What a day. A hot, no, humid, no, hot and humid day.
A few brave, faithful and appreciated souls saw us off at LAX at 5:30AM. Many of our support groups came to send us off, including our Sr Pastor Rocky, and our recently retired Sr Pastor Cory and his wife Reine stopped by as well. Rocky prayed for our team, then left to go to church to preach, we went into the terminal.
In Houston, we met up with Chris Hearn, joining us from OKC, and enjoyed a quick mexican lunch
On the plane, Roy met Gary, who was flying to Houston for his Father-in-law’s funeral, and Roy was able to talk and pray with him.A
Paul and Denise arrived and our team was complete! We met up with Dan from ReachGlobal.
His presentation on the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey had some alarming statistics. Six months after the storm, the suicide rate started to climb.
Pastor Kyle and the team from Seeds, our sister church, had been here in early October. Kyle had mentioned to Dan that he had seen the value of long term commitment to a region. Ongoing rebuilding of a region can take years, and the community can notice when the church keeps returning.
After a quick run to Walmart for lunch supplies, sunscreen and other items, we returned back to the church.
Currently, the plan is to run 4 teams. Fortunately, 3 will be indoors, and one will likely be outside doing some framing. We hope the weather will be comfortable, but compared to southern california, wow, it’s hot and humid here.
Finally, still full from the big lunch, we munched on some fried chicken, got some logistics out of the way, and Jeff shared of God’s goodness and faithfulness in times of change.
