Friday Recap!

Hello again! We have had another great day here on MOVE13, and what amazing, hard working group of young students you all have! I (Gessica Hufnagle or "Huffy") and the rest of the GSM staff are so blessed to serve with you and your awesome kids!

Today we were blessed to do something no other MOVE trip has ever done. We ALL walked around the city of South Bend praying over the buildings and for the people in, out and around those buildings! As awkward as it can seem laying hands on buildings around lunch time in a city...it's actually pretty amazing what God does in and through all of us.

A few short stories from the prayer walk...

A group of leaders and students were praying for a gas station and they saw a man from inside the building counting them. Not knowing what he was doing they continued to pray hoping he wasn't irritated, which they soon found out he wasn't. He was actually counting to see how many water bottles to bring out. He thanked them and extended his appreciation for praying.

Another group shared they were actually in one of the South Bend Orthopedics buildings and shared with the nurses how they were praying for the people of South Bend. Then nurses asked if they would pray for them. They did of course right then and there!!

And LOTS of other amazing stories (don't forget to ask your students to share with you).

Along with the prayer walk, about half of the entire MOVE13 team blessed the Monroe Circle Community Center (MC3) by cleaning the entire building. I mean, they not only did your typical clean the counters and sweep the floors, but they scrapped gum off of furniture, dusted, cleaned out cabinets, washed walls, painted, and much much more. We were told later that what was accomplished by our wonderful MOVE13 team in a few hours would have actually taken days to do. LeRoy King, GCC staff member who runs point on everything involving MC3, thanked us tremendously and reminded us of how the work done today communicates how loved the people of MC3 are and how grateful they are of the work done.

After cleaning and prayer walking, the entire group had a chance to love on the families, mostly rhe kids, of the MC3 community. There was face paint, sidewalk chalk, crafts and sports which did not take long to rally up the kids, such a blessing to show them they matter to God and to us! The trip to MC3 ended in an ALL-OUT Tickle War!! The kids were on the backs or shoulders of someone from the MOVE13 team and literally ran around for an hour just tickling. It was FANTASTIC! There is nothing quite like the sound of a child laughing, you cannot help but put a smile on your face when you hear. Actually, a group of moms were standing around the outside just watching, one of them called me over and said, "What you and your church do for us is amazing. Thank you, you don't have to do what you do, but you continue to bless us and we love it. Thank you again."

Lastly, to top off the night, we got to enjoy some MOVE13 team time at Silver Beach and had a cookout. The water was just shy of freezing and the sand was wet but it didn't stop us from diving in head first and having a blast - celebrating what God can do when we all work together as one for His Name.

Until tomorrow...
-Huffy