Well!! ... as some of you know ... we don't stay put to long! ... so, now we're on to the next "adventure!" ... New Orleans!!
We have 15 very excited University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
students ready to embark this afternoon on what we hope is ... "the
best week of their lives!!!"
Our first leg will depart from UW - EC this afternoon and will take us to Community Covenant Church, just outside St. Louis. Hopefully we'll arrive by midnight!!
Then, tomorrow, we'll "roll on down" alongside the muddy Mississippi to "the Big Easy" ...we're we'll join up with 30-40 other folks who we'll be working alongside all next week!
Joyce and I are, once again,
humbled and privileged to facilitate a team of incredible young
people on a "Spring Break Trip" to serve in Central City New
Orleans. It's our joy to come alongside our New Orleans Partner, Urban Impact (www.urbanimpact.org) to help on projects that will
bring a brighter light into their community!!! Again, our
overarching goal is to invest our time and talents so that others
are encouraged, energized and better equipped to share the Good
News of God's love with people in their neighborhoods!
Urban Impact has been building an effective
ministry in the inner city of New Orleans for over 20 years! God
has used the ministries of Urban Impact and Castle Rock Community
Church to help transform their neighborhood into a place where, "kids can ride their bikes, to a church that cares, to schools of excellence, to a home their family owns, and to a safe place to gather! (click on the above link to see a very cool video!). We are so glad to be able to facilitate a team like
we have to come alongside UIM and Castle Rock and serve in this
way!!
Stay tuned for updates and photos of this adventure!!! ... It's gonna be some road trip, for sure!!!
