Local Missions

Our church hosts a local missions work day twice a year. Not everyone can go away for a week to a foreign country. But most people can give up 3 hours on a Saturday morning. It's a day for each of the adult classes to find a mission project in the area and then work together to complete it. Our group decided to help out a single mom who works hard to support herself. She needed a bunch of shrubs removed from the front of her house. They were a safety concern. She plans to put a rock garden in place of them (smart woman)

She also had some damage to her back patio from Hurricane IKE. (It leaked) So all the metal had to be removed and then new metal put in it's place.

The time for the project was 9 - 12. At 10:00 all the shrubs were removed and we were looking for other things to do. Dave H. went to get his power washer and we were able to power wash her driveway and sidewalk. Plus her front entry way. (I love to power wash, it's so gratiftying)
It's amazing what 20 people can accomplish in such a small time. Our teacher compared it to an "old fashioned" barn raising.

I've decided if we ever need a barn raised I know who I'm going to call.

After we were done, the men sat around for a coke break and discussed the fine job that was completed.