moving right along

i can’t believe it’s wednesday already!  it’s been going so well and everyone has been working great together as groups and it’s been a very fun week.
this has been a great serve week so far in terms of wonderful kids, great leaders and just lots of blessings and God sightings.  thanks to God for making [...]

we’ve started

well, it’s a rainy morning, but we’re off to a great start.

87 students and leaders
13 small groups
6 barnabas team members
over 20 work sites
a couple of inches of rain
and a great group to work with!

it’s fun to meet knew people and see old friends and everyone is getting along wonderfully.
i’ve just posted pictures on flickr [ [...]

we’ll have flickr for pictures

hey all,
this summer we’ll have a flickr page to make seeing, printing and even ordering pictures easier!  our page will be…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollandserve/
we’re looking forward to seeing you all in a few months. if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to let us know!
pax: ty

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 [...]

summer 2008

our dates for hollandserve for 2008 are…
august 3rd to 8th
we’ve got great work sites coming together, our speaker trent is amazing, the band is fired up and we’re making plans to go tubing on the muskegon river again!
we can’t wait to see you here this summer.
pax: ty