Saturday Recap

Hey there... This post is bittersweet because MOVE13 is almost over and today was so FANTASTIC!!

Today was slightly different than the rest because the high school team and the middle school team split to two different places.

First for the high school team. Before lunch, they started at Harmon Glass Building, right next to MC3, cleaning the floors and painting the walls. This building is going to be used for Carpenters Hands. Also, before lunch, half of the high school group worked on a house that has been vacant for years. Zion Chirch bought this house to rent out to one of this missionaries and we were blessed to help them clean it out. I wasn't with that group today but I heard that they got to use a jackhammer and "sledge" apart an old piano. Sounds like a lot of fun to me.

Second for the middle school group. We have had the privliledge to work with the Center for the Homeless. Today's tasks were to separate and tidy up the donation room. The blessing was so many clothes and things were donated that they almost didn't have room for all of it. Another group served lunch to the Veterans and to the residents in e cafeteria. I heard they were able to actually eat lunch with a few of the older ladies and were blessed by the ladies conversation. The third group, which was a big group, worked out on the garden. There was a lot of ground to cover, a lot of weeds to pull, and a few flowers to plant. It was a hot one today but the kids did such an amazing job.

After lunch both the middle and high school groups switched places. High school went to the Center for the Homeless and did the exact same thing the middle school group did, sorting in the donation room and weeding in the garden. There was a ton of work to do there!! The middle school group went to MC3 and worked with Alfreida and Ana Marie in the community garden. Again, a lot of weeds to pull and a lot of vegetables and fruits to plant. We also got to use our creativity and painted and set up a few signs to name the garden "Helping Hands Children's Garden." The coolest part in my opinion is before the work started, we circled up, read a blessing lead by LeRoy King and prayed ove the garden for provision, protection, and unity.

The Community Garden was started a few years ago in order to help the community be able to afford good produce. Alfreida's vision was to bring the community together, serving together, loving one another, and helping fill some tummies. I would say that vision is well on its way, they now have three different gardens and the kids of the community enjoy being a part of something so huge!

Parents, you would be proud of how well your kids did today, and this week...we covered a lot of ground... LITERALLY!

After all the hard work from the past three days, we all went to Hackers to end with some fun and friendly competition. So blessed to be able to use the gifts God gave us to serve our community.

God's Peace,
Huffy