Today moved faster. With our Safety and prayer training covered yesterday, we could go directly to the site after breakfast and our devotional.
Green Shirts Now that we had the lay of the land, we returned to our respective houses, teams same as yesterday. A couple of the teams bumped into each other at Home Depot as they were picking up supplies and we found a few people asking about our green shirts.
Reach Global likes us to wear the shirts so we are easily identifiable onsite, and when we do our prayer walks, to makes us look unified and less threatening.
It’s worked in both situations. People ask us what we’re doing in town, and we’re able to let them know we flew in from LA to help out and we’ve been doing this for years, be it Mississippi, Oklahoma, New Orleans or Texas. In the neighborhoods, it’s been a conversation point when meeting people when we pray and walk in the area, or when they drive up to talk to us as we work outside.
It’s a win-win situation. One of our teams met a gentleman that sits and waits in his garage for “the green shirts” and then hopes they’ll stop and chat a while. Our team sat, chatted about spiritual and other things, and then prayed with him.
Other teams met neighbors who were in need of assistance with there homes, and we were able to give them applications for Reach Global.
Here’s a brief update on the teams.
(for Team and house descriptions, go check https://sgvserve.org/2019/05/20/2019-day-1-first-day-on-our-sites/)
House 1-our 3 man team. More work was done on the tile installation, including tile cutting and placement.
House 2-the team continued their work on the flooring, baseboards and more, but the highlight was meeting a gentleman who waits in his garage for the “green shirts” to come by and chat with him
House 3-While our team had a problem with conversing in Spanish, we were able to speak with the daughter of the homeowner in English, as she stopped by and is versed in English.
House 4-Our team continued to work outdoors, but the weather cooperated, only sprinkling while we were working, making it not as hot as expected. We were able to pray walk, and pray with the homeowner to learn more of their circumstances.
