Phase 1 of our trip has officially wrapped. Our goal as a team was to go and sacrificially serve these Missionary families. We taught the Word, led in music, played lots of games, led many small groups and generally emptied ourselves over the course of the conference. We have received so many thank yous that it would be difficult to summarize other than we feel that our goal was accomplished.
The attendees were pleasantly surprised on the first night with the gift bags that we brought form our church family. It was fun on the last night to pass out Hershey chocolate bars on behalf of our church family. Many of them were REALLY excited about the Dark Chocolate. Many of these families go all year without fellowship or good Bible teaching, making this conference a highlight for them.
The teens didn’t want to leave (a good sign). With the Bible teaching, small groups, fun games and mixers and special treats from their group leaders, it was a great week.
Gary receives a thank you from the Conference Director Mike Schmidt. We all received tamajeq crosses from the
local tribes of Niger.
No comments:
Post a Comment