Well, our fourth day is coming to a close. God is so good, and although we know that each and every day it is times like this that we see it so clearly. The work that is done at Mission Arlington is absolutely incredible and not something you can explain with words but it is so obvious that it is the work of the Lord and I feel so lucky to have been a part. As I am sure most of you have already heard, the weather has been a little wet. When we turn on the weather in the morning, we have considered it a blessing when the rain chances are down to just 60%, but God has done GREAT things in the rain. I think the first day most of us expected that if it rained we would just stay inside and help out in the clothes closet or something. At Mission Arlington, if you promised the kids you would be there, you're there, rain or shine. Guess what? We didn't melt, instead we were blessed. Some of us had prayer walks, and some of us were greeted with little WET smiling faces, but all of us new that God was there with us.
As a parent I am so proud of our kids and you all should be too. They have shared the word, played countless games, and given lots of hugs. These children love our kids, and they love them because our kids showed them love first.
-lisa dodson
Day 4 pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/upperroomstudents/MissionArlingtonDay4
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
A Word From Three Guys
Today, during Rainbow Express, me and my friends Jason and Josh had the opportunity to speak with about eight older boys, and we felt that our talk with them really hit home. We told them the story of Job, and how you've got to have faith to have a great relationship with the Lord. During the talk there was one boy that really took the lesson to heart, and his name is Kevin. When we first met Kevin he was one of the wildest kids in our group and the day we gave this lesson he was asking other kids to be quiet so he could listen.
Me and my friend Josh had a memorable experience with a child named Trey. He heard Clay talk about getting saved and accepting Jesus into your heart. He came up to me and said that he wanted to get saved so I told Clay. He then asked me to lead him and I was very nervous so I asked Josh to help me. So, we left and went to a quiet spot and prayed with
Trey and he accepted Christ as his savior.
-Taylor, Josh, Jason
Day 3 pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/upperroomstudents/MissionArlingtonDay3
Me and my friend Josh had a memorable experience with a child named Trey. He heard Clay talk about getting saved and accepting Jesus into your heart. He came up to me and said that he wanted to get saved so I told Clay. He then asked me to lead him and I was very nervous so I asked Josh to help me. So, we left and went to a quiet spot and prayed with
Trey and he accepted Christ as his savior.
-Taylor, Josh, Jason
Day 3 pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/upperroomstudents/MissionArlingtonDay3
Monday, June 25, 2007
A Day In the Life of Laura Cooper
For someone who has never been on a mission trip before, everything is going quite well for me. After a well balanced breakfast (froot loops for me) we headed off to our different places to start our "Rainbow Expresses." Now I'm not sure about the other groups, but I was pretty pleased with how everything went down during our time together with the kids. Now as the "song leader," I thought I would be forced to humiliatingly display my not-so-wonderful voice, but I was very pleased to find out that I have some very wonderful group members that sing incredibly loud. Praise the Lord.
As for other matters, I realized that I underestimated how much the kids would affect me. When you are around them you are really happy to see the kids having fun but you are also almost heart-broken to see how much of them live and how much of them live without. Overall, I am really excited to see what will happen this week in the kids' lives, and it's such a blessing to be a part of it.
-Laura
Day 2 picture link: http://picasaweb.google.com/upperroomstudents/MissionArlingtonDay2
As for other matters, I realized that I underestimated how much the kids would affect me. When you are around them you are really happy to see the kids having fun but you are also almost heart-broken to see how much of them live and how much of them live without. Overall, I am really excited to see what will happen this week in the kids' lives, and it's such a blessing to be a part of it.
-Laura
Day 2 picture link: http://picasaweb.google.com/upperroomstudents/MissionArlingtonDay2
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Day 1 Wrap Up!
hey gang!
day 1 is in the books and we have hearts full of thanksgiving as we arrived to arlington safely with no flat tires or speeding tickets!! we enjoyed some good conversation on the road, and a great time of worship with the folks at Mission Arlington. MA (Mission Arlington) is a great ministry center that meets the needs of so many people! there are about 10 other groups here this week and we are spread out over 40 apartment complexes hosting Backyard Bible Clubs with the hope of seeing children, teenagers, and maybe their parents hearing about the Good News of Jesus Christ! we canvassed an apartment complex tonight to tell the children about Rainbow Express tomorrow! we picked up some fast food dinner at the mall, and then made our wal mart run. BIG TIME thanks to sally brown and lisa dodson for agreeing to take care of the food prep! that means we are eating better than peanut butter and jelly if i was in charge of that!
looking forward to some good sleep tonight and a busy day of ministry tomorrow! be praying for safety and for open doors to tell people about Jesus. we asked God to give us eyes and hearts of compassion tomorrow just as he had on the people in Matthew 14. look for pictures tonight...kevin is actually putting some up as i speak! he is awesome!!
Day 1 picture link: http://picasaweb.google.com/upperroomstudents/MissionArlingtonDay1
Clay
day 1 is in the books and we have hearts full of thanksgiving as we arrived to arlington safely with no flat tires or speeding tickets!! we enjoyed some good conversation on the road, and a great time of worship with the folks at Mission Arlington. MA (Mission Arlington) is a great ministry center that meets the needs of so many people! there are about 10 other groups here this week and we are spread out over 40 apartment complexes hosting Backyard Bible Clubs with the hope of seeing children, teenagers, and maybe their parents hearing about the Good News of Jesus Christ! we canvassed an apartment complex tonight to tell the children about Rainbow Express tomorrow! we picked up some fast food dinner at the mall, and then made our wal mart run. BIG TIME thanks to sally brown and lisa dodson for agreeing to take care of the food prep! that means we are eating better than peanut butter and jelly if i was in charge of that!
looking forward to some good sleep tonight and a busy day of ministry tomorrow! be praying for safety and for open doors to tell people about Jesus. we asked God to give us eyes and hearts of compassion tomorrow just as he had on the people in Matthew 14. look for pictures tonight...kevin is actually putting some up as i speak! he is awesome!!
Day 1 picture link: http://picasaweb.google.com/upperroomstudents/MissionArlingtonDay1
Clay
We have arrived...
We have arrived at the Hawthorn Suites in Arlington, TX. After a quick lunch, we got here around 2:15 and are hanging out in the lobby until it's time for a worship service at Mission Arlington. After the worship service we'll be making a Wal-Mart run and settling into our rooms tonight. Time to head out, more to come tonight.
-Kevin
-Kevin
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