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.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Day 7- Wednesday, June 29

Hitting Our Groove. . . A Normal Day

It was hot and sunny today, no surprise there.
8:30am- Breakfast
9:15am- Personal Devotions (1 Corinthians 13)
9:30am- Our Team Devotions (Jordan Erickson- Romans 5)
10:30- Chapel Time with worship and message from Pastor John Gerhardt
12:00- Lunch
12:45- Day Camp Prep & Van Drivers Leave to Pick Up Children
1:30pm- Day Camp Begins (Crafts, Bible, Sports "Wet Water Wednesday")
4:00pm- Day Camp Ends
5:00pm- Supper
6:00pm- Challenge Circle (Melph, Calliope, Taylor Park)
8:30pm- Talent Show for Teams (Congrats Becca on Winning)
10:15pm- Intern testimony by Kyle & ????
10:45pm- Lights Out

Health is good for the team and we have bonded well with the other team from Maple Grove EFC as well as the Urban Impact Interns.  Please pray for opportunities for us to share Jesus and for good health and lots of energy.

Day 5 & 6- June 27 & 28 (Mon & Tue)

Today the second day of camp we did start
The kids went to Bible, sports and did also some art
before eating supper each of our color teams made up a cheer
and after went into the vans one of which Dave did steer.
We all went to the projects and brought balls and some chalk
with the kids we did play with the kids we did talk.
While Dave was awesome and owning in basketball
it seemed for the rain someone did call
The wind started blowing and thunder we heard
the Challenge Circle was cancelled for the ground was too wet.
So we went to the Yellow House to clean up for the night
and after hearing some interns testimonies we turned off the light.

Interpretation of Poem. .  We had thunderstorms that arrived during the evening so at our three sights
we had to cut short time because of the severe storms.



Sunday, June 26, 2011

Day 4- Sunday, June 26

We did wake up when the alarm rang
And before eating breakfast, good morning we sang
We then did some devos and went to a meeting
About the history of CasleRock before some more eating
Before we did eat though, sing songs did we do
And a tour of the city we also did too
And last but not least about culture we learned
More useful knowledge all of us had earned
Next we ate lunch and then got into groups
Training was great, no one said oops
After learning day camp we learned how to run
The challenge circle, it was really fun
We then did eat dinner, spaghetti it was
After going outside for some bball we went back in because
It was time for some prayer to grow closer to God
For getting beignets, yes, did most of us nod
So to Cafe Du Monde all of us were sent
Next back to the yellow house we all went
And quick showers we took to not be a hog
So the last thing to do was to write this blog.

Poems by Karen B.