Our church (First EFC- Maplewood, MN) youth ministries have partnered with CastleRock Community Church and Urban Impact Ministries in the Central-City of New Orleans since 1997. This blog will highlight the activities of our 2011 team.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Sightseeing and our Last Harrah. . .


Wow! What a week. As we write this we are all amazed at how fast everything has gone by. The days highlights included the guys missing breakfast (overslept), trip to the French Quarter for a walking tour and back to CastleRock church to begin a modified day camp at a nearby park. We played soccer, had bible time as well as crafts. It was very hot, even in the shade. We had over 40 children show up. Pastor Dave even got a chance to go to Tre Pennington's (CastleRock Worship Leader and National Project Director) house to check out the finished work that one of our adult work teams did back in August of 2006.

We came back to the church for about a half hour break and some water and headed back out to play with the children at the two project sites. It was nice to have one last time to just hang out, get our hair braided, spin kids and play four square. It was so hard to leave, but we know that beginning next Monday another group will be coming in to pick up where we left off. We praise God for the wonderful relationships that were developed, along with some great conversations about God we had.

Prayer Request. . .
Pray for the Urban Impact/ CastleRock Church staff as they continue to build on what the teams start.
Pray for our team as we look back at the week and reflect on what God has taught us.
Pray for Pastor Dave as he drives nearly 20 hours over the next two days after a long week.

Answered Prayer. . .
Great last day with the children, good attendance and weather.
Safety for all the groups as they all worked very hard.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hope you are taking a lot of pictures in the van!

Laurie Jaehnert said...

Hello Everyone, especially Dana, Sounds like your last day was great. Be assured We will be praying for alertness for Dave on the drive home. Praise God for how he worked through you. Love Laurie