Sent to Do God's Work

On Sunday we commissioned our short term missionaries in preparation for their trip to southern West Virginia along the Appalachian Trail.

In the service we distributed mission care packages and gathered around the team to pray for them. The sermon called us to remember that we are all invited to offer ourselves to God as He works out his purposes in the world. Our text was from 2 Samuel and we looked in on David and how God reminded him that he was going to be part of something much bigger than he could imagine.

With that thought, we gave our team our blessing. They will be leaving next Sunday morning at 5:30 a.m. and traveling down in two vehicles. Mapquest says the trip will take just over twelve hours. Our team will be working with a group called Mustard Seeds and Mountains. Our team members will be working with local families doing small home repairs and yard work. We start next Monday morning and continue through Thursday. Each day we will be at the worksite and each night we'll return back to the lodge for dinner and devotions. One night we will be going to a Bluegrass festival in town for fun.

Our team consists of Rachel Bober, Carol Calkins, Taylor Chaffee, Erica Corbett, June Deptulski, Connie Hayward and me from First Baptist and Michelle Madsen Bibeau, Ellie Eccleston, Roger and Doreen Mainville from Central Baptist. It looks like Clayton Lord Sr. and Chris Lord Jr., may also be joining us for a day. They are planning on driving in from Kentucky to meet up with us.

We hope to send back a few photos and reports while we are down there but that depends on the availability of wireless. We've been told that service may be hard to come by. None-the-less, we will have plenty of pictures when we come back. We will be returning on Friday, July 31st.

Cal