Tonight we're throwing you a curveball....usually our lovely sponsor Shelly Christian would come and type our blogs with our consent, but you are in for a treat! This blog will be written by Jessica Teller and Aubrie Martin, two of the youth on the trip! Today was our last day in Greensburg =[.
Monday afternoon we were spilt into groups of 3. Group 1: JoBeth, Daniel and Jeffery. Group 2: Jessica, Aubrie and Kolby(that would be us). Tuesday, group 1 cooked and we cleaned. Then, today we flipped. So this morning we woke up bright and early to cook breakfast burritos (which were quite tasty), and proceeded to wake our fellow youth mates. After a delicious breakfast, we loaded up into the church van and continued with our twenty-five minute drive to David's crib.
We arrived at his bungalow around 8:45 for the last time. All the painting, hanging of coverings for the outlets and light switches, sanding of walls and cleaning up was finally done. David came over to see the finished project. You could tell by his smile that he was truly thankful for all we had done, and we were thankful to be there to do it. If you've seen the picture of us on our main page, then you've seen our mission trip shirts. It just so happens that we had a few extra and decided to give David a shirt so he'll always remember us. =]
Then later on Jessica, JoBeth, and Kolby went to the volunteer center to help move heavy items into trailers. Meanwhile, back at David's, Shelly and Aubrie were interviewed by David's younger sister, Rebecca. She writes a weekly newsletter telling all the great news about the progress of the town, and she wanted to write an article about our trip!
Then towards the end of our day, Matt our volunteer coordinator and Mr. Kelly, the pastor at First Christian Church in Kinsley, set up a surprise visit with one of the town's high school students, Taylor Schmidt (you might have seen him on the Greensburg tv show). He lost his Grandfather in the storm, but his strong faith and eargerness to see Greensburg rebuilt is what inspired us about him. He seemed to be a little nervous when all 8 of us jumped out of the van to greet him, but after a while he warmed up and his true personality beamed through.
What a perfect end to a perfect week. We've done a lot of hard work, but it definitely paid off. We all wish we could stay longer. We're looking forward to coming back!
FCCPA Youth Mission Group
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