When the Israelites cried out for help in Egypt, God sent them Moses; when a local family with a rotten roof and no way to pay to fix it needed help, God sent them 15 teenage kids and three adult chaperons from a couple of churches in North Carolina. The World Changers arrived in the Boro on Tuesday. This crew is spending a good chunk of their Summer vacation camping out in a school gym at night, and battling a heat index of about 124 degrees to strip off the old shingles, replace the rotten wood, and begin to put on new tar paper and shingles on a house in the Boro during the day. The least we could do is feed them.
My church, St. Jude's, has a long tradition of Community Outreach. I've posted our Thanksgiving Feast, and our "Whale of a Sale". Jim, Doug, Lady Di, Gale, Kim and her daughter, and I got lunch going today. We got an assist from Nick Martin, at left, packing apples.
Lady Di resembles neither a Packer nor a (w)rapper, but today, she was both.
After we got the lunches packed up, we left the safe confines of St. Jude's, and headed for the work site.
Jim doled out the food and drinks to a grateful bunch.
We only spent an hour or so for our part. These cool customers don't get off for a few more hours. Thank you, World Changers!
When the Israelites cried out for help in Egypt, God sent them Moses; when a local family with a rotten roof and no way to pay to fix it needed help, God sent them 15 teenage kids and three adult chaperons from a couple of churches in North Carolina. The World Changers arrived in the Boro on Tuesday. This crew is spending a good chunk of their Summer vacation camping out in a school gym at night, and battling a heat index of about 124 degrees to strip off the old shingles, replace the rotten wood, and begin to put on new tar paper and shingles on a house in the Boro during the day. The least we could do is feed them.
My church, St. Jude's, has a long tradition of Community Outreach. I've posted our Thanksgiving Feast, and our "Whale of a Sale". Jim, Doug, Lady Di, Gale, Kim and her daughter, and I got lunch going today. We got an assist from Nick Martin, at left, packing apples.
Lady Di resembles neither a Packer nor a (w)rapper, but today, she was both.
After we got the lunches packed up, we left the safe confines of St. Jude's, and headed for the work site. 
Jim doled out the food and drinks to a grateful bunch.
We only spent an hour or so for our part. These cool customers don't get off for a few more hours. Thank you, World Changers!
2 comments:
It is so true----we need to be God's hands sometimes. Bless these teen's. They are the ones that give Teen's a good name! :) Also what a wonderful outreach for St. Judes. You, Di and the others may not be (w)rappers, but ya'll sure "rock"! Proud of you. fdb
Thanks, Frandy.
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