Thursday, July 28, 2016

Scripture: Matthew 11:28 – Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

We have finished the work on Juan and Virginia’s house, and have substantially completed Ms. Jefferson’s house. We will finish all of the work that needs to be done tomorrow morning, hopefully in enough time to get in some beach time.

Today for lunch, one of Pastor John’s former church members many years ago in Augusta, Georgia, and who now lives in Charleston, Justine, invited us to lunch at the Felix Davis Community Center, where she was participating in a Farmer’s Market. She sells her homemade preserves, cakes and relishes every Thursday, and had prepared lunch for us, including her incredible desserts. We were grateful for such a lovely lunch, and many of us purchased preserves, pickles and relishes to take home after lunch. After lunch, we split into two groups, with half returning to Ms. Jefferson’s home and half returning to Aldersgate. It was our turn to cook and serve dinner for our combined Mission Teams that are staying at the church (us and Ebensburg UMC from Pennsylvania), and we had decided on “Taco Thursday.” We prepared and served a wonderful Mexican meal complete with guacamole and horchata. After dinner, we had time for a soccer game, while the sponsors cleaned up. During clean-up, a young homeless man who sleeps in the area came into the church looking for a meal, and was right on time for a huge Mexican feast. He was gracious and polite (and we are finding that is typical with Southerners), and it was a pleasure to serve him.

At Devotion tonight we addressed postcards to send out tomorrow. We will get to sleep soon in preparation for a hard work morning.