The weekend away renewed our spirits and made us realize the importance of our Roxbury "home."
On the way back from "The City of Brotherly Love" we stopped at the historic Valley Forge to satisfy our history buff, Kristen. Tuesday brought new house parents Micah and Heather Brickner along with Mike Holland once again to share his knowledge about evangelism. Special shout out to Micah and Heather for our awesome live worship for the week! Which brings us to Wednesday: an intriguing session on spiritual warfare with Carlos Rosado. Also, Brynne took a trip to the local urgent care center due an allergic reaction that has since cleared up, praise God! On Thursday morning we had a much needed silent retreat to process, journal, and commune with God. Thursdays are also volunteer days so we spent the afternoon at New Hope and Project Share. We had the pleasure of learning from Pastor Larry Locke on Friday about dying to self, taking up your cross, and following God. We said goodbye to Micah and Heather and welcomed our new "STEP parents" Dale and Sandy Myers. We got a run down on how to manage receipts while in Honduras as well as a delicious apple pie! Today we had the privilege of working alongside Roxbury's finest while raking leaves and using the giant leaf vacuum, which was my personal favorite! Once again we had a "STEP parent" swap-out and our current resident parents are Bishop Rob and Daryl Patterson.
Prayer Requests:
-That our team receive the rest of it's mandatory funding
-Nikki has been suffering from cold symptoms and a sore throat
-Praise for the awesome bond we have formed as a team
-Praise for the speakers that have been pouring information into our hearts
-Praise for the cool "STEP parents" that give up their time to invest in us
All for now,
Kate
It was very nice to be one of your "STEP parents" this past weekend. I enjoyed getting to know you. I hope you are able to absorb all you need during this time of preparation. I loved seeing how you all interact together.
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