This week has been jam-packed with lots of exciting experiences. Here's a summary of our activities that you can use to ask your Mission Tripper for their stories.
Saturday, June 18
- Started with devotion and prayer
- A long bus day filled with making new friends
- Played bus game where we had to learn something new about everyone
- Spent night at Hillside Christian Church in Amarillo
- Had fun in cool game room
- Devotions with team
Sunday, June 19
- Another long bus ride making more friends
- Watched Navajo movie on bus
- Toured Petrified Forest National Park
- Rode through Painted Desert
- Visited pueblo ruins & petroglyphs from 1250 AD
- Saw lots of petrified logs
- Group photo in front of largest petrified log
- Stopped at Walmart to get essential junk for week
- Voiced thanks to Friendship club for $5 gift and prayer support
- Arrived at camp and settled into very cramped bunk rooms
- First great nightly worship service
- Good worship songs led by Gabe (Team Effort worship leader)
- Great testimony by Mallory (Team Effort leader)
- Devotions with team
Monday, June 20
- Workday 1
- Teams grouped into four work-sites:
- Team F to complete painting home of elderly Navajo
- Teams A & E to build deck & paint at Navajo home
- Teams C & D to work on foundation for church basketball court
- Teams B & G to sheetrock, mud & paint at camp
- Work-sites opened with devotions
- Excursion to Little Painted Desert
- Saw beautiful view and climbed down into it
- Lots of war wounds from sliding down sand "mountains"
- Another fantastic worship service and team devotions
Tuesday, June 21
- Workday 2
- Team F moved to site where home burned down and started clearing remnants
- Other teams continued at their sites
- Excursion of hike up nearby mountain
- Climbed through cave at top of mountain
- Great views of valleys and mountains
- A dozen of group walked 3+ miles back to camp
- Another fantastic worship service and team devotions
Wednesday, June 22
- Impromptu excursion to little window rock
- 3/4 of group rose at 4:30 to go climb another nearby mountain
- Led by a local Navajo teenager (Cordell)
- Steep rocky climb led to small window rock
- Real slow descent due to loose rocks
- Workday 3
- Now highly skilled teams continued at their sites
- Visited by Navajo women selling their hand-made jewelry
- Q&A Session with Pastor Mike about Navajo life
- Heard Pastor Mike's interesting testimony
- Another fantastic worship service and team devotions
- A long bus day enjoying friends and nappingSaturday, June 18
- Started with devotion and prayer
- A long bus day filled with making new friends
- Played bus game where we had to learn something new about everyone
- Spent night at Hillside Christian Church in Amarillo
- Had fun in cool game room
- Devotions with team
Sunday, June 19
- Another long bus ride making more friends
- Watched Navajo movie on bus
- Toured Petrified Forest National Park
- Rode through Painted Desert
- Visited pueblo ruins & petroglyphs from 1250 AD
- Saw lots of petrified logs
- Group photo in front of largest petrified log
- Stopped at Walmart to get essential junk for week
- Voiced thanks to Friendship club for $5 gift and prayer support
- Arrived at camp and settled into very cramped bunk rooms
- First great nightly worship service
- Good worship songs led by Gabe (Team Effort worship leader)
- Great testimony by Mallory (Team Effort leader)
- Devotions with team
Monday, June 20
- Workday 1
- Teams grouped into four work-sites:
- Team F to complete painting home of elderly Navajo
- Teams A & E to build deck & paint at Navajo home
- Teams C & D to work on foundation for church basketball court
- Teams B & G to sheetrock, mud & paint at camp
- Work-sites opened with devotions
- Excursion to Little Painted Desert
- Saw beautiful view and climbed down into it
- Lots of war wounds from sliding down sand "mountains"
- Another fantastic worship service and team devotions
Tuesday, June 21
- Workday 2
- Team F moved to site where home burned down and started clearing remnants
- Other teams continued at their sites
- Excursion of hike up nearby mountain
- Climbed through cave at top of mountain
- Great views of valleys and mountains
- A dozen of group walked 3+ miles back to camp
- Another fantastic worship service and team devotions
Wednesday, June 22
- Impromptu excursion to little window rock
- 3/4 of group rose at 4:30 to go climb another nearby mountain
- Led by a local Navajo teenager (Cordell)
- Steep rocky climb led to small window rock
- Real slow descent due to loose rocks
- Workday 3
- Now highly skilled teams continued at their sites
- Visited by Navajo women selling their hand-made jewelry
- Q&A Session with Pastor Mike about Navajo life
- Heard Pastor Mike's interesting testimony
- Another fantastic worship service and team devotions
- Evryome walked out to the road for some star-gazing with laser-pointed instruction by Robert
Thursday, June 23
- Final Workday
- Teams worked to bring sites to finish points
- Finished early (noon instead of 2:30)
- Final trip to Walmart for junk to carry through weekend
- More thanks to Friendship Club for additional $10 gifts, cards and prayers
- Excursion to Clear Creek in Winslow
- Screams from jumping into cold spring-fed water
- Thrills from jumping off of 20-ft cliffs
- Another fantastic worship service and team devotions
- Heard second half of Mallory's testimony
- Impactful time by cross where we turned our sins and concerns to Jesus
- Packed to get ready to leave
Friday, June 24
- Cleaned camp and loaded bus
- Rode to Grand Canyon
- Had picnic lunch when we arrived
- Divided into four groups based on desired activities:
- Long hike down and up canyon wall
- Short hike down and up canyon, then bike along rim
- Bike along rim, then short hike down and up canyon
- Ride shuttle bus various stops along canyon rim
- Saw short movie at Visitor's Center
- Rode to National Geographic show house
- Ate dinner and saw Condor Show
- Watched Imax show on Grand Canyon
- Rode to hotel in Flagstaff
Saturday, June 25
- Said goodbye to those leaving us in Flagstaff
Thursday, June 23
- Final Workday
- Teams worked to bring sites to finish points
- Finished early (noon instead of 2:30)
- Final trip to Walmart for junk to carry through weekend
- More thanks to Friendship Club for additional $10 gifts, cards and prayers
- Excursion to Clear Creek in Winslow
- Screams from jumping into cold spring-fed water
- Thrills from jumping off of 20-ft cliffs
- Another fantastic worship service and team devotions
- Heard second half of Mallory's testimony
- Impactful time by cross where we turned our sins and concerns to Jesus
- Packed to get ready to leave
Friday, June 24
- Cleaned camp and loaded bus
- Rode to Grand Canyon
- Had picnic lunch when we arrived
- Divided into four groups based on desired activities:
- Long hike down and up canyon wall
- Short hike down and up canyon, then bike along rim
- Bike along rim, then short hike down and up canyon
- Ride shuttle bus various stops along canyon rim
- Saw short movie at Visitor's Center
- Rode to National Geographic show house
- Ate dinner and saw Condor Show
- Watched Imax show on Grand Canyon
- Rode to hotel in Flagstaff
Saturday, June 25
- Said goodbye to those leaving us in Flagstaff
- Devotions on bus after lunch
- Spent night at Hillside Christian Church in Amarillo
- Had fun in game room until after midnight
Sunday, June 26
- Woke early and boarded bus at 6 am
- Plan to get home around 6 pm
- Will get Affirmation Cards that others wrote to us
Excellent summary, Kurt! What an awesome week we had! I am guessing there were some students missing their pillows last night, as we found the following extra items on the van:
ReplyDelete2 pillows
1 sleeping bag
1 Gatorade water bottle with paint on it
1 day pack
These items will be available for auction when you arrive at GDLC! See you at 6! Praying you in on the home stretch.
Blessings,
Mary Ellen