First Day Recap

Hello once again,

We had a great first "day" here in New Richmond. As I said earlier, we rolled in around 3:30 this afternoon.

We then went over to the Kelly's house for supper. Tim and Bridgette were helpers in our youth group here at First Baptist when I was on staff. We had a great time and it was quite a spread they set before us.

Matt Chojnacki and I took on Adam (Youth Pastor) and Jerod (Tim & Bridgette's son) in a wicked game of basketball. In the mid 80's with almost 100% humidity along with my out-of-shapeness, I don't think that I've EVER sweat as much as I did! We ended up losing by two, and I immediately drank a 1/2 gallon of lemonade and sat in front of the AC register.

They converted their garage into a game room with the Wii, so a bunch of the teens were playing bowling and golf. We had a great time hanging out and were very appreciative of the Kelly's hospitality.

When we came back to the church I led the teens in a study of James 2:14-26 and we looked at the topic of our faith and works. We studied the three examples that James gave us in meeting the physical needs of people (15-16), Sacrificial works (21-22), and Showing kindness and helping others (25). We talked about how we can use all three of these during our time here in New Richmond. We also talked about, more importantly, how we can use these examples in our everyday life.

Tomorrow we start our work. Our schedule for the morning/afternoon goes like this:

9:00-12:00 VBS

lunch

1:00-4:30 Work projects

We don't know what exactly we are doing yet for VBS, so we will have to be flexible and go wherever they need us to. We are going to be pressure washing two decks tomorrow to prep them for staining later in the week. We are also going over to several elderly houses to wash windows. I challenged the teens tonight to spend time after they got done washing to interact with the people. Please be praying that we meet more than just the physical need for getting the windows done, and that we would be there to listen and minister to them as well.

It's been a great day and it's a privilege to work with these quality teens!

Look forward to an awesome day tomorrow!!!