Mission Trip: Day 5 (June 22)
The morning was spent at the two Crisis Nurseries that we were at the previous afternoon. How great to come back and spend some time with the same kids we met the day before!! The staff was great as well.
The afternoon we spent doing quite a bit of gardening in an impoverished, run down side of town. It’s nice to be able to make something beautiful in the midst of what literally appeared to be rotten buildings on the verge of collapse. The garden we worked in had been started back in 2001 by an elderly lady that lived across the street from this area. Over the years an organization that specializes in gardening in impoverished, urban areas all over the city began to send volunteers year after year to keep the gardens up. So we spent most of our day mulching, weeding, cleaning out this large garden. How awesome!! We worked hard in the heat and humidity and did a great job.
In the evening we did some resupplying of groceries and Will grilled some wonderful chicken for dinner. Then we headed to the community pool for some recreation and fun! Beth thought the diving board was going to break as the kids seemed to test it to its limit! Lots of cannon balls, flips and quasi-flips (faceplants)! It was fun to have a diving board to play on…remember those?
Beth adds…I spent today at the nursery with Katie, Ellie, Jennifer and McKenzie. They did such a great job with the children. All of the work they have done has been a blessing to the agencies we’ve worked for and they have not hesitated to tell us so! I’m proud of all our kids for working in places where they aren’t necessarily comfortable and doing their best. The boys weren’t really excited about going to “play with the babies” all day, but they really stepped up to the plate and found that they were appreciated 
Here is a clip of some of the skill of our youth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFwZrkx8E5w
See...guys are great with kids too!!
Hey...shouldn't you be watching the children!!??
Awesome workers!!
these are really awesome pictures Adam!!!! i espcally love the one where will is showing his loving side!!!! its really cute