A Hot Send Off Day for World Changers

This week we are working with World Changers in Henderson, NC.  They are being hosted by Rebuilding Hope and are being housed at Crossroads Academy.

We moved into our camper on Sunday to begin preparing for the week.  The students came on Monday and got to meet with their crew chiefs, encouragers and adult leaders.  They also went out to the job sites to meet with the homeowners.  There are 18 different job sites and most of them are roofing jobs.

Tuesday was the first day of work.  Most of the jobs they are doing are roofs.  The kids are working really hard in this heat (over 100 degrees).   Their day starts with breakfast at 6 am and they leave for work at 7 am.  Lunch on the job sites is being provided by local  churches.  At 4 pm it’s quitting time and back to the school for showers, supper, praise and worship and devotions.

Billy is a supervisor over 4 work sites and I am a runner.  Three of the sites have Norlina addresses and one Henderson. I have to take supplies needed to the work sites. 

Pictured are the Bone Crushers and Brick Bats, two teams put together to work on one site in Norlina.

I drove Steve’s old truck which luckily had good air conditioning.  On the way back to the warehouse from one of my trips I spotted a quilt shop. I decided to stop and check it out.  While I was looking around the shop and talking to Miss Lou, the owner, the truck started smoking.  Billy came and rescued me.  It sure was a good thing I stopped at that quilt shop because later at the repair shop the truck caught on fire.

Please pray for everyone involved in this ministry this week.  Pray for safety, good attitudes, that we all will be a good witness for our Lord and Savior and that through our works others will come to know him.

Fort Caswell

Last week I was privileged to be on Oak Island at Fort Caswell for World Mission Week.  NCBM Disaster Relief Temporary Child Care was taking care of  infants, toddlers and preschool children of attendees.  I was in the infant/toddler room and we had 7 children and the preschool had 15.

My Co-workers

Front row: Janice, Sandra, Ann

Middle Row: Ingrid, Teresa, Lowell

Back Row: Marolyn, Larry, Charlene

What a fun week caring for these sweet children.

Friday and Saturday

Billy, Jeffrey, Doug and Amy built a ramp for the man that lives next door to the church.  We had a small dedication ceremony which included prayers and singing of Amazing Grace.  Also the first trip down the ramp for Mr. Leon.

Eddie, Iva, Lynn and Toni  finished up some painting  jobs. Dawn and Cayla organized the storage room.  Jeffrey sanded doors. Al and Cory and Doug worked on some electrical jobs.  Cayla, Amy, Dawn and Lynn did some cleaning.

We were packed and ready to leave by 10:30.  Pastor Roger thanked us for all we had accomplished and send us off with a prayer.

I think we had a very good and productive week at a church that is really excited about serving and worshiping God.

Thursday Work and Fun

Thursday was another busy day.  The library books were sorted.  The youth room was painted.  Two nursery doors were turned into dutch doors and painted.  We did some cleaning up.

Then Thursday night we had some fun.  Pastor Paul, Amy and Toni went with the church to see an outdoor drama “The Honey Hole.”  The rest of us went over to Mike and Beth Baker’s for some food and fellowship.  Mike served as Youth Minister at Momeyer 1991-1992.  We really enjoyed ourselves.

Dawn, Al, Cayla and Cory joined us just in time for dinner at the Baker’s.

Wednesday and a Free Car Wash

Ike started out our day with a morning devotion straight from his heart.  Iva and Billy put the final touches on the library.  Amy is so happy to have Wi-Fi now. Me too.

Pastor Roger took his kids, a few other church members, Lynn, Eddie, Pastor Paul, Amy, Toni, Vandy and Elizabeth over to Captain D’s to do a free cash wash.  Of course they were not only washing cars, trucks and motorcycles.  They were sharing the Gospel and praying with those that needed prayers.

Ike, Doug and Jeffrey did such a good job on the fence Tuesday that they formed a team again on Wednesday.  This time they repaired that big whole in the floor left from the baptistry removal.  Job well done guys. 

Are you are wondering what I’m doing here this week beside taking pictures and blogging?  I am getting up early to have breakfast on the table at 7 am,  lunch at 12 noon and dinner at 6 pm.  Billy has been a big help mornings but he thinks I don’t know how to cook breakfast.  I can’t imagine why.

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday

After attending worship service on Sunday morning, we went out to eat with Pastor Roger’s family and several other church members at K & W.  Then we came back to the church to plan our week’s work.  Vandy and Elizabeth joined us Sunday night and Isaac and Doug came on Monday night .

Sunday night the Momeyer Walking Team went out for a walk.

Monday Pastor Paul led our morning devotion after breakfast and then the work began.  Another team had built shelves for the library and they needed to be sanded and painted.  Lynn, Elizabeth, Iva,  Amy, Vandy and Toni worked on this project all day and nearly finished it.

Ike, Isaac and Doug installed a chain link fence for the playground.

Billy works on the library shelving and more painting is done on Tuesday.

The guys removed the baptistry.  They do their baptising in the lake so it is being donated to another church.  What a job that was getting it outside. 

The church has been having Summer Movie Nights this week.  Monday night we watched Pollyanna and Tuesday night we watched The Bishop’s Wife.

Team Bluefield

Our mission team left Saturday morning headed to Bluefield, VA to spent a week serving the Lord.  We started out with 10 members but will be adding more later in the week.  Team members are Amy, Pastor Paul, Lynn, Eddie, Ike, Toni, Billy, Ann, Jeffrey and Iva.

We made a stop in Pilot Mountain to pick up some fencing which we will be installing for a playground.  Our good friends Brian and Sharon graciously prepared at hotdog lunch for us in their home.

Eddie got a new hairdo while we were there.

This is where we will be spending the week. You can check out their web site.

CrossPoint Fellowship Church

Last night we experienced a different type of worship service called Hype.  It is focused on getting the young people out of the clubs and into the church on Saturday night.  Crosspoint has their own Worship Dance team and they are really good.

We also got to do some dancing.

More Dental Bus Adventures

There’s not much going on mission trip wise in our lives right now.  We are still working with the Dental Bus.  On Saturday, September 19 we took the bus to El Centro Hispano Health Fair in Durham.  Mema went with us for her first trip on the bus. This NC State student John (or Juan in Spanish) was an interpreter.  I enjoyed talking with him and he tried to teach me a little Spanish. See that line of people all the way across the picture?  That was part of the line of people trying to get onto the Dental Bus.  It was a wild day.  Jolema was in charge of the dental part of the fair. Then on Sept 21 and 22 we took the bus to Shallotte for our first overnighter. Here is Jennifer the dental assistant and Phyllis the receptionist.

We Passed the Test

Monday Billy and I took the Dental Bus to Fayetteville for the Cumberland Co. Fair. Unfortunately the fair was closed that day so we did not get to eat any fair food. This was our last training before being able to go out solo.  Joanne, the bus coordinator, worked with us and she said we passed the test.  Now she is going to expect to get a lot of help from us. It really is a great ministry and we meet the most interesting people, some of them being patients. The nicest dentists and assistants volunteer their time. Hygienists working the outdoor chair.

Pulling Teeth

Thursday morning I was called by the Dental Bus coordinator, Joanne with an emergency situation.  The bus was in Grifton for the week and the driver had fallen the night before and had to have 6 staples in his head.  She needed someone to relieve him so him and his wife could go home.  I agreed to go even though I am not fully trained and would be working on my own. Dr. Kawn from Charlotte was the day dentist. Super nice guy. We had two night dentists and one assistant.

One of the night dentists did not have an assistant so he asked me to help him once.  I had to assist with with a tooth extraction.  I really didn’t like doing that and hope I don’t have to do it again, but of course I probably will if I am asked.

After this experience I am so thankful that I have always been able to visit my dentist regularly.The group coordinating the patients was from Charlotte.  They were a great group of people to work with.

Today (Friday) Billy went with me so he could drive the bus back to  Cary.