Minutes by Minute

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...

Well the previous week has been amazing, as I shared in the other blog I posted today. I've never worked with a more loving team and host church on a mission trip. This evening I sit in the Kingston TGI Fridays with Brian Zeschke, a friend of mine and one of our assistant trip leaders. Tomorrow Brian and I will embark on our final mission trip of the summer. We're bringing three small teams together to form the group for our mission trip to the Old Harbor Bay Baptist Church. Old Harbor is east of Kingston about 20 miles and is a heavy fishing town. The church building where we'll be staying is newer (built in the 1980's) and has a great sleeping arrangement. We've got 8 people from Lester Park UMC in Duluth, 4 from Mercy Seat Lutheran in Minneapolis and two college students (friends of Josh Ruiter) from Iowa coming together this week. The team will focus on a VBS at the Old Harbor Bay Baptist Church and work on painting and doing light fix-ups on three homes ...