Last Pic

Here is one of the last pictures from the mission trip. If you would like the full story, please come to church this Sunday for a slide show and sharing from the students. SDG, Pastor John

We're back

We got back from SF last night. We had a safe trip and can't wait to share our stories with you. Thanks for all of your prayers. We felt God with us each step of the journey.

Almost Home

We are now in Medford, OR. Today we had a great time travelling. Nothing eventful happened. It is very hot compared to San Francisco. We went out to HomeTown Buffet and are now settling into the hotel for the evening. Thanks again for your prayers and we will see some of you tomorrow.

Friday Pics

Day 5

Today we went to Tenderloin Day Camp for another day with the children. In the morning we sang some silly songs, did some art projects, played some games and ate candy. In the afternoon we went to a community center and played with soccer and basketballs and on playground equipment.
We went to a Taqueria for supper. We all ate burritos. We are tired and have seen God at work this week. We are looking forward to coming home and seeing our friends and family.

Day 4

Today we started out bright and early. We had to be at our ministry site by 8:00 am. Today we got to work with the Tenderloin Salvation Army Day Camp. We helped take 60 kids down to the beach, Ghirardelli Square and "crabbing." Most of us are pretty tuckered out, but are still loving what God is doing through us. No pictures today because we weren't permitted to take any with the kids for legal reasons. Tonight we are going to eat East Indian food. Thanks for all of your prayers.

SF Pics

Day 3

This morning our group went to downtown SF to hand out sandwiches and toiletries to homeless people. Part of this task was to hear the stories of the people we handed out items to. All of us had a very eye-opening experience and now see our lives from a different perspective.
After this we went to Laguna-Honda hospital, a state-run facility for elderly, mentally ill and those who can't afford regular hospital care. We did a wide variety of tasks including walking people in wheelchairs, playing games, eating ice cream and baking cake.
At night we headed to Fisherman's Wharf and visited tourist shops.
Thanks for all of your prayers and comments. Wifi still isn't working at the church, so no pics yet, although there are some good ones. Peace. :-)

Day Two

The internet connection is not working at the church, so I am going to try and find internet somewhere tomorrow. This is from my pda.
Today we served at the Haight Ashbury Food Program and ate ice cream at Ghirardelli Square. Pics to come.

Mission Trip Day One

We woke up bright and early today and headed to the San Francisco Rescue Mission. Once there we did many different jobs. Kyle, Nick and Troy took an evangelism seminar and then witnessed to people on the street. Collin and Ryan worked in the kitchen and at the Thrift Store. Chrissy, John and Evy helped out at the morning cafe. Nichole felt a little under the weather and joined us at lunch time. After lunch we did many other things for a Rescue Mission that is very busy in one of the poorer neighborhoods of SF.
Each day we will be featuring a different student's take on the day. Today we have Chrissy Shimada.
Chrissy says, "Today was very eye opening. I got to see many different veiws on how people followed Jesus. Getting to feed the people was very rewarding. Hard work really does pay off!"

Here are some pictures of what we did today.

Nick posing for the camera. Miracles do happen

Troy getting "in" to his work

I love eggs from my head down to my legs.

Ryan "guarding" the door

All the happy servants

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We're here!

Nichole, Evy, Chrissy, Collin, Kyle, Ryan, Troy, Nick and I have arrived. We got to San Francisco at 4:30 this afternoon.
On Saturday we travelled 14 hours from Puyallup early in the morning and arrived in Sacramento at 8:00pm. On the way down we listened to Collin sing while Troy accompanied him on the harmonica, we ate supper at Sonic, we drove through a swarm of butterflies, made up Mad Libs and answered "Would You Rather" questions. We stayed at Trevor and Mindy Hislop's house. They are some friend's from college. This morning we went to Sunrise Community Church where Trevor is the worship pastor. We then got in the van and travelled to San Francisco.
The Bay Bridge greeted to San Francisco as we pulled into First Baptist. We then had orientation and drove to our first eating experience. Tonight we got to eat Vietnamese. We weren't allowed to eat with utensils and all had to eat with chopsticks.
After the restaurant we took a tour of the areas we will be serving and prayed. For two hours we were silent while our hostess, Maria, shared about the different parts of town as we drove through them. Each night we will debrief our evenings. Here are some pics from the trip down and our meal tonight.

Center for Student Missions

Tomorrow at 6:00 am we will be leaving on our mission trip to San Francisco. Here is a link to the organization we are going with. Please pray for our travels.

CSM

Howdy

Hello all!!
Our regular website is experiencing some difficulties so I am starting this blog. On Saturday morning, nine of us are heading to San Francisco for a mission trip. Stay tuned for some posts from the city.