dollar dinner

if you are a parent reading this blog then ask your child when they get home about the dollar dinner.  our experience tonight was about trying to understand the injustice of economics and the difficulty people have providing for their families needs.  it went so well!
we gave each student and leader $1 and told them [...]

simple videos

here are a few videos of one of the groups today. they were at my neighbor’s house mowing, raking and more.

enjoy!
peace: ty

good work day

because of the rain we had a late start and had a few logistical difficulties this morning, but things ran smooth the rest of the work day and it looks like the teams have begun bonding well and working together.  we’re very happy!
here are some pictures from the day…

ladder patrol

i also took a few videos [...]

a few first pictures

power out

it’s 8:31 and we are in the midst of a pretty sweet thunder storm.  the power just went out for about 30 seconds and aaron is now reading scripture to everyone with a flashlight.  we’ll probably delay the work sites for about an hour until the storm passes.
it’s pretty impressive!
peace: ty

serve is starting!

we are in the midst of our leaders meeting at this moment and mark and nate are talking about worksites.  i figured that gives me time to start on the blog.
all the groups and kids are here safe and so far it’s been a great evening.
i will be posting pictures later this evening after students [...]