Philly Day 1

Hi Daybreak (and family and friends!), thanks for your prayers for us today. We safely arrived in Philly at True Vine Church around 11 am this morning and enjoyed meeting Jim Rudd (the lead pastor there) as well as Luis (the campus pastor at the Wissinoming campus), and also two summer interns serving (Phil & Jamie). We were served a great lunch and toured around both of the True Vine campuses, getting to hear the stories behind how God brought about each one, led the staff/leadership of the church here, and how God is working through this amazing church family. We spent the afternoon engaging in our first service project, which was to prepare several children’s ministry classrooms at the Tyson Avenue campus to get a coat of paint – there was some old paint that needed to be stripped/sanded off. It was hard, dirty, but fun work! We wrapped up with dinner, a debrief with Pastor Jim and the interns, and then a debrief of our own to encourage each other and share how we saw God use our team members throughout the day. Tomorrow, we’re looking forward to continuing the painting project and seeing what else God has in store for us.