We started off the day singing happy birthday to Zoë…the big 1-3! We headed out to start our second day of work. We split up into two groups, one working in a park cleaning up the area and the other sorting food at a food pantry that served the community that we Read More...
The morning started off with a breakfast (which included yet another air guitar lesson led by me). Our work today was split between cleaning up a park, cleaning a roadside, and organizing a food pantry. The youth of Country Club Christian Church worked side by side with youth from a Hindu temple, a Read More...
This morning we woke up and had a feast of bagels and yogurt (delicious…very much so!) We drove to a church where we experienced a poverty simulation. In this simulation we were paired with other youth from different faith traditions and were given different family/economic/and life situations. We had to pay bills, we had Read More...
Justin Zeigler, Director of Middle School Ministries, is leading a team of ten 6th/7th graders and adult sponsors on a mission trip to St. Louis this week. We started our journey leaving the church pretty close to our time. As we drove (and listened to 3 1/3 hours of music compiled by Connor) Read More...
Cheyenne River Youth ProjectEagle Butte, South DakotaThe last two days have been very busy as we have prepared to help with the shoe project, organize a book giveaway and continue to categorize and properly store personal items for families with special needs. The shoe project began this morning with several dozen families Read More...
Cheyenne River Youth ProjectEagle Butte, South Dakota After a night of very stormy weather (huge hail stones and a torrential rainfall) we woke to a beautiful azure sky, a brisk breeze out of the southwest and cool temperatures. Breakfast was wonderful and got us ready for a morning full of work. Read More...
Cheyenne River Youth ProjectEagle Butte, South Dakota After a long (did I mention long?) bus ride from Kansas City to Eagle Butte our team of 28 youth and adults arrived in the beautiful community of Eagle Butte, South Dakota. The scenery on the way in was something to behold; Read More...
