After Old Harbour (8/6/09)
The past six days have been very successful. From the standpoint of a Praying Pelican Mission trip, I’ve seen everything happen the way it should. Having three small groups come together, the teams bonded well and delivered effective ministry to the town of Old Harbour Bay. This week I worked with a group of 8 people from Lester Park UMC in Duluth, a group of 4 from Mercy Seat Church in Minneapolis and two college guys from Pellia, IA (“Sheep of His Pasture Church”). During the week the team facilitated a VBS and we saw about 50 children come through the 4 day program. We also painted three homes in the community of Old Harbour Bay. We painted the home of Ms. Nuna, a church member of the Old Harbour Bay Baptist Church (our host and partner for the week), on Monday and finished Tuesday. Many of our team members connected with the elderly lady who has a fantastic attitude and is so grateful for everything God’s blessed her with. We also painted the home of “Weezy” and Lenford. Weezy is t...