June 2009
10 posts
Our Final Day in Jackson!
We all woke up on Monday realizing that our campaign was almost over. We packed up early and headed over to the church building for some flood damage supply sorting. The girls worked on sorting over 25 bags of donated clothing. Several of the boys finished door-knocking about 150 homes and the others cleaned the baptistry at the church buidling.
We had a pleasant surprise with the delivery of 100...
WatchFinally some pictures from our campaign!
Sunday in Jackson
The first day of the week served as a day of rest (at least from work) for our group here in Jackson.
We finally got the opportunity to meet with the majority of the congregation. Needless to say they were all very hospitable and thankful for the work we were doing.
Our morning schedule was still packed full. The congregation had a potluck and early afternoon service. Everyone enjoyed the much...
Saturday in Jackson
Today we continued our door knocking with more success it seems! Our quest to knock on every door in Jackson is quite exciting. We knocked around 450 more homes, bringing our 2 day total to almost 800 homes!
After our day of work we went and played soccer, ultimate frisbee, and wiffle ball at one of the local parks and grilled some burgers. While we were playing we met several teens from the...
Our First Day in Jackson!
After our travel day was over…we settled down and prepared for work. However, we were quickly surprised by our new job description.
The preacher here in Jackson told us that the flood damage we were supposed to help clean up wasn’t going to need our assistance. It seems like there was a mix-up.
That development left most of us a little perplexed…since we thought that was all we...
We Made It!
After 6 hours of uneventful travel our group finally made it to Eastern Kentucky. Upon arrival we soon discovered that we weren’t in “Kansas” anymore!
In Jackson we found out that our hotel wasn’t “The Hilton” and a pizza place with good service and great food!
Our internet service is a little spotty, so the blog posts will not be as planned. However, with...
WatchA brief glimpse of our destination!
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