On Friday morning, we went to a little camp and participated in team-building ropes courses. The first picture is of the entire group, and the second is one of me climbing a pole to swing down the zip-line. It was so awesome. :)
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Pictures
On Friday morning, we went to a little camp and participated in team-building ropes courses. The first picture is of the entire group, and the second is one of me climbing a pole to swing down the zip-line. It was so awesome. :)
Thursday, May 27, 2010
2 days of posts
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Today we visited three of the work sites—Dumas Wesley, Pleasant Valley, and St. Mark—so that we can see where everyone is working and what the interns will be doing at each site. We also visited a transitional home for women and their children who have been homeless, and we went to a food bank to see how those are run. At the site where I’ll be working, we will be providing a Kids’ Café lunch and snack program each day, and the food for that comes from the Mobile food bank, so we had to learn how that works. We had an awesome dinner, provided by St. Mark UMC, and then got a lot of free time for the night (which will probably never happen again, except on the weekend, haha). Things are still going great, and I’m enjoying getting to know more people each day.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Today we visited Taylor Park, Whistler, and West Wilmer, and we went on prayer walks at Taylor Park and Whistler and a prayer ride through the West Wilmer community. We also participated in the first part of a lesson about poverty, which was conducted by the female pastor at West Wilmer. I have to say….we think that we’re struggling with the attendance in our church or with our regular one-story homes, but we have it made. If you ask the kids at West Wilmer what it means to have a home, no matter how small or what condition the home is in, they will say that anyone who has a home is rich. Let me tell ya, the homes in those dilapidated neighborhoods would never be considered an appropriate environment by anyone’s standards in our congregation or anyone with a middle-class mentality period, but to the people in these communities, you’re getting by pretty nicely if you have that little run-down house. I don’t really think that anyone can fully understand life until they have walked through a community that is hanging on the hinges or visited a homeless shelter or know how a food bank is run. It’s just completely unrealistic for us to live in our bubbles of comfort and forget about the people out there—and there are so, so many—who are struggling every single day and living on a day-to-day basis because they have no other choice. This internship is already opening my eyes and making me see the world differently, and we haven’t even started the work yet. I can’t even begin to imagine what incredible ways I am going to see God’s love manifested this summer.
Today we visited three of the work sites—Dumas Wesley, Pleasant Valley, and St. Mark—so that we can see where everyone is working and what the interns will be doing at each site. We also visited a transitional home for women and their children who have been homeless, and we went to a food bank to see how those are run. At the site where I’ll be working, we will be providing a Kids’ Café lunch and snack program each day, and the food for that comes from the Mobile food bank, so we had to learn how that works. We had an awesome dinner, provided by St. Mark UMC, and then got a lot of free time for the night (which will probably never happen again, except on the weekend, haha). Things are still going great, and I’m enjoying getting to know more people each day.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Today we visited Taylor Park, Whistler, and West Wilmer, and we went on prayer walks at Taylor Park and Whistler and a prayer ride through the West Wilmer community. We also participated in the first part of a lesson about poverty, which was conducted by the female pastor at West Wilmer. I have to say….we think that we’re struggling with the attendance in our church or with our regular one-story homes, but we have it made. If you ask the kids at West Wilmer what it means to have a home, no matter how small or what condition the home is in, they will say that anyone who has a home is rich. Let me tell ya, the homes in those dilapidated neighborhoods would never be considered an appropriate environment by anyone’s standards in our congregation or anyone with a middle-class mentality period, but to the people in these communities, you’re getting by pretty nicely if you have that little run-down house. I don’t really think that anyone can fully understand life until they have walked through a community that is hanging on the hinges or visited a homeless shelter or know how a food bank is run. It’s just completely unrealistic for us to live in our bubbles of comfort and forget about the people out there—and there are so, so many—who are struggling every single day and living on a day-to-day basis because they have no other choice. This internship is already opening my eyes and making me see the world differently, and we haven’t even started the work yet. I can’t even begin to imagine what incredible ways I am going to see God’s love manifested this summer.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Day 1
Today was the first day! So far I love how everything is going. All of the people I'm living with and working with are great, and I think that awesome things are going to come out of this summer. I'm living at Whistler United Methodist Church in a big room with 5 other sweet girls, and I lucked out and don't have to sleep in a bunk bed, hah. I will also be working here at Whistler with the Kids' Camp that three other interns and I will host three days a week. Mondays the three of us get to decide what we want to do, like working with other people in the community or something like that. Whistler was actually my third choice for working assignments, but I'm excited about it and think that things will work out great. For now, it's time for to me to get ready to sleep though. Can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring! :)
Sunday, May 23, 2010
One day left!
Hello church friends, and whoever else may read this! :) Mr. Sam insisted that I create a blog to keep you all updated on how things are going in Mobile this summer, so here it is. I'll try my best to update it as much as I can. I'm still in the process of figuring out how to do this blogging thing, hah. Tomorrow will be spent packing, and I'm off to Mobile on Tuesday!
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