Hope you enjoy.
Couple things I learned on Friday. Only so many ways to capture people swinging a hammer! haha. Also, Silverhawks game was too much fun to be spending behind a camera so I didn't take any photos. Just spent time with the group!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
More photo's - Friday & Saturday!
Hey everybody, DC here sorry for the delay. Busy Friday and Saturday...and Sunday, haha! Then had some grad parties today. Finally getting around to putting the rest of the photo's up!
Couple things I learned on Friday. Only so many ways to capture people swinging a hammer! haha. Also, Silverhawks game was too much fun to be spending behind a camera so I didn't take any photos. Just spent time with the group!
Couple things I learned on Friday. Only so many ways to capture people swinging a hammer! haha. Also, Silverhawks game was too much fun to be spending behind a camera so I didn't take any photos. Just spent time with the group!
Saturday, June 25, 2011
SATURDAY Recap!
What can we say? Today was more of the same, the MOVE '11 team cranked out some serious hard work. Today the team started off working down at Monroe Circle Community Center. Half the team helped out sorting out and doing some cleaning at the Center while the other half went over to work at the Garden with Alfreda. We did some serious weeding and planted some new vegetables and plants!
The team then joined up with dozens of volunteers from GCC to accomplish a Micro Food Drop! While the volunteers unloaded into the Karl King Towers Community Room the GSM team took a trailer full over to St. Joseph Apartments and started going door to door passing out food and personal care boxes. It was so cool to see this team take huge steps as they began to talk with and pray for all the residents. These students (and leaders) did amazing and had a great time doing it! We then joined up with the GCC volunteers and canvassed an entire neighborhood to pass out more boxes. All in all the team ended working really well!
Everyone's getting some good sleep tonight and then we're back to GCC for the 1130 service! It's been a phenomenal trip and it's sad to see it come to an end, but we're confident the steps taken and the way this team has been changed won't end just cause the trip is over, this team is going to keep on serving and keep on loving because Other People Matter.
The team then joined up with dozens of volunteers from GCC to accomplish a Micro Food Drop! While the volunteers unloaded into the Karl King Towers Community Room the GSM team took a trailer full over to St. Joseph Apartments and started going door to door passing out food and personal care boxes. It was so cool to see this team take huge steps as they began to talk with and pray for all the residents. These students (and leaders) did amazing and had a great time doing it! We then joined up with the GCC volunteers and canvassed an entire neighborhood to pass out more boxes. All in all the team ended working really well!
Everyone's getting some good sleep tonight and then we're back to GCC for the 1130 service! It's been a phenomenal trip and it's sad to see it come to an end, but we're confident the steps taken and the way this team has been changed won't end just cause the trip is over, this team is going to keep on serving and keep on loving because Other People Matter.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Friday Recap
Another day on the MOVE '11 mission trip, another CRANKING HARD WORKING PROJECT! This team knows how to work hard! We headed down to Center for the Homeless and had the privilege of meeting Brenda, one of the guests at the center. We got to hear her story and were so encouraged by her kindness and warm welcome to the team. She encouraged everyone saying "we love when you come through and simply smile and talk to us, it let's us know were still part of this world.". That was all the motivation the team needed to get their sore muscles moving today!
With smiles and laughter the team jumped right into working in the Community Garden and the Veterans Center. Every Move mission team for the last 5 years has worked on the community garden and it's great to be back in it again this year. The team in the veterans center got LOTS done as well. They were able to frame together around 15-20 of the interior walls and got most of them raised up and secured into place! It was a beautiful sound as dozens of students pounded hundreds of nails all at the same time, it was a symphony of hammers!
After cranking it really hard two days straight it was time for the team to unplug for a little bit and take in a silver hawks game and some post game fireworks! It's awesome seeing the team that has been working so hard together have so much fun together! Time for bed so we can hit. It hard again tomorrow!
With smiles and laughter the team jumped right into working in the Community Garden and the Veterans Center. Every Move mission team for the last 5 years has worked on the community garden and it's great to be back in it again this year. The team in the veterans center got LOTS done as well. They were able to frame together around 15-20 of the interior walls and got most of them raised up and secured into place! It was a beautiful sound as dozens of students pounded hundreds of nails all at the same time, it was a symphony of hammers!
After cranking it really hard two days straight it was time for the team to unplug for a little bit and take in a silver hawks game and some post game fireworks! It's awesome seeing the team that has been working so hard together have so much fun together! Time for bed so we can hit. It hard again tomorrow!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Thursday Photos!!!
These photo's get pretty 'compressed' when we upload them so they're not as sharp as the full res copies but if you want the full res copies let me know (DC) and I'll about a way to get em to you! :) (I have no idea how that'll actually work out but hey i'm willing to give it a shot! Enjoy!)
Also, there's lots of photos on here on purpose! click the slideshow to view all of them in a non-slideshow format for faster scrolling as you look for 'your' kid! :)
THURSDAY RECAP
What an awesome day!!! The team got up bright and early for some good breakfast and then jumped right into quiet times and group time, an awesome way to start the day! From there we loaded up and headed down to crooked creek ranch which is a phenomenal horse ranch that blesses a bunch of other local ministries. Kids and adults from center for the homeless, MC3 and Faith Mission are able to come out to the country, experience nature and ride some horses. It really is a special thing that they do for those kids.
So today we had the chance to do a ton of work to help keep the ranch clean and running! We spent a huge portion of our time clearing the woods. First we walked through all the trails and cleared larger branches that had come down from a storm. After that we moved to clearing out larger limbs that had come down and even some BIG trees. One of the coolest things to see today was when about 2/3 of the team (30 people) all came together and lifted with all their might to carry one giant tree! It was pretty cool to see all those students encouraging each other and coming up with ideas on how to accomplish the task. And after all that work on one tree we jumped back in as they began to cut down scores of smaller trees. These trees were 15-25 feet tall and some bases as thick as a DCs arm!! You couldn't have known how heavy they were though cause everybody was grabbing them and hauling them out to one of the biggest burn piles ive ever seen!
After all that hard work it was time for some horseback riding, some donke riding and ending with a bonfire and smores! All in all it was a fantastic day! The team worked hard, loved each other well and played hard! And now everyone is sleeping hard after all that work! Which is a good thing cause tomorrow were off for another solid work day tpat Center for the Homeless!
So today we had the chance to do a ton of work to help keep the ranch clean and running! We spent a huge portion of our time clearing the woods. First we walked through all the trails and cleared larger branches that had come down from a storm. After that we moved to clearing out larger limbs that had come down and even some BIG trees. One of the coolest things to see today was when about 2/3 of the team (30 people) all came together and lifted with all their might to carry one giant tree! It was pretty cool to see all those students encouraging each other and coming up with ideas on how to accomplish the task. And after all that work on one tree we jumped back in as they began to cut down scores of smaller trees. These trees were 15-25 feet tall and some bases as thick as a DCs arm!! You couldn't have known how heavy they were though cause everybody was grabbing them and hauling them out to one of the biggest burn piles ive ever seen!
After all that hard work it was time for some horseback riding, some donke riding and ending with a bonfire and smores! All in all it was a fantastic day! The team worked hard, loved each other well and played hard! And now everyone is sleeping hard after all that work! Which is a good thing cause tomorrow were off for another solid work day tpat Center for the Homeless!
Wednesday Photos
Hey everybody! We had a great start to this trip last night!!! This is going to be a FUN GROUP!!!
We got all settled in our hotel, we found of which group we're in for the week. We talked through our schedule and we launched the trip with a short talk about the sacrifice Jesus made for us, in that, His Body was broken and poured out for us and how we have an opportunity to do the same this week!
Here are some photos...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING!!
We finally come to it! The trip has finally started but the MOVE '11 mission experience really started months ago. It started back in January when a bunch of students and leaders listened to God and followed His leading to take a step and apply for a mission trip. After months of preparation the team gathered tonight at the hotel to officially start our time together on the trip.
We started things off like any good gathering of students and devoured some pizza! After that we recapped all the trip basics that will help us have a great time. And then one of our leaders, Alison SilverRaven, led us through a discussion and teaching on the history of sacrifice and how that led to Jesus paying the ultimate sacrifice for all of us. After walking through that a few of the leaders served the whole team communion and it was an AWESOME moment for the team to remember what Jesus did for us and why we are doing what we do on this trip!
It was a great start to our time together and now it's off to bed for a good night's sleep! Tomorrow we're off to Crooked Creek Ranch for a great workday! Remember you can leave comments of encouragement for the team and we'll read them during our daily debrief time!
We started things off like any good gathering of students and devoured some pizza! After that we recapped all the trip basics that will help us have a great time. And then one of our leaders, Alison SilverRaven, led us through a discussion and teaching on the history of sacrifice and how that led to Jesus paying the ultimate sacrifice for all of us. After walking through that a few of the leaders served the whole team communion and it was an AWESOME moment for the team to remember what Jesus did for us and why we are doing what we do on this trip!
It was a great start to our time together and now it's off to bed for a good night's sleep! Tomorrow we're off to Crooked Creek Ranch for a great workday! Remember you can leave comments of encouragement for the team and we'll read them during our daily debrief time!
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