We Made It!

Hey Everyone, the BBC Youth Missions team has officially moved into our new home for the week here in Gary, West Virginia! The trip started a little rocky with realizing that we had a nail stuck in one of our front tires before we even left the church parking lot, so we had to stop at a tire store in York in hopes of having it repaired. As it turned out, a repair was not possible, so we had to buy a new tire. Thankfully, the problem was identified before we got any further on the trip as any type of tire place open on a Sunday was nearly impossible to find outside PA.

The rest of the trip went great. We arrived at the School for Life at 7:00pm on Sunday evening. We settled in, ate dinner, and even had a chance to meet the family we will be working with all week in the town of Gary, WV. It turned out that the home we are working on is only a 5 minute walk from the facility we are sleeping in! The kids clicked with the little kids in the family right away and the family seemed so thankful for the work we have planned for this week. Our original plan was to paint a family's house and install 2 appliances in the same neighborhood, however, once we got to the home, some of the guys on the trip noticed that the steps leading to the front porch were almost unusable and that a family member needed a ramp in the back of the home. The materials were available at the School for life, so we were able to start 4 big projects: (1) paint the exterior of the home (2) install steps in the front of the house (3) build a ramp to the back porch (4) clean & mow the property.

So, we already had one day at the house and accomplished much more than we had originally planned. In my next post I will upload some pictures and give you some more details about the rest of our plans this week, which include more work at this same house, white-water rafting, and running a 1-day VBS. We hope everyone is doing great at home and we would definitely appreciate all of your prayers throughout the week.