With every mission trip I've ever been on, there's always a point where you have to punt. That point came today (a bit early in the trip, but hey, that means everything will go smoothly the rest of the week, right?). A couple of delays put us into Rapid City too late to go on our Jewel Cave tour ... which was a bummer ... BUT we were able to find a bowling alley with open lanes not too far from the church to save the afternoon. Yaay, God! The kids had a blast bowling and playing foosball while we waited to check in at our ministry site. And the whole experience led to great conversation about what it means to set our ideas and expectations aside and be open to what God puts in front of us.
Tonight we met the YouthWorks staff and started meeting the other church we'll be working with this week. They're a group of 42 from Family of Christ Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Andover, Minn. Our work groups and chore teams are all evenly mixed, with adults and kids from both places on each group.
Tomorrow morning the kids get their crew assignments. During ZLC devotions tonight kids shared a word or two about how they're feeling about tomorrow. Their words ranged from "excited" to "apprehensive" to "nervous" to "ready to serve." After two days of sitting in the vans, though, I think we're all glad to be doing something!
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