While each day has been chock full of work, beauty, and God’s
goodness, this trip has moved SO quickly! We had another beautiful day of
plunging the richness of God’s will for us here in Philly. What’d we do today?
Well, at the Tyson Ave campus of True Vine, we got a 2nd coat of
paint on the three children’s rooms, cleaned all the toys and chairs that were
in those rooms, swept and mopped all the rooms (the crazy paint scrapings from
earlier in the week were quite the little buggers to get off of everything),
hung some decorative items for them, vacuumed the sanctuary, swept the stairs,
and more! We were blessed with lunch made by one of True Vine’s generous
members. We also got to help a family from True Vine move into a new house
today! Can you believe that they were driving from Allentown to Philly every
weekend to attend – AND that they were high level volunteers who show up to
church (with their kids) super early every Sunday? We busted through a full
size UHAUL truck, plus a minivan in about an hour (with help from a few True
Vine members as well). After dinner (thanks Pastor Luis for grilling for us!),
we headed back to Tyson Ave for a prayer meeting. We weren’t quite sure what to
expect, but basically it was 90 minutes of Holy Spirit led, God’s presence
infused time with a worship leader singing and leading us into God’s presence,
and us praying silently and out loud to bless True Vine, tomorrow’s church
service, and the local community. We ended the prayer meeting by partnering up
with a True Vine church member, us praying for them and their church family,
and them praying for us. You should be SO proud of this team! There have been
fears conquered, many firsts, so much love and encouragement expressed between team
members and more. This random team of 11 people is now a tight knit, affirming
family. What a blessing it’s been. Tomorrow is one more full day. We’ll be
running Children’s Ministry at both campuses (Wissinoming at 10:30 and Tyson
Ave at 1:00). Before that we’ll be doing some cleaning and packing. After that,
we’ll be spending some time sharing life with Tyson Ave members after their
service, then finishing up with a few debriefs of our trip and a final bless to
affirm each other as well as the AMAZING pastors we’ve worked with and the
interns here supporting them and us. Good night (or well, now – good morning!)
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