Thursday, July 9, 2009
Road Trip '09 Opening
It's
Thursday evening,
July 9, 2009...a
day and a half before Road Trip '09. This is the first blog
entry just to get this thing up and going. Check back here
everyday, especially in the evenings to see the location and status of
the Road Trip '09 Team. God has blessed and launched this trip long
before we ever started our own preparations. It will be a GREAT trip.
Follow us, and PLEASE COMMENT
here as we go, I will read your comments to the
team. God bless you all!
Saturday,
July 11, 2009 4:53 PM
The FIRST Update
Well, here we are on Road Trip, finally! We had a GREAT start this
morning! Thanks so much to the Men's Ministry for breakfast, and to all
who came out to send us off! Especially to our Past Road Trippers who
were an extra special blessing. The kids should be calling later
tonight, so be ready for a call from an exciting teen.
The kids have really been good so far in the trip. No major issues and
no real problems. Not even any real attitudes...yet. Haha! I will
upload pictures later this evening after the kids have called. I love
you all and God bless!
Sherman
Saturday,
July 11, 2009 11:32 PM
Caravans and Trains
So, after a great sendoff this morning, we loaded into 5 different vans
and served 4 different locations around the metroplex. We ate lunch at
the Ft Worth Water Gardens, and then caught a train to Austin. It's now
11:30pm, and after my alarm going off at 4:00am this morning, I have to
admit, I'm pretty tired, and so this blog entry will be short. I love
you all, and here are a couple of pictures for you!
Sherman
Sunday,
July 12, 2009 11:57 PM
A Quick Update from Beantown
So today has been an awesome day. WE'RE IN BOSTON!!! We woke up at 6:30
this morning and caught a morning flight out of Austin to Boston (point
A to point B as Karen says it). It has been a day that has been filled
with adventure and service. The teens in talking to their parents this
evening on the phone during their 10 minute phone call home were telling
their parents that they didn't do a service project today. They felt
like they hadn't until we had our day's end meeting. I told them that
their service project for today was taking a walking tour down the
Freedom Trail through downtown Boston. What they saw just about stopped
them in their steps. They saw in many ways, the birthplaces of our
freedom, from the Boston Massacre to the graves of American heroes. The
pages out of their history books became reality. The team's love and
appreciation for their country grew deeper today. THAT was their service
project for the day. I love you all. God bless America!
Sherman
Monday,
July 13, 2009
The Northeast...
Is cool! No, I REALLY mean it is cool. Like 82 degrees cool! And that
was the high of the day! We worked at the Greater Boston Food Bank today
and had great success. And then we travelled up to Portland, Maine!
I'm really exhausted as is the group and we are going to bed VERY
satisfied that we were privileged to be used by God today. I am very
proud of the teens. What a GREAT group we have. I will share more
tomorrow when I can keep my eyes open a little longer! Haha! I love you
all!
Tuesday,
July 14, 2009 11:49 PM
Canada...eh?
So, today has been one of the longest days in Road Trip
history...so far. We woke this morning in BEAUTIFUL Portland,
Maine and worked all day with the Portland Habitat for Humanity.
We worked alongside two other groups, one from Long Island, and
the other from...I can't remember! My mind is toast right now!
Haha.
We as a church should be very proud of our youth group, The
Light. They are shining so bright, and serving so powerfully,
and it is truly amazing and humbling watching the Holy Spirit
work through them. I truly have been amazed all week long, but
today, they rocked!
We then got back onto our bus and rode 7 hours north to
Montreal, Canada! I can't wait to share this trip with you in
person! Sharing it on here will not give it justice. Be in
church Sunday morning for the full report.
My goodness, it just dawned on me. I have my youth and chaperons
in Canada!!! God bless you and I love you all so much!
Sherman
Friday,
July 17, 2009 8:34 AM
Start Spreading the News...New York New York!
Good Morning Family and Friends from The Big Apple!!! We arrived here
safely last night around 10pm. We had an AMAZING time in Providence, RI
yesterday...wait, was that yesterday? Wow. This trip keeps you so off
balance that I'm not sure what today is, where we were yesterday, let
alone what time it is! LOL! The Providence day proved to be
nothing short of amazing as God blessed us with awesome people to work
with and fall in love with. A quick shout out to Joe, Kari, Mike,
Chrisitne, Mary, and Roderick!
As I write this entry, the team is sitting out front of our HOTEL! Yes,
I said hotel! We had the grand luxury of sleeping in a BED last night
for the first time in a week! I can not tell you how thankful we all
should be for the little things that we take for granted, like our beds!
The team (okay, the 'team' for the moment is Van and Joy and the
teens...everyone else is here inside the lobby waiting for me to type
this entry, haha!) is waiting for me to finish this blog so we can catch
the SUBWAY to our work project.
I think you can tell by my typing, that I am a little more 'awake' than
in other posts this week...Haha! It's amazing what a REAL shower and bed
will do for you! The team, everyone, is doing so good! The teens and
chaperones have ROCKED this week! I can not tell you how proud I am.
They represent Texas, The Colony (etc...), the church, the Light, their
famiies, themselves, and most of all Jesus SO WELL! The Light has shined
very brightly all week...and now, New York City!!! Watch out New
York...The Light is in Town!
The picture below is from two days ago in Montreal at the Welcome Hall
Food Bank, eh?! I love and miss you all!
Saturday,
July 18, 2009 6:34 AM
The Longest Last Day of Road Trip
So, it's 6:30 am and I'm sitting in the breakfast area at our hotel
before the 'storm' comes down the stairs for breakfast. The Road Trip
Team isn't due down until 7am. Little do these small handful of hotel
guests eating breakfast know what's about to hit! LOL!
Well, today is the last day of Road Trip. I am so pleased with the trip!
Thanks and praise goes to God for this trip and all it's success and
safety. We are going to hit New York City this morning and early
afternoon as hard as we can. I promise, when you get your kids tonight,
they will be exhausted, as will be all the chaperons! We've been
exhausted for days now!
PLEASE pass it around to the WHOLE church that The Light Road Trip Team
will be returning to Dallas tonight at 10:09 pm. We arrive on Airtran
Flight #106 at DFW airport at 10:09 pm. It has become a VERY cool
tradition that Church Family at Christ Community Church turns out in
mass to welcome the team home. People have made signs in the past...it's
a GREAT FEELING for the entire team to walk through that door to the
baggage area to see OUR church waiting for us. PLEASE be there...even if
you don't have any blood relatives on Road Trip...you have Spiritual
Family. This team is YOUR TEAM! After checking the www.airtran.com
website, it shows that flight #106 will be arriving at gate E17 and
baggage pick up is at E16. But please check their website this evening
for the latest info on the flight.
Success. That's all I can say that this trip has been. God has shined
very brightly through this team all week. Lives have been changed, both
on the team and more importantly in those we served. Worked was done,
lives were changed...and God smiled.
Please be there tonight. It will mean the world to the teens, and
chaperons. And don't miss tomorrow. It will be an amazing morning. The
recap of Road Trip will be given and testimonies will be given. This is
something that the WHOLE CHURCH FAMILY needs to see and hear. I love you
all so much, and I can not wait to see you tomorrow!
The picture below is of the group in Providence, after working with the
West Broadway Neighborhood Association. It is an amazing work they are
doing! Hear all about it tomorrow!
Sherman
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