One week ago today, we said good-bye to our final work team for the summer. We kicked the summer off with Geneva, a high school team, they were followed by two family teams and we finished the summer with a team called "Newaygo". Newaygo was a team made up of various small groups who came from a common area in the Mid-West. They were a great team to end the summer with, simply because they came prepared to do whatever, and that is indeed what they did. I didn't get pictures of the group who cleared trails at the top of the property, but everyday a group of 10-12 headed out to clear trails and repair fence.
Team Newaygo started the work on the patio outside the dorm rooms
They painted as long as the paint held out....
and then when more paint came they painted some more :)
God really was gracious to us through this wonderful group of people. To be honest, by the end of the summer, our energy was running on the low side. Right before the group came, even Howard said he wasn't sure he could go one more round. Then Newaygo arrived and just blessed us over and over again. They were an encouragement to us as we heard how God was using their time here to serve, as a challenge to go back home and in various ways make a difference.
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