November 9th…. The first full day.

Notes from our second mission trip team:

Today we all got up at an early 7am and got ready for the first full day of clean up work here in Biloxi, Mississippi. We spent all day at a lot cleaning up all sorts of debris. Things from tree branches all the way to gas masks and Xbox games. Oh, ya we did find some golf balls and clubs…. Which you can see in some of the pictures we should be posting. It was such a blessing being able to just serve in this way. I am so used to being at the church. I mean, this is my first “mission” trip. So to me it is such a blessing to be able to be here. There are so many people that have damage to their houses, property, etc… Words cannot explain. The lady, Doris, which we got to help today, was almost in tears before we even started the work! God is moving and we all are praying for tomorrow already. To be His hands and feet.

One last thing! We got to sit in on the prayer service tonight. Pastor Jim gave a message on the sacrifice of Christ and how exciting it is because, that sacrifice is what gives us the hope of one day being with Him in heaven. In the service there were some awesome “older” people that were so thankful for us coming and serving. J It was just neat to be able to be apart of something like that. I would ask one thing though. Please pray for energy and strength for Pastor Jim. It is tough sometimes being a pastor. Especially when you are in the middle of a disaster zone and feel like you need to help everyone.   We all miss everyone at home and are so thankful to have a church family that is so in love with Christ! When we tell people that there were over 200 baptisms this past weekend they bout fall over! Especially when we tell them that there are a lot of students as well and we all got in the pool with all of our clothes on!

Doris sang some good ol’ hymns out of the hymnal books.

Thank you for all of your prayers! We will update you all as soon as we can!

In Him,

Jared

Comments

[Lisa]

Jared, that is really encouraging to hear that you guys are doing such good for the people out there. My prayers are with you guys...stay safe, stay strong, and God bless you!!

[teresa]

Hi Jared,
I'm so excited for you! Sounds like God is doing amazing things through all of you. I'm so glad you had an opportunity to serve, but I miss you a lot. I kept saying on the weekend "Where's Jared?" , and everyone kept reminding me that the new series name is "Where's God?", not "Where's Jared?". I guess I'm just used to having you around!
Love to you and the rest of the team.
See ya soon!!
Teresa