It Is Finished

With no VBS in the morning, we were blessedly able to sleep in another hour,  not having to shower until 8 o'clock. After we returned to the church, we feasted like kings on eggs, sausage, pancakes, and bacon. We began on our service projects at about 10:45, weeding and trimming around the church with some of the local youth. After a couple hours of this, we split up to begin other projects. Most of us emptied a shed of onions which had gone bad after the last food drive. We loaded them into a couple of trucks and drove out to the pasture of one of the congregants, where we unloaded them with spirit, heaving spoiled vegetables with reckless abandon. While we were gone, Charlie and Dave replaced a faulty toilet, which Ty then smashed.

After the onion runners returned, the Crew had a delicious lunch of spaghetti before returning to their labors. We again split into two teams, one of which went to finish painting the benches we'd started on Monday while the other team went to do yardwork at the home of an elderly couple. The painting group only had to add a second coat to the benches and tables, which they did with care and panache. While we were there, we were able to give Scott, the caretaker we'd spoken with before, a Bible which we'd all signed. He was genuinely pleased with it and we were very blessed by his gratefulness in receiving it. The majority of the Crew went to work at the elderly church members' home, where we chainsawed trees, whacked back weeds, and cleared debris.

We worked until 5:00 before adjourning to the church, and left at at 6:00 to go to the pool. After an aquatic frolic, we moved to the park for youth outreach. We had one new kid today, a 16-year-old named Chase, and, after football and Ninja, Sam, Haley, Elaina, Amanda, Kirby, and Megan all shared their testimonies. Interspersed with worship, it was an incredibly moving experience. We retired to the church for pizza, cookies, ninja, and frisbee. At 10:20 we had our final family time and began preparations for leaving in the morning.

We thank you for all of your prayers throughout the week, and we ask that you'd pray for a safe trip home and for those we've been in contact throughout the town this week. Most of all, we ask you to praise God for all the amazing things he's let us be a part of over the course of this week.
I'd like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to everyone one the Harrington team, to Pastor Jim, and to all the volunteers who helped make this the amazing week it was. For the Harrington Crew, this is Jonathan Sigrist, Signing off.