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A Good First Day's Work (Day 3)


Carter entertaining children of family who fed our team
Today our team began its work around the church. Today’s goal was to clean around the facility, as well as prepare it for the food packing and distribution that would take place later in the week. We split up into groups and teams that flowed between various jobs including wiping down walls, cleaning out refrigerators, buffing floors, sweeping, washing windows, cleaning work equipment, cleaning out gutters and a variety of other tasks. That is a quick description of what was a full and busy day.
Haley using her artistic gifts to make new stations signs
Our lunch and dinner were provided by different families from within the church. These meals provide us with a great time to meet various people from the church on a more personal level. We continue to be overwhelmed by the gracious hospitality of the folks at this church. We have been given so much great food, our team has said they could skip a meal and not even miss it.
            I was grateful for the way our team jumped in this morning, ready and willing to do the work around the church. They all were flexible and supportive of each other. Toward the end of the afternoon, the team was continuing to ask Pastor Daniel if there was anything else that they could do around the church, because they genuinely wanted to help with the work and improvements of the church. 

            Tomorrow we will spend the day out collecting foods from other food banks in the region that will be dispersed on Thursday. This will give our team an opportunity to see more of the province of Quebec, and interact with other areas of the ministry beyond the church.

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  1. UnknownJuly 19, 2016 at 12:11 PM

    Keep up the good work and continue finding joy in the serving!!!

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