Reports from Abilene

Dillon, July 1:

We have walked a total of 10 or more miles this week. I also served and chatted with a lot of homeless people. They all were cooler than I thought. I did not know, but someone told me I fit in very well so I am glad! The week is going by slowly, we are all tired & sore from our long walks. I will never forget Mission Trip.

Andrew, July 2:

Today we went to poor people's homes and asked if they had prayer requests. We got a lot of people needing prayer. I thought something weird is that a poor person had a tricked out race car. Next we passed out food to the homeless and poor. It was really nice and they were happy.

Emily, July 1:

We went on a three-mile walk this morning. My legs truthfully hurt. But I forgot my advil at home. I wish I hadn't. After our walk we ate lunch which was chicken and vegi tostitos. Oh yeah, we had to serve lunch too. I kinda like this mission trip. Later we rode to a neighborhood, well some of us did. The rest of them got to stay here. They sorted clothes. What was sad today was a lady laying on her bed and asked us if we had a t-shirt, blanket, and medicine for her stomach ache. We didn't have any but we said we could bring back some. She was so happy!

Renee, July 1:

Today we actually started serving the community. We started out by serving lunch and cleaning up afterward. Then we went to a poor neighborhood to serve food and also invite the kids to VBS. This morning we did some more of the poverty simulation. They dropped us off on the side of the highway and made us walk all the way back for lunch. It was kinda funny because CJ decided that he needed to use the restroom and so we started looking for a place for him to go. But here's the thing. Every restaurant in Abilene is closed at 10:00 in the morning. So, finally, a lady who works at a Pizza Hut let him use the restroom and then everyone decided to go (laugh and sigh). Then tonight, they surprised us by taking us to a church's youth place to eat. The thing is, the youth room has video games, T.V., pool, air hockey, ping pong, fooseball, and guitar hero :). So today was a pretty good day.