Mission Trip: Day 2 (St. Louis)
After an adventurous night with police, competetive Wii games, minister board members banging on the door at 11:45p.m. we woke up and headed on our way!! By 4:15p.m. we came into view of a giant Arch – “gateway to the west” as its called – marking the near end of our 16 hour, 2 day trip to St. Louis, MO.
With tired, lazy limbs we crawled out of the van after arriving at First Presbyterian Church of Ferguson, MO. The church facilities were very nice. While the church and the sanctuary are older buildings, they have found ways to renovate and use their space for ministry purposes. They have apartment like rooms for housing the homeless. They have a youth room equipped with pool table, ping pong table, poker table (interesting). There is one giant room underneath the sanctuary that has a total of 30 beds to house groups who participate in the Urban Ministry program.
Out of an amazing gesture of trust, we are given keys and access to the entire building! Chapel, sanctuary, fellowship hall, kitchens, youth room, etc. etc.
We had a fun night of home cooked food provided by our very own Ellie Taliaferro Jennifer Miles: Tacos!!
The evening was filled with fun and laughter!
Dreyton and Ellie did a GREAT job leading the evening devotion focusing on what everyone hoped to get out of the week.
Pictures coming!
