I'm back. Better late than never, right? Anyway, this past weekend a group of us went to Kansas on an outreach. From now on, a lot of my weekends will be dedicated to stuff like this, and I think many of them will be similar to this one. Now I don't have to blog about any of them.
Friday, 11/7/08
12:45pm - Met at the vans, ready to leave. This is earlier than normal because we had an 8 hour trip ahead of us. The 8 hour trip was not fun. I am very prone to motion sickness.
9:00pm - Arrived at the Johnson's house. Amelia Johnson, a second year IMT, planned this particular outreach to her hometown, so we were able to stay at her house. We hung out around a fire, ate some chili, and enjoyed each other's company. Good times.
Midnight - No curfew on outreaches. Would be nicer if we weren't always exhausted.
Saturday, 11/8/08
8:00am - Breakfast at the host home. Having home-cooked meals all weekend was a huge blessing. Probably one of the best things about outreaches.
9:00am - Met as a group to discuss the day's schedule. We split into groups and went to various parts of town to do service projects. I spent the morning cleaning gutters.
1:00pm - Lunch and free time. Watched a movie, took a nap.
4:30pm - Headed over to the church. Both the drama and worship teams needed to practice before the evening service. Oh yea, the church was tiny.
6:00pm - Dinner at the church. Kind of a potluck deal with the congregation of about 30.
7:30pm - Service. We performed a drama called "The Cure." I was Jesus. One of the guys from the team shared a testimony. Worship, I played the keys. A girl from the team preached about having a genuine relationship with Jesus. It was very encouraging, and I was quite impressed.
9:30pm - The worship team stayed after the service to practice for morning service.
Sunday, 11/9/08
8:00am - More home-cooked breakfast.
10:00am - Service. A few of us told stories about our faith walks. We performed a drama called "I'm Only One Person." Another testimony. Worship went well. An IMT from Paraguay preached about abortion. Very passionate message, lots of emotion. For such a controversial issue, I think it was very well delivered.
12:00pm - Lunch. Our final chance to indulge on delicious, free food.
1:30pm - Farewell, Kansas.
Well, that was probably pretty boring to read. I guess I will have to post about another outreach sometime. Seriously though, the outreaches are such cool experiences. I get to hang out with a bunch of close friends, and see people's lives changed. It would make a good reality TV show. Since there is not yet such a show, you are stuck reading this blog. Thanks for bearing with me. I miss you all.
