Sorry, we thought we had posted this one on Lorin, here it is again
It’s special this year to have Chris H Volunteering with us in Louisiana. After serving as COHFH staff and being our supervisor for our times volunteering in OKC, Chris has taken some time off his regular duties to volunteer with us for a week in Denham Springs, LA
He drove down and met us in Denham Springs, and is bunking up with us at the church.
It’s been great having Chris as a friend, but having him as a peer/leader has been incredibly resourceful as our work here has us working over three separate sites, and Chris is helping us with leadership and knowledge.
2018 Note from Virginia-Day One
Right before going to sleep, Virginia wrote in her journal and shared it with us
Day One
- 3:15 am Wake up
- Thankful for a ride to the airport at 4:10am Blessed by all the people who got up early to see us off at 5:30am
- Tired, we all boarded a crowded plane, but God gave us the friendliest & most gracious flight attendant I have ever met.
- She was eager to hear why we were going to New Orleans.
- That was the first time I was hugged by a flight attendant when I departed.
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| Virginia, with a hug from Rayemanette |
- Excited to meet up with friends and colleagues of past mission trips.
- Appreciative to Grace Community Church for providing our home away from home for 7 days.
- Nicest guy, Ryan Kling, our supervisor from ReachGlobal, who after telling us what we are going to be doing during the week, invited us to his place for a hamburger and hot dog dinner.
- The Lord has made the day and we rejoice in God’s goodness
2018 Last minute info and team update
We’re almost ready to go!
Commonly asked questions
1) Where are you going? Denham Springs
2) Where are you staying? Grace Community Bible Church
3) Who are you partnering with? ReachGlobal
4) When are you leaving? Early May 19th, returning May 26th evening
5) Wait, I thought you were working with Habitat for Humanity…. (watch video below)
Going to miss a couple of teammates
Unfortunately, David M and Mathias N will be not joining us on this trip due to unforseen obligations and schedule conflicts, but will be supporting us in prayer. We’ll miss them, but we’re glad they’re putting family and other responsibilities first. As much as each team member’s contribution is important, we can get others to do the labor in their place, but family is important.
Update from Chris C
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| Chris C |
Recently, the team got an email from one of our leaders, Chris C:
Hi, everyone. Our adventure begins in just a few days. I am so looking forward to serving with each of you. It will be a blast. David and Mathias, we will miss the both of you this year but praying that you would experience God’s peace as you obediently stay back to minister to and care for your families. God’s plans are perfect (Psalms 18:30).
I was so blessed yesterday to see our team and all of our prayer partners at the front of the church as Pastor Victor prayed over us during the commissioning service. It was quite a large group up there. It was a good reminder that our ministry has a much greater impact than just those families that we help in Louisiana. We have a whole church family that is sending us and praying for us. We need to make Evergreen proud, but ultimately, our greater calling is to bring glory to God and make Him look good. Let’s be mindful of that as we serve next week.
Lastly, I just got off the phone with our site supervisor, Ryan K. Here is some information I wanted to pass on to you.
- We will be at three (3) work sites. At the 1st work site, we will be finishing up a metal roof, doing some trim work, and some repair work inside the house. At the 2nd work site, we will be installing laminate flooring and pulling up tiles. The 3rd work site is up in the air right now. So at this time, we may be working on this home or possibly doing some painting at the church that we’re staying at. I told Ryan that we would be willing to do whatever he would needed us to do. Again, I just wanted to remind everyone that we need to be “flexible” when we are in Louisiana.
- The houses will be within a few miles away from each other, and about 15 minutes away from the church.
- The kids will be off school next week, so we may have opportunities to meet and encourage the homeowners as well as their children.
- The weather should be around 95 degrees all week with 55% humidity; standard weather in LA but may be a little uncomfortable for CA folks.
That’s it for now. If you have any questions, please let us know. See everyone bright and early on Saturday morning. We will be meeting at LAX (Southwest Airlines terminal) at 5:00 a.m.
Hot Hot Humid and Stormy
Finally, for an idea of what the weather’s looking like…
SGVBuild 2018 – New Location, New Partner
2018-New Location, New Partner
For 2018, we will be serving in Denham Springs, LA, just outside of New Orleans,
and we will be partnering with ReachGlobal
and we will be partnering with ReachGlobal
In 2007, a small team from Evergreensgv.org partnered with Habitat for Humanity in Biloxi MS and we were known around our church as the “Katrina Team.” In 2015, in response to tornado devastation in Moore, OK, we felt led to serve in Oklahoma City, once again with Habitat for Humanity.
For 2018, our team feels called to Denham Springs to perform similar rebuilding/recovery construction work, but how we found our new partner is an interesting story .
Over the years, our annual trip has changed in where, who and sometimes even how we serve.
We’ve not always been building new houses, it’s sometimes been doing rebuild and repairs. Our team members have some repeats, but we have often a lot of new faces. Team membership has even grown to include our previous site supervisors from the Habitat affiliates that we befriended.
But we’ve always tried to serve where and how God was leading us, as Craig describes in the video. We prayerfully ask God to lead us, and then we try to have the confidence to take the next step in that direction.
This year, our steps take us into new territory, so we carefully steward your prayers and care, as we again partner with you, serving whomever and however God has in store for all of us, this time in Denham Springs.
One Word
Virginia (team veteran) and
Venetia (newbie)
Venetia (newbie)