Covered in Dust

Thursday got off to a great start! The teams went back to Sun Ministries to help with some more housing projects that they needed help with.  One team went to a house that had been squatted in and was filled with trash that they had to clean out.  Here is an account from one of the members that went to that house. 

"We cleaned up a house that people had lived in illegally and pretty much trashed the place.  There was trash everywhere, and not your average trash either.  There were clothes, cigarettes, and stuff everywhere.  It felt like we made a lot of progress.  There were bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.  We cleanup pretty much all of the bedrooms.  The group on the floor below us had the kitchen cleaned up and almost all the rest of the rooms downstairs.  Afterwards we got to have a meal at Sun Ministries and the food was delicious.  It is a cool ministry that takes all of the houses in the area and fixes them up and let missionaries stay there and is an amazing project along with the café."

-Brooke 

The other team had the opportunity to go to a house and complete some demolition on it.  This included moving rubble, tearing down walls, sweeping and many more deconstruction projects.  Let's just say that many of the team members came back covered in plaster dust.  The teams did good work that day and Sun Ministries really appreciated the help. Helping clean up these homes is a great way to help minister to people, even if they are not dealing with the people directly.  It shows that anything you can do will make a difference.

After the teams got back and showered Jubilee Associate Pastor Andy S came and spoke to the team about justice and his life story about how he ended up back in St. Louis.  He had a really good quote saying that "Everything doesn't belong to you, me, or them everything belongs to God."   It made the team think about how they could help out in their own way in their communities and how to try to take this experience back with them.  They were asking questions and getting good insight on how to make this happen.  

VBS was great! The kids got really into the songs with all the actions.  The teams are really getting to know the kids and connect with them.