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    Trinity

    AllanDuring this week, I learned

    SO much through, about

    and with the people I met.

    Its unbelievable. The first

    step was meeting them on

    Monday and spending the

    whole day sweating with

    them at the Salvation

    Army and Rehab Center,

    which we also did on

    Tuesday. The next big

    thing was the amazing

    church service onWednesday where we

    praised the Lord together and took up the offering of the bread and wine (juice). And

    then, there is Thursday. Thursday was the ABSOLUTE most emotional. Why, do you ask?

    Thursday was the last day we would be working with all of the amazing people we

    learned to know and love. The last full day we would be spending together, possibly

    ever. I guess all of that emotion caught up to us that night when we went to the club

    building to play a few games where teams can win prizes. After the games, we sang a

    few songs to worship. Then, Jerry, our Youthworks leader that did singing, and

    devotionals, talked to us about Jesus and about the feet washing. He announced that

    we would be getting into our church groups and the staff would be washing our leadersand our feet if we wanted it. They had us circle up and turned on some music. I guess

    that overwhelmed us because before we knew it the presence of God was felt by

    EVERYBODY. We all came closer to the people around us and the tears began flowing.

    We automatically found somebody to comfort even though sometimes we couldnt

    even see out of our tears. But that was taken care of. People you barely even met came

    and wiped your tears off of your face for you. The love in that room was so immense.

    During that time, we not only held, hugged and cried with our own church group, but

    went around and prayed with others. The emotion in that room was the utmost

    example of indescribable. There was not one bit of awkwardness hugging other people.In that small amount of time, I believe I was closer to Christ than I have ever been. After

    a while some of us managed to go outside and even laugh a little, while one other

    church was still inside, washing peoples feet and praying. After that night, we were

    closer to each other than ever before. We went into the main building and talked and

    laughed for a while until we finally went to bed. Friday morning, upon departure, we

    were all tired and torn between wanting to leave and not. When it came time to leave,

    we were all so disappointed. At one point in the car ride, I placed Andrews t-shirt over

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    my head so I couldnt see anything that would remind me of my time there. The

    memories that were created there will last a lifetime.

    Ruth BarkerThis entire trip was great! But the little church service we

    had on Wednesday night really impacted me. The wholetrip I had been working on putting God first, because I

    really havent been, and because of that I had been

    feeling really guilty and like I didnt deserve God. During

    the service, we watched a video about how God will

    never love us any less, no matter what we do. This really

    gave me a fresh feeling and reminded me I can alwayshave a clean slate. Then we had communion and that

    reminded me that God died so that our sins may be

    forgiven. I felt like I was given a second chance. Then we

    sang a bunch of amazing songs and just praised God. The

    whole experience was very refreshing.

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    Zach ShoresWhen I signed up for this trip, I had no idea what I was doing; all I knew was that Iwanted to help people and work. When we got in the church vans to go to

    Savannah, I was pretty nervous, but as soon as we got there we were welcomed

    with open arms. I may be an extrovert but when we walked in, we all stuck

    together. We looked incredibly cliquey with our matching shirts and always

    standing in a circle. Just before dinner, I silenced my nerves and went and started

    talking to some folks from another church. These people were so cool and all

    throughout dinner we sat and ate while we swapped stories. Suddenly I was on

    fire to meet everyone and start getting to know everyone I could. When we got

    our work teams, we were a little awkward at first, but when we started working

    together, we were tight. By the third day, we hadnt known these people for days;

    we had known them for years. We would skip down the halls singing out that we

    had no dignity! We didnt care what others thought, because we were a family. As

    Sebastian Moralos put it, we didnt have dignity, we had swag. Then from painting

    a house to dog piling a leader when they farted at three in the morning, we were

    incredibly close. We were at our worst with them and we were at our best with

    them. You know someone truly trusts you when they put their head on your

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    shoulder and just cry, but all you have to do is just hold them, comfort them. I will

    never, ever forget the relationships that were made this week.

    Andrew MooreThis week I especially enjoyed the music and the singing.

    I believe that the music made me grow closer to God andthink differently. I also came away praying more than I

    ever have in my whole life. That also helped me grow

    closer to God. Before I left for my mission trip, I would

    work pretty hard, but I didnt enjoy it. During the trip,

    whenever we were working, I was always happy and

    enthusiastic. That has greatly improved my work ethicand my attitude. Overall

    the mission trip has

    greatly improved my

    faith in God and myself. I

    think this because doing

    work on the mission was

    for God and for the good

    of the people. All the

    work made me feel good

    inside because I was

    helping people, and

    showing them Christ.

    The work that I did thisweek with team one

    were, working with the

    Salvation Army, helping

    out at a Rehab Center,

    and painting peoples

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    houses for the city of Savannah. All of those projects

    helped me in many ways and blessed those who were

    helped.

    Savannah Hightower

    I went into this week not really expecting anything. Sure, I went on the WadeCenter mission trip last year, but each one is different. So with all I had heard

    about the trip (we would be sleeping in a church, possibly taking open community

    showers and being in the extremely hot sun of Savannah, GA),I didnt know what

    to expect. At the beginning of the week, I was finding myself comparing

    everything to Wade-the music, the food, the jobs. I didnt even feel like I was

    where I was supposed to be; it all felt wrong to me. But by the end of the week, I

    realized I couldnt have been more wrong. When we started out, I felt like we

    were pretty cliquey (anyone would agree). We would always eat together during

    meals and hang out together in our room. Then, rather slowly, but utterly fast atthe same time, we began to branch way out. We were put into work groups with

    kids from other churches, so that was the spark of the branch out, but then we

    got even bolder and branched towards people who were not in our church, or not

    in our work group. We made friends with anyone who was willing to ask our

    name and anyone who talked to us for more than one minute was immediately

    like our family. We became so comfortable around strangers, now friends; we

    were able to skip down the halls with dignity while singing Disney songs at the top

    of our lungs without feeling embarrassed. You would look around the dining room

    at free time and see a group playing cards, someone playing guitar, others singingalong to the guitar playing, and yet others just sitting and talking. No one would

    guess that we had only known each other for less than one full week. These

    people saw us hot and sweaty, covered in paint. They saw us at our worst, when

    we first woke up in the morning. They would see us crying and without hesitation

    come to us, hold

    us and pray for us

    until tears cease

    streaming from

    our eyes. Theywould see us at

    all of these times,

    and yet, they still

    loved us. They

    accepted us for

    who we are.

    Bonds were

    formed this past

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    week, ones that I will never forget.

    Servant of All

    By Susan WatsonSavannah, GA SMP 2011 with Youthworks! Ministry

    When our team loaded up in two vans and left Montreat in the

    pouring rain, we could not imagine the week that would follow. We

    arrived safely at our destination, Grace United Methodist Church, andwere warmly greeted by a humid 99 degrees F and sunshine.

    The theme scripture for the week was Luke 6:27 28, the words of

    Jesus: 27"But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good tothose who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those whoabuse you. When we were introduced to this verse and the idea Be

    different during Club Group Time, it became clear to us that this week

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    would become a challenge to shake off complacency and apathy aboutJesus call to us to be love.

    Jesus was different as he walked on the earth and interacted withthis world. He was unaccepted and likewise, he calls us to be aspecial people who are set apart to do his work. (1 Peter 2:9 But

    you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God's]own purchased, special people, that you may set forth

    the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him

    Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.) In this callto be different as Christ was different in the way he loved and served

    others, it was clear we would be different than we were before we

    answered His call to serve and love. It is so easy to stay the way I amand to take the easy way out of serving and loving, apart from Him.

    Soon after we arrived, the students were divided into separate

    teams for work projects. Youthworks gave each work team a nameBe Love, One, Free, Nonconformist, Wicked, and Security.

    The name Be Love impressed me and reminded me of the theme

    verse in Luke 6, Love your enemies, do good bless and pray Itis impossible to be love or serve the way Jesus did in our own

    strength. Being love and serving others, especially our enemies, is

    different and upside-down. It is painful to bear the faults of othersand care for the unloving or ungrateful ones who curse us or hate us.Apart from His Spirit, grace and help, it cannot be done by human will

    alone.This week in Savannah, God worked in the lives of our Montreat

    team and also the work teams, composed of students and leaders from

    different churches who worked together on projects each day. Our

    team was called One, and we spent two afternoons playing BINGOand fellowshipping with residents of Savannah Rehab, a nursing home.

    Two mornings we worked at the Salvation Army in the warehouse andcleaning up the Store. When we worked outside two full days painting

    houses for the City of Savannah, the kids on our team were energeticand took initiative so well. It was amazing to see the teamwork andexcitement they had for this project in spite of the heat and

    challenging conditions. They worked hard as a group and individually

    showed positive attitudes and cheerful hearts. At times, theysomehow made the project seem more like a party.

    Shawn joined our group at the work site Thursday, our second dayof painting. He introduced himself to the homeowner, Mrs. Caper, andasked how we could pray for her. I confess, I had thought of that

    sweet lady inside the house as an enemy before that moment. Inthe darkness of my heart, I was helping, painting, going through themotions, but my heart was far from loving this person.

    Two of Mrs. Capers grandchildren came to the front door to watch

    us paint. They came outside and brought us frozen popsicles. Theysaid they liked the improvements we were making on the house.

    When we finished and cleaned up the site, Mrs. Caper welcomed us

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    inside to pray with her. Shawn started talking with her and she sharedabout her life, her declining health and physical problems, her 23

    grandchildren, and she showed us a Bible she had received sevenyears before when another group of students painted her house andsigned the Bible and gave it to her. Shawn led us in prayer together,

    and I knew my judgment of Mrs. Caper had been ill-conceived. Myfocus was self-centered, not counting my trials all joy or putting

    others before myself. I was not even doing my work heartily as unto

    the Lord. I was like the Pharisee who confessed with words, but hisheart was far from Him.

    When we had our group meeting that night with all the churches, I

    suspected there would be a difference in our time together, but Iwasnt prepared for all that God would do. The Youthworks leadersasked us to separate into our church groups after a time of worship

    and prayer. We sat together in a circle on the floor. The Youthworksleaders brought out wash basins and towels and started to wash the

    feet of the Youth Leaders from each church and pray individually for

    each one. It was a powerful moment for all of us as the Holy Spiritoverwhelmed us with an awareness of the deep, deep love of Jesus,

    that He would give up His life for us and serve us with His sacrifice and

    make us His children and forgive us and cleanse and save us and somuch was felt in that act, as we thought of Him washing the feet of hisfollowers. We had responded to His action by washing feet in a

    symbolic way following His example, and He blessed our efforts withHis presence. We prayed for each other and wept together for a long

    time, as we were realizing what great, endless love He has for us.

    We will always remember the closeness we realized that day

    closeness to each other as brothers and sisters in Christ, closeness toeach other as One Church--His Bride, and closeness to Him, the

    Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the only One who is able to saveus completely.

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    Savannah Georgia SMP Haylee Fortson

    Wow thats all I have to say about this trip is... Wow! It started out as aquestionable experience and ended with a wonderful one. The trip started out

    like any gathering of many people who dont know each other, quiet and

    awkward. But then as the week progressed everyone began to make

    unforgettable friends, who we are all still thinking about and missing. That was

    what really stuck out to me on the trip... the people. Everyone worked hard,

    prayed hard, and laughed hard all week long growing in relationships with friends

    and God. The most spiritual moments of the week were when we all washed

    each others feet while showering tears and snot all over our new friends. This

    hour and a half long crying session brought us all together. Leaning over eachother and praying for one anothers faith and future. The praise was also amazing

    with just a simple drum and guitar we had a blast singing and dancing for the lord.

    While lifting our hands and praying, the sweet music showed us just how

    wonderful our God really is. We all experienced Gods greatness as we let the

    music fill our hearts and lungs. The whole group would walk out of worship with

    the songs stuck in our heads and then the next day sing with the other churches

    as we worked hard in the heat. The work crews were spectacular as well, working

    in a hundred degree weather, trying not to let the sweat drip on the newly

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    painted houses that we all worked so hard to finish, then battling one another to

    get into the showers first. It just amazed me how much fun you can actually have

    when youre working hard. The showers where great also! Usually I would

    complain about having cold

    showers but in those

    circumstances we all would rather

    have cold showers than a hot one.

    I will miss everyone so much. Icant wait to get in contact with

    my new friends and leaders. It is so

    great that we all have one thing in

    common... we all want to share

    the lords love with others and

    minister to the ones who have not

    yet seen the glory of God. I love all

    of my fellow Christians I met there

    and I will miss them, but I am gladto be home now as a more

    motivated Christian in North

    Carolina.

    Alexandra WatsonDuring this last week a lot of amazing things happened. For me the two

    things that meant most were the people and prayer. I made a lot of

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    new friends with the people I was working with. It was amazing to see

    so many youth working together for the same goal and their hearts

    were always focused on God. During worship time I was always

    overcome with awe and joy seeing so many youth praying and singing

    their hearts out for God. On our last night there, we were having a

    special praise time in which we washed each others feet. This was the

    most amazing part of the trip for me. We divided into our churchgroups for silent prayer and meditation. By the end of the night, I was

    sitting on the ground tangled up in a small group of teary eyed, runny

    nosed youth. We hadnt even known each other for a week but we still

    felt so close and took no time hesitating before giving one another a big

    hug and lifting up a prayer for them. I love them all and saying good-

    bye was very hard but just having the opportunity to meet them and

    get so close to them means so much to me! And with Gods way of

    doing things who knows maybe Ill see and meet up with them againduring my life.

    Haylee and I even nominated one of the boys our human tissue!

    Elizabeth GuffeySunday- On Sunday we left Montreat. On the car trip Savannah read Hunger games.

    When we arrived, we got settled in and were briefed. For dinner we had Bar-B-Qsandwiches. Bed is at 11:00. So we have a lot of time and come to find out they have it

    scheduled, we have this thing called Club. We go in a building and they have a pile of

    mats to sit on. Club is like a worship service. We sing songs and Jerry (one of the

    Youthworks leaders) talks and then we got into our Montreat group and talk before bed.

    Monday- On Monday I woke up and got ready for the day. For breakfast we had cereal.

    My work team,

    which consisted of 4

    Montreaters and 5

    other people from

    another church wereon the building clean

    up. So, after

    breakfast, we met in

    the hall and I am

    assigned to cleaning

    the girls bathroom

    with Ellie and Katy.

    After the bathroom

    is clean, we go to the

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    Club to do our devotionals. They give us special devotionals for the week. After

    devotionals, my work team and I go to get briefed on our work site for the day. In the

    morning we will be going to Chathan Academy then we will eat lunch (we packed lunch

    of ham sandwiches before breakfast) and then we are going to Savannah Square (a

    retirement home) then we will go to the Y to take showers. I go and get my stuff for

    showers and fill my camelback. I get in a van learn the names of my work team: From

    Trinity Church: A leader Billy and Crisno, Jake, Grant, Ellie and Katie. From Montreat

    Church: A leader Joel and Haylee, Elizabeth, Frank and Zach. We are riding in Tri nitys

    van. The name of our work Team is non-conformist. We arrive at Chatham Academy and

    me and Ellie clean classrooms. Then we eat lunch and head to Savannah square. When

    we arrive, we play Bingo with the residents. I go room to room and visit/meet the other

    residents. I meet a lady named Cathleen, Hudge and after that we head to the Y for

    showers. There is a big line because we got there last. After showers we head back to

    the church, where we are staying. We eat dinner and go to River Street. There are a lot

    of little shops. My favorite shops are the two candy shops. There was so much candy,

    my eyes probably doubled in size. River Street as you might have guessed is right on the

    Savannah River and there are so many HUGE boats. After River Street we went back to

    the church and did Club, which is like a worship service. After Club, we got into ourchurch groups and talked about highs and lows and did this other cool thing; 2 people

    would tell about themselves and then we prayed over them. After that, we got ready for

    bed.

    Tuesday- I woke up at 5:50 to go on a run but there was only 2 people so I could not go,

    because the rule is you have to have 3 people. I had to be quiet until everyone else

    woke up. I was starving when Breakfast finally came after being up for so long. After

    breakfast, I got ready for the day and headed to Club. The theme for the week is be

    different. I did devotionals in the material that they handed out and headed back to

    the rooms and got my shower and work stuff together and climbed in the van to go.

    Today we will be working at an Educational Garden and at Savannah Square. When wearrive at our work site, I am overwhelmed by this overgrown garden with weeds. We

    begin weeding and weeding and it is SO hot after about an hour and a half the heat

    starts to really get to me and I am having a hard time focusing and I feel light headed

    and dizzy. I dont think I could have kept working if it wasnt for God pulling me through.

    I learned quite a lesson on how easy it is to get dehydrated and now I vow to carry my

    camelback with me everywhere I go for the week. After lunch we had lots of spare time

    so Sarah (one of the Youthworks leaders) said that we would go around and tell about

    our testimonies. I thought that this was an excellent way to get to know each other. I

    think that the Garden was probably my least favorite work site because of the heat but

    mostly because you could not see the fruits of your labor. After we shared our

    testimonies, we piled in the van and went to Savannah Square. Today we did crafts like

    bracelet making and painting. I made a bracelet for one lady and then I made one for

    Cathleen Hudge as well as painting a little box for her. I had to wait for the box to dry

    before I could give it to her and so right before we left I took it to her. I was so thrilled to

    see the smile on her face when I gave it to her that I am sure it was one of the most

    wonderful days of my life. It was truly inspiring. At that moment, I knew that I wanted to

    be a missionary more than anything else in the world. Even now, I am trembling just

    thinking about that moment. Everyone was already in the van ready to leave when I got

    in. We were on our way to the Y for a shower when Joel Barker remembered that he

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    had forgotten his camera so we went back to Savannah Square to get it. When we were

    at the Y, we were the last ones there again because of the delays. My work team needs

    to hurry because we are on dinner prep. We get done with showers and rush over to the

    church to make dinner. For dinner we are having tacos. YUM! I was starving and ate a

    lot of tacos, well, only 2 but they were big. After dinner I headed to Club. After dinner

    we went to the First Baptist African America Church in Savannah. I could write a book

    about this place but due to paper, ink and time shortages, I will only tell you one or two

    very important things if you do want to hear about it all, you may ask me about it

    sometime. There is something you need to know about me. When I feel Gods strong

    presence, I tremble and I was shaking during the entire time. After we returned to the

    church, we did Club and at our Montreat Church meeting Andrew and Trinity told about

    themselves and we prayed over them and then I hit the sack.

    Wednesday- I woke up and had breakfast and then headed to club and devotions. After

    devotions, we opened up our work project by painting a house. We piled into the van

    and went to our work site. We are painting a blue house into a green one. We also have

    to paint the trim which we will do tomorrow. The house is not too big which is good. We

    have fun painting and it takes all of our work time. I am ready for a shower and feel

    good after getting all that paint off of me. We ate dinner and my team was on dinnerclean up. After dinner, we went to Wednesday Church services. It was fun. We did Club

    and Montreat Church groups and Alexandra and Joe is who we prayed over. Then we hit

    the sack.

    Thursday- I woke up and ate breakfast, did devotionals and went to the work site. The

    work we did was more detailed and it went faster. Then we went to shower and eat

    dinner. We played some games, had Club and then we washed feet and got into our

    groups and prayed for each other. Then we went to bed.

    Friday- We woke up, cleaned up and moved out. We went to the beach. Then we went

    to the hotel, did our devotionals and went to bed.Saturday- We got up early and had a long car trip and Savannah read Hunger Games.

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    Matt Brouwer

    This mission trip has really opened my eyes to the need of

    services in a community much like our own. I feel challenged to

    serve more in our church and community. I liked the friendship

    everyone showed on the mission trip. The enthusiasm to make

    new friends was awesome. Thursday night was inspiring.Working with the crew was cool and we accomplished a lot. So

    much work had to be done. Leadership was good. I could tell

    they really cared about us.

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    Barbara Allan

    It was nice to hear about the guy accepting

    Christ. I love the people there on the trip too.

    It was fun to bond with some of the people

    from the other churches. It was so cool

    Thursday how emotional everyone got and how

    touched everyone was. I love seeing how

    appreciative everyone was when we were

    helping them and when we were done.

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    Savannah inRetrospect,

    Aric

    MoussetteGod is faithful. I am

    awestruck that He delights

    in choosing fallible and

    broken people to proclaim

    his glory. Why he does this

    we will never truly

    understand this side of heaven. We see this in the lives of a bunch of teenagers and

    those entrusted to them. In Savannah we devoted our time among organizations that

    are doing the best they can with the plans God has given them and limited resources.We had fun with the kids at the Boys and Girls Club, visited lonely hearts at a nursing

    home, helped paint a house for a woman over her head in Hospice work, and spent

    hours laboring for the local Salvation Army. More importantly, when we went to these

    places we had the opportunity to pray with them. And that was just my team. Susan and

    Joels teams went other places performing similar functions. But it wasnt what we did

    and where we were, it was who we were doing it for. We were doing these seemingly

    uncommon acts because inside the hearts of our kids there resides a place that fully

    realizes that their lives are worth significantly more than homework, sports, and social

    functions. Just like the rest of us who yearn to please our savior, there lies an

    authoritative desire to restore our world back to its intended meaning and focus.

    In all of our meetings, fundraisers, and work projects prior to the trip, the message was

    simple; lets work for Jesus.

    Months before the trip we met, worked, and prayed together, reminding ourselves of

    this larger purpose beyond our immediate community. This was our common goal. The

    truly beautiful part is that God honored our intentions to serve him. As we sweat and

    labored together we shared an ever so slight glimpse of suffering for our savior.

    At the figurative end of the day, God was faithful to break down the walls of social

    complacency that can divide his church. God was faithful to bring light, conviction, and

    grace to the places in our lives we think we keep hidden from him. Thankfully, Godcontinues to be faithful to bring those around us to challenge, edify, and help us to work

    through this sanctification. My continuing prayer for our Savannah team, our church,

    and myself is to bring the same kind of heart that we brought down there and bring it

    home. We need to bring it home to our families, schools, church and community. The

    prayer is that God will continue to use us as fallible and broken people to affect our

    community and world so that ALL will sing, Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God

    Almighty!!!

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    Georgia: by Joel Barker

    This one could use some help, the nurse whispered to me as she maneuvered

    the wheelchair into the florescent-lit room and introduced me to Ms. Georgia.

    What a fitting name, I thought as I sat down beside this quiet, gentle woman at

    the nursing home in Savannah. The room was filling to over capacity. Bingo was

    about to begin.

    Billy and I had just arrived with our team of kids. Earlier in the day we had worked

    at a center for those with learning challenges. We had cleaned the building,

    painted benches, organized a storage room and sorted books in the library. In a

    couple of days wed be out in the hot and humid southern air, painting the enti re

    exterior of Ms. Dianes house. Why? Three churches, each a different

    denomination, had joined together for the week. Forming six teams we fanned

    out over the city of Savannah serving in multiple capacities. We were doing this in

    a desire to serve our Lord and to follow his example of loving and serving others.

    But Bingo, was that a mission activity? In the past I had worked in far off places,

    delivering aid in floods and famines, presenting Christ to unreached tribes. I

    thought about it a moment. The verse that came to my mind was 1st Corinthians

    10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of

    God. Yes! I could certainly serve God by loving and serving Ms. Georgia and I

    hoped she would win a prize.

    Billy was an amazing Bingo caller, strong clear even voice. Steady and patient,

    game after game. It was obvious he was serving the Lord. And so were our kids!

    They paired up, loving and assisting those who needed help.

    I wasnt sure if Georgia could not see well, or was just very slow.

    Initially she seemed resigned to defeat but as I kept finding and pointing out the

    squares in her matrices for her, she would slowly reach out with a chip and fill the

    spot. A few times she

    reached out and set a

    chip down, or thought

    she did, and nothing

    was there. I would

    gently pick up a chip

    for her; place it in herhand and point again

    to the spot. The first

    time she got Bingo and

    we called it out, a

    warm and happy smile

    spread across

    Georgias face. She

    won three prizes that

    day. And I was blessed.

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    Joe Boyd, Savannah 2011

    I feel like without the planned day the teams worship would be limited and the

    members would be overworked or given too much free time. In order to balance

    the amount of work and worship time the day has to be planned perfectly.

    At 7:00 oclock the staff would come around and wake up our mission team and

    other teams, they would give you 15 minutes to brush teeth and get ready for

    breakfast. After breakfast we were given chores to do. These chores could be

    cleaning up breakfast to cleaning the bathrooms. After doing these chores we

    would gather in the clubhouse and pray for our day and have devotions. After

    finishing we would head out into the mission fields.

    After a days hard work we would go take showers and eat dinner. After dinner

    we would do an evening activity. These activities could be going downtown or

    going to the oldest African American Church in the country which is in downtown

    Savannah. After this we would go back to the clubhouse and worship God and

    listen to a devotion.

    Without this balanced day we would not be able to worship and work our

    hardest.

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    Frank HightowerWhen we got there it

    seemed like nobody

    was paying attention

    to us and we were justgoing to be in our own

    group the whole time.

    Then we started doing

    jobs and helping

    around the building

    and we made friends,

    it was a real funexperience after that.

    When we were

    working we got to

    know each other really

    well.

    One of the jobsites I

    went to was painting a

    ladies house. It was

    really fun because we

    were trying not to get

    paint on each other

    but then somebody

    flicked paint on somebody else and it turned into a paint war.

    The worship time was good. Each night we talked about what God did

    to make myself or somebody else happy. The music was really cool

    because everybody just got into it. And somebody started to dance and

    stuff which was fun.