I apologize for having waited so long to make this post. My group (Ephesus Church of Rincon, GA) arrived back home on Saturday night, had a wonderful Lord’s day yesterday, and are back to daily life today. Praise God for a wonderful trip.
Our last day, Friday, was mostly laid back for our crews. Projects were finished up, at least to the point of running out of materials, and everyone either left sometime Friday or got ready to leave early the next morning. With all the work that was accomplished throughout the week, there was still one more great thing to come — our Friday evening meal for the community, and the evangelistic worship service. By eyeballing the group, it looked as though we had a good turnout from the community that came to enjoy a meal with us. Many of them made their way over to the sanctuary for our worship service. Pastor Don preached a very clear gospel message, describing the utter sinfulness and rebellion of man, and our need for a perfect, sinless Savior. It was a rewarding experience for us all as we saw the wonderful work of God in a week filled with service. Relationships were built, and many people from our group commented on how wonderful it was to walk into Lakeshore Baptist Church for the first time ever, yet feel as though we’ve all known each other for many, many years. The kinship we have as brothers and sisters in Christ is a beautiful, and often overwhelming thing. Good-byes were said and meetings were had — we’ve got a lot of work to do in hopes of getting this trip arranged again for next year.
The end of the trip to Lakeshore does not mark the end of this blog. In fact, it was/is only the beginning. This will be used as a primary source of information dissemination for everyone interested/involved in the ongoing relief efforts in Lakeshore. We will provide updates for prayer, Lakeshore’s needs, and future events pertaining to our next trip. If you have any questions and/or requests, please feel free to leave a comment or email me directly at: nickpastor[at]gmail[dot]com. We will be working on our video over the next week and will also be posting many more pictures. Also, I have received many different journal articles from several volunteers and will be adding some of their commentary as well. As you can see, there is much more to come on this blog — stay plugged in!
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