Paint, Prayer, and Pizza

Philadelphia Day 2 started out as a drizzly day outside, but it wouldn’t dampen our team spirit! We continued on to scraping and painting the True Vine Tyson Avenue children’s rooms. It took many hands and a lot of hard work. Luis served us a great lunch and we enjoyed sharing about the “early days” of Daybreak. We went back to work for a few more hours of painting. Then we headed out to the neighborhoods of Philly for prayer walks. Four groups spread out and canvased the areas, praying for the needs of each community. Among other things, all four groups felt the need to pray for fatherless families. After the prayer walking, Pastor Jim hosted our group at his home for dinner. We had 2 of the world’s largest pizzas, and there wasn’t much left over. After we were full, we debriefed on the prayer walking and discussed the changes happening in the neighborhoods of Philadelphia. It was great to hear the insight of Pastor Jim and an elder from True Vine. Upon returning to the Wissinoming campus in the evening we returned to another service project: We helped prepare fruit to bless the local school teachers on their last day of school tomorrow. We wrapped up with another team debrief to affirm and encourage each other. We’re looking forward to eating lunch with the homeless tomorrow and exploring Center City a bit. Thanks for all your prayer for us. We’re all healthy and loving what God is doing in and through us.