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God is good

   Our plans for Thursday were a little different than the previous work days had been. Today we woke up and spent our morning sorting […]

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Kids Help

    We arrived Wednesday having only a few more projects on the list and most of us thinking we’d finish up early. We began […]

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Power Outage

  Before After Tuesday, we woke up and arrived at Mrs. Elva’s eager to get started on the back staircase. We arrived, and the island […]

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Starting Work

       We arrived on our first day of work and immediately began tearing off the old, rusty metal roof from Mrs. Elva’s laundry […]

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Sunday Worship

    Sunday morning, we attended Bethesda Methodist church in Flower’s Bay.  Some of the first-timers on the trip were a little concerned after hearing that […]

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Travel day

Travel day – day one started with a 4 a.m. airport arrival time and a prank call from a team member informing me that he […]

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May the Lord bless you

We enjoyed a wonderful visit with the folks at the retirement home St. Luke’s church today and we’re delighted that one of the ladies who is 91 was back for her first time since she broke her leg.

Several of the people told their life stories and it was good to see familiar faces and new friends. We sang and prayed together.

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Retreat

16 people gathered for a retreat on Tuesday Jan. 2 – Wednesday Jan. 3
 
We ranged in age from 6 to 70’s. The scripture basis for the retreat was the story of the wise and foolish bridesmaids in Matthew 25:1-13. We had several intense times of study and sharing. It was great to hear how people wanted to be ready for God to come into their lives and were daily preparing for His coming. We considered what spiritual gifts we have and those we would like to cultivate and grow. We also enjoyed a wonderful marinated chicken dinner grilled outside our cabin by Pastor Nadya ‘s husband Stas. Several of the women had brought food and we really had a feast.
 
We walked in the snow and looked at the stars.  Our evening prayer service…

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Camping in Russia

Today the group was able to go to a Russian Mall to do a little shopping, then they were off to a overnight camp with members from the church. Without wifi and a busy schedule we have not heard much more about their trip today other than they are having fun. Hopefully we will get a full report and post it soon.

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