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!