Mission Trip Musical

Hey All,

Greetings . When I started out writing this blog I was determined to write the entire entry with High School Musical song titles (Some of us have been singing a lot lately). That might be "Breaking free" from the assignment to "Stick to the Status Quo" and i don't know that we would be able to say that we were "All in this together". ......
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Since no one really needs to read that, here's an update on our wednesday.
We have had even more encouraging progress on the house. Its amazing how quickly things have progressed from the concrete foundation that we met on the first day. It's really a tribute to the organization that our habitat for humanity staff members have shown. Praise the lord for all of them. The majority of the outside work on the house is done now. I spent the early part of the day installing window and moved on to doing prep painting for a variety of molding pieces that will be on the inside of the house. Tomorrow will be likely be more interior painting and moulding.
Tonight, We met up with Donna ( from last year) for dinner at Darwell's(really fun place, great food) and it reminded me of the verse of the day today was 1 john 4:7-8 (kjv) (ask about the song)
"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. (clap clap clap)He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."
One of the most important ideas that I've beem learning is the inportance of this verse. This trip is really about showing Jesus' love through our actions and our interactions as a team and with anyone else we meet. As we discussed in the devotion today, the lasting effect of this trip won't be related to the house that we may have built, but the people who lived there and the volunteers and staff members who built it.
Please continue to pray for our continued safety and protection. Pray for the wisdom of our team (especcially the leaders) . Most of all pray that we can be God's hands and feet and open us up to that and any opportunity he may have for us this week.

See you soon,
Dave