Thursday come and gone…

Hey y’all!  Thursday was a great day!  In the morning, we had the joy of serving at the World Vision Storehouse in City of Commerce.  We did some sorting, some breaking down of boxes, some pulling up of grass and then the real fun started.  World Vision allows faith-based and community-based organizations from under-privileged communities to come in and “shop” for free at their store on a regular basis.  World Vision had not been able to make signs for the pallets of merchandise, so our students became the signs themselves telling the shoppers something like “I’m pallet #13, you can take 30 items.”  This interaction was really fantastic as they had a great opportunity to converse with and spend some time talking to people that come from a different kind of world than themselves.  All of the shoppers were so impressed with our students and I really feel like our kids were enriched by the experience!  Whether the kids were serving as “signs” or helping people load their purchases into their cars, they had the opportunity to spend time with some really great folks in a great environment!  They loved it and we loved seeing them serve and love their neighbor in a new way!

Afterwards, we went up to Hollywood for a sure highlight…In-N-Out burgers!!!  The kids went crazy buying t-shirts and Double-Doubles.  Then we went down to Universal City Walk to let the kids run around and shop it up one last time.  

The day ended with a wonderful meeting time with a special message by Andy Konigsmark.  Andy is a friend of mine from seminary who, some of you might remember, was a competitor on the new American Gladiators show.  He shared about the importance of not waiting to start a journey in which we live our lives for Christ.  Afterwards, we had a little drive-in movie in our meeting room and watched Goonies!

We’ll have pictures later as we don’t have time to download them right now and get them up on the website.  Tonight our internet situation may be sketchy so there may be a big wrap-up on Saturday night or Sunday complete with pictures.  Looking forward to the long road home.  Blessings to all of you!

~ by twyrick on July 25, 2008.