BLOG ENTRY NUMERO UNO
On behalf of everyone; hi mom! This Sunday morning, we
excitedly drove to Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church. Yet again, it did not
disappoint. We had been told that it would be great but that did little to
describe how truly amazing the service was.
The church welcomed us with open arms. The singing was out of this
world, unlike ours (sorry Richard- we learnt the importance of practice
because, let’s just say they asked for an encore after the first song, but not
the second one). Rev. Harry Touissant delivered a passionate sermon about how,
unlike gumbo, we can’t change the Bible to our taste. It was not uncommon to
hear people from the pews yelling things like “amen” and “can I get a witness”
or to hear the piano dramatically playing along. After the service, we were
invited to stay for lunch and the home cooked meal was a wonderful break from
fast food. We fellowshipped with the congregation and definitely made some
lasting connections. Hearing our host, Billy’s, stories never gets old and
neither does watching Joe do the “Nay Nay” after the girls from church taught
him. All in all, it was an incredibly enriching morning for all of us.
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| A Warm Welcome |
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| Pastor Harry Touissant |
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| The music was outstanding |
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| Our good friend Billy Morgan |
We had some time to kill so we went to Bay St. Louis where
previous Alabama participants had built. We went to a beach and played some
hardcore, intense ultimate Frisbee and had nice peaceful walks along the
shoreline. All in all, it was an incredibly enriching time-killer for all of
us.
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| Chillin by the Gulf of Mexico |
Finally, we went on a swamp tour at Cajun Encounters where
we were all excited to see some ‘gators. Unfortunately only one of our tour
boats got to see some good ‘ol ‘gators, but the other group got the privilege
to hold a baby ‘gator. It was really excitin’ and coo’. All in all, it was an
incredibly enriching adventure for all of us.
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| Katie and Danielle and their new friend |
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| Reanne and Erika |
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| Alexa |
*WOW WE ARRIVED AT CAMP* All in all, it was an incredibly
enriching arrival for all of us.
It was a dark and stormy morning, on our first day of our
real ALSO experience. The rain was pouring but our motivation was rising. We
all went to the Bay Area Food Bank and rocked out some sweet volunteer work. We
sorted donations of food into categories and discarded based on expiry date.
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!! We also helped with come clerical work by stuffing
envelopes and filling binders. They were surprised by us finishing sorting all
the donated food before lunch, way before they thought we would. They had to
find us extra work to do because everything they asked us to do we finished
with mind-blowing haste. Interesting fact: you can back date canned goods up to
five years past the expiry date!!! Lloyd Schmidt found that extremely exciting
and cannot wait to tell Cheryl! #savvyshopper. All in all, it was an incredibly
enriching day of volunteering for all of us.
Sadly, since the weather is unhappy today we could not go to
the beach but instead are going to the mall, in fact, there the bus is now,
we’re late. All in all, it was an incredibly enriching race against time for
all of us.
See ya later alligator, in a while crocodile! (Interesting fact:
crocodiles are bigger than alligators #Karaleelovesgators #thebusishere
#thebusisactuallyhere #we’renotready #Danielle’sworried #youshould’veseenthisblogbeforeBeveditedit)
Written by the poetic pair; Katie Rempel & Cheyenne Epp
