Saturday, June 26, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Thursday: Less Ego...More Love
Sorry, super short blog post tonight.
On the closing night we have a footwashing prayer service that is really an emotional experience for a lot of the youth. Ask them about it. They pray for some really awesome things and ask for help in areas of their life with a genuine desire to become better people, stronger in their faith, etc. These are the times that I step back and reflect on how awesome teenagers are. After the service we end up talking, crying, laughing, singing & dancing until the staff makes the youth go to bed...just about 15minutes ago! So, I will post more interesting facts about Kokomo either Friday or after our return Saturday.
Thank you for all of your prayers over the past week! It has been a moving, changing, challenging and awesome experience!
Tomorrow....Six Flags Great America!
Sent from my HTC Touch Pro2 on the Now Network from Sprint®.
On the closing night we have a footwashing prayer service that is really an emotional experience for a lot of the youth. Ask them about it. They pray for some really awesome things and ask for help in areas of their life with a genuine desire to become better people, stronger in their faith, etc. These are the times that I step back and reflect on how awesome teenagers are. After the service we end up talking, crying, laughing, singing & dancing until the staff makes the youth go to bed...just about 15minutes ago! So, I will post more interesting facts about Kokomo either Friday or after our return Saturday.
Thank you for all of your prayers over the past week! It has been a moving, changing, challenging and awesome experience!
Tomorrow....Six Flags Great America!
Sent from my HTC Touch Pro2 on the Now Network from Sprint®.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Wednesday: Less Here...More There
Daily message: less focus on earthly treasures...more focus on heavenly treasures.
Wednesday Update
Tonight we had great discussion in our church group time. We discussed the day's theme and ended up in an in-depth discussion of heaven and eternity...the Catholic church's teachings, etc.
After we finish our work projects each day (around 3/330), we go back to our housing site/host church and the youth shower and then have about an hour of free time. This is truly their only free time of the day. We then have super (530-630) and move on to the evening activity (630-830). We return to our host church to have a quick snack and "Club" from 845-930. The includes a skit, praise & worship, a scripture passage that goes with the day's theme and then a witness/testamonial from a YouthWorks Staff member. We then have individual church group time -(just IHM) from 930-1030. We discuss the day's scriptural focus as well as the day's work projects. Lights out at 11pm.
The youth really have long, full days...but a great balance of service along with praise & worship and scripture study. YouthWorks runs a very well balanced program.
Today the weather was better and some groups got to enjoy painting outdoors - home exteriors.
Tonight's acitivity was a poverty simulation at the Kokomo Urban Outreach center. This one would be a great activity to ask your kid about. It was a real eye-opener why people get stuck in the poverty rut and can't get themselves out. The people end up being "under-priviledged" and they lack the resources needed to change their situation.
I will detail more of the stats about Kokomo soon...
It's really been an experience and shift in my perception to understand the what-why-where & how poverty happens.
Sent from my HTC Touch Pro2 on the Now Network from Sprint®.
After we finish our work projects each day (around 3/330), we go back to our housing site/host church and the youth shower and then have about an hour of free time. This is truly their only free time of the day. We then have super (530-630) and move on to the evening activity (630-830). We return to our host church to have a quick snack and "Club" from 845-930. The includes a skit, praise & worship, a scripture passage that goes with the day's theme and then a witness/testamonial from a YouthWorks Staff member. We then have individual church group time -(just IHM) from 930-1030. We discuss the day's scriptural focus as well as the day's work projects. Lights out at 11pm.
The youth really have long, full days...but a great balance of service along with praise & worship and scripture study. YouthWorks runs a very well balanced program.
Today the weather was better and some groups got to enjoy painting outdoors - home exteriors.
Tonight's acitivity was a poverty simulation at the Kokomo Urban Outreach center. This one would be a great activity to ask your kid about. It was a real eye-opener why people get stuck in the poverty rut and can't get themselves out. The people end up being "under-priviledged" and they lack the resources needed to change their situation.
I will detail more of the stats about Kokomo soon...
It's really been an experience and shift in my perception to understand the what-why-where & how poverty happens.
Sent from my HTC Touch Pro2 on the Now Network from Sprint®.
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