Day 2

Hey Niekerk! This is Maegan Sneller telling you what we did today. Well, we had to wake up at 7:00 and breakfast is always going to be at 7:15. After breakfast, we are individually in charge of packing a lunch in your groups cooler for later in the day. There are other teens from other churches here so we all divided into 7 different crews. In each crew, there are about 8-10 people. Each crew has a site in Lorian that they will work on all week. For example, my crew went to Carol's house, who is a widow living by herself in a small home. My crew started staining her wooden ramp, roofing the back of her house, and cleaning her front porch where she likes to sit. More importantly, we talked to Carol and got to know her which was really cool. I am excited to go back to this site the rest of the week to help her. Even though there are some kids from other churches in our crews, I think we are all getting to know each other and work together really well. I'm excited for what the rest of the week will bring! Thanks for all of your prayers and support because we couldn't do this without you! 

Laura here.... Just a couple more updates and prayer requests for the group as a whole. 

We are working on jobs that stretch our skills and get our kids out of their comfort zones. Next Step is great about emphasizing safety and as mama bear.... I truly appreciate that. We would love specific and continued prayers for safety on our worksites!

As many of you know, our HC students lost a classmate, teammate and friend today in an accident back home. Please pray for us as leaders to know how to love and support our students through this time. Pray for our kids to be able to process and reach out when they need to.

Finally, we are having a bit of an issue with the bathrooms at our housing site. We are currently down to 4 toilets for 70+ people. The staff here are working desperately to get the issue taken care of, but this is a source of need for prayer most defiantly!

We appreciate all your love and support, and we will do our very best to keep you updated on our goings on for the remainder of the week!

Much Love!

Laura