Hey everyone,
Sorry this will be short - we have our level 3 (10 day trips) here now. The youth pastor came up early, and I loved getting to meet him and talk with him before his team arrived... But that took away my time for my blog this weekend... This is an intense trip - but I am hoping for some down time one night soon so I can tell you about my last trip which was amazing!
Keepy praying - we are still in Micy's house - hope to be finished by the end of this week. We are doing VBS this week. Pray for strength for me as this is this half way trip and usually the hardest one to get through... Also for confidence and wisdom in how to challenge students to be more like Christ.
Pics and a blog about last week will be up soon! Can't promise when, but I will try in the next few days!
Love to you all - thanks for all the prayers and encouragement - they mean so much to me!
Joy
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Trip #2: Baylife Church
Hey everyone,
So I had my kiddos this past week and I am so very proud of each one of them! They drywalled their little hearts out, painted, worked on the ramp, put up trim (window, baseboards, and crown molding), sanding, mudding... They did an amazing job! I saw so many of them grow in so many different ways. I can't wait to come back home in August to see what they have done with their growth.
Greg let Allie and I take over the work site on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We got to plan out all the teams, figure out what work was to be done, etc. We decided the team had worked really hard one day and went to the beach in the afternoon. That was fun - Greg found a dead fish with teeth which was really freaky looking.
Saturday after we sent off Baylife, we went to Charleston, SC and explored down there. We went to the market - and Sticky Fingers for lunch. And we saw Ratatouille (spelling?) which is a hilarious movie! We went grocery shopping - getting good at planning food for large groups!
Our new group is from Michigan - high schoolers (and one 8th grader). We are hoping to finish Micy's house this week so she can move in. Greg is also letting Allie and I teach different parts of Team Time - Tuesday night I am teaching the growth journal and Thursday night the Bible Study. So pray for that. Allie is teaching Wednesday night and doing growth journal on Thursday so pray for her as well!
I love you all and miss you all! My birthday is a week and a half away - then I'll be 22! Yikes! Where does the time go?
Hugs,
Joy
Baylife Middle School Team
Baylife Adult Staff and LeaderTreks Staff
Praise and Worship on the Waccoma River
Breaking the Rules in Charleston, SC
Allie and I Looking at Each Other's Amazing Muscles!
(and Sticky Finger Tatoos!)
So I had my kiddos this past week and I am so very proud of each one of them! They drywalled their little hearts out, painted, worked on the ramp, put up trim (window, baseboards, and crown molding), sanding, mudding... They did an amazing job! I saw so many of them grow in so many different ways. I can't wait to come back home in August to see what they have done with their growth.
Greg let Allie and I take over the work site on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We got to plan out all the teams, figure out what work was to be done, etc. We decided the team had worked really hard one day and went to the beach in the afternoon. That was fun - Greg found a dead fish with teeth which was really freaky looking.
Saturday after we sent off Baylife, we went to Charleston, SC and explored down there. We went to the market - and Sticky Fingers for lunch. And we saw Ratatouille (spelling?) which is a hilarious movie! We went grocery shopping - getting good at planning food for large groups!
Our new group is from Michigan - high schoolers (and one 8th grader). We are hoping to finish Micy's house this week so she can move in. Greg is also letting Allie and I teach different parts of Team Time - Tuesday night I am teaching the growth journal and Thursday night the Bible Study. So pray for that. Allie is teaching Wednesday night and doing growth journal on Thursday so pray for her as well!
I love you all and miss you all! My birthday is a week and a half away - then I'll be 22! Yikes! Where does the time go?
Hugs,
Joy
Baylife Middle School Team
Baylife Adult Staff and LeaderTreks Staff
Praise and Worship on the Waccoma River
Breaking the Rules in Charleston, SC
Allie and I Looking at Each Other's Amazing Muscles!
(and Sticky Finger Tatoos!)
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Trip #1: Southside Christian
Hey everyone!!
So trip #1 is finished and was a sucess! Definately had it's challenges... Learning the ropes, and trying to be confident in everything you do... And pour into kids lives, and try to promote the word "bank" (the interns at LeaderTreks are trying to start a trend one student at a time), and being a great leader for the students to model after... Oh my goodness - this is going to be such a bank summer!
We had 7 students and 2 adults from Southside Christian in Orlando, FL (not too far from me!). It is one of our smaller trips. They arrived Sunday and left this morning. They are a good group of kids. They worked hard (most of the time). We are working on finishing a house that was started last summer. This house was falling apart, and some teams before us stabalized it... We hung so much drywall this week, and mudded, and built half of a wheel chair ramp. It was amazing how much different the house looks! It is for an 80+ year old lady who is living in an over crowded house right next door. We are hoping to finish this house in the next 2 weeks so we can start working on building a house from the ground up for a family of 6.
In the afternoons, this group had planned a VBS so we did that Monday-Thursday at a park. It was so awesome. There were usually about 15 kids - just enough for each one of us to give enough attention to the bigger and little ones. Almost all of us are sore from giving so many piggy back rides and carrying them on our necks. But how awesome it is to be able to love the unloveable. It is so sad to think that the attention they received this week is probably more than they have seen all year.
There were some challenges along the way, no doubt. I thought it would be tough working with the students and getting them to work, but this trip was hard at first because the adult leaders weren't on the same page as LeaderTreks. It got a lot better towards the end of the week though. I definately think there were some major "Yay Gods" this week.
I am really excited about our next trip because it is my middle schoolers - I am so very excited to see them! Pray that I challenge myself continually and that I am intentional in my relationships. This is a larger group 16 students and 4 adults. But it is going to be so amazingly BANK!
I have included some pictures below... Enjoy! Feel free to message me, send encouraging notes - they do mean a lot! I wish I could respond to all of them, but my internet and cell reception isn't very good here...
My love to you all!!
Joy
Trip #1 Pictures
Southside Christian Team
Yay for pink tool belts while working on drywall! And challenging students!
This is Nazzia who literally rode on my shoulders for a whole 2 hours almost every day - and styled my hair every day... Hmm, thank you Mom for giving me a tough scalp! Oh, and yes, that's playdough she is putting in my eye...
So trip #1 is finished and was a sucess! Definately had it's challenges... Learning the ropes, and trying to be confident in everything you do... And pour into kids lives, and try to promote the word "bank" (the interns at LeaderTreks are trying to start a trend one student at a time), and being a great leader for the students to model after... Oh my goodness - this is going to be such a bank summer!
We had 7 students and 2 adults from Southside Christian in Orlando, FL (not too far from me!). It is one of our smaller trips. They arrived Sunday and left this morning. They are a good group of kids. They worked hard (most of the time). We are working on finishing a house that was started last summer. This house was falling apart, and some teams before us stabalized it... We hung so much drywall this week, and mudded, and built half of a wheel chair ramp. It was amazing how much different the house looks! It is for an 80+ year old lady who is living in an over crowded house right next door. We are hoping to finish this house in the next 2 weeks so we can start working on building a house from the ground up for a family of 6.
In the afternoons, this group had planned a VBS so we did that Monday-Thursday at a park. It was so awesome. There were usually about 15 kids - just enough for each one of us to give enough attention to the bigger and little ones. Almost all of us are sore from giving so many piggy back rides and carrying them on our necks. But how awesome it is to be able to love the unloveable. It is so sad to think that the attention they received this week is probably more than they have seen all year.
There were some challenges along the way, no doubt. I thought it would be tough working with the students and getting them to work, but this trip was hard at first because the adult leaders weren't on the same page as LeaderTreks. It got a lot better towards the end of the week though. I definately think there were some major "Yay Gods" this week.
I am really excited about our next trip because it is my middle schoolers - I am so very excited to see them! Pray that I challenge myself continually and that I am intentional in my relationships. This is a larger group 16 students and 4 adults. But it is going to be so amazingly BANK!
I have included some pictures below... Enjoy! Feel free to message me, send encouraging notes - they do mean a lot! I wish I could respond to all of them, but my internet and cell reception isn't very good here...
My love to you all!!
Joy
Trip #1 Pictures
Southside Christian Team
Yay for pink tool belts while working on drywall! And challenging students!
This is Nazzia who literally rode on my shoulders for a whole 2 hours almost every day - and styled my hair every day... Hmm, thank you Mom for giving me a tough scalp! Oh, and yes, that's playdough she is putting in my eye...
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Mailing Address
Yeah, so many of ya'll are asking for my mailing address - internet acess is limited to sitting in the middle of the hall late at night...
All Saint's Church
LeaderTreks - Joy
3560 Kings River Road
Pawley's Island, SC 29585
Feel free to send love! I like love :o) Things are going fantastic - our first group comes tomorrow afternoon. We went shopping and I have never spent so much in my life for groceries - 3 "buggies" (yes, buggies - not carts for all you northern people) FULL of stuff! But it's for 12 people for one week... So yeah - fun times and the people at Wal-Mart LOVED us! haha
Rained most of the day today but been getting ready for the students - Allie, Greg and I are so excited. We all feel so blessed to have this opportunity that we so don't deserve. We won't accomplish anything this summer without God on our side.
Thank you all so much for your continued prayer and encouraging emails/messages. I love you all very much and miss each of you!
Can't wait to get this party started!
Joy
All Saint's Church
LeaderTreks - Joy
3560 Kings River Road
Pawley's Island, SC 29585
Feel free to send love! I like love :o) Things are going fantastic - our first group comes tomorrow afternoon. We went shopping and I have never spent so much in my life for groceries - 3 "buggies" (yes, buggies - not carts for all you northern people) FULL of stuff! But it's for 12 people for one week... So yeah - fun times and the people at Wal-Mart LOVED us! haha
Rained most of the day today but been getting ready for the students - Allie, Greg and I are so excited. We all feel so blessed to have this opportunity that we so don't deserve. We won't accomplish anything this summer without God on our side.
Thank you all so much for your continued prayer and encouraging emails/messages. I love you all very much and miss each of you!
Can't wait to get this party started!
Joy
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