Praise God from whom all blessings flow! We’ve had a wonderful trip that was capped off with a great last day. From the work we did to the interactions and friendships we formed here to the special time of sharing how God’s worked in our hearts this week, we’ve been blessed by a truly merciful and caring God. We’re heading back to Gainesville tomorrow morning. Please pray for our travels.

Yesterday was a fun day. The boys worked in the morning tearing apart a fence and saving good boards, moving furniture into a cottage, and unloading cement and wood posts for a new fence. The ladies spent a final day at the thrift store cleaning and sorting.
During the afternoon we took off work and got a tour of the Palmer Home property and around Columbus, Mississippi from Helen. Did you know that Memorial Day started in Columbus and that it’s also the birthplace of Tennessee Williams? We drove by many beautiful Antebellum homes, and finished the tour at Beans & Cream, a local coffee/ice cream shop.
At night the fellas went fishing, and the gals went to a game night with the Palmer Home girls. We capped it all off with a massive basketball game with some Palmer Home kids. Of course, we still did our singing and devotions after. 🙂 Everyone’s very tired, so please pray for a great last day of hard work and that we’d be aware of the ways God is moving on this trip.

Here are some pics:

Three work days in, and we’re still plugging away. The girls were busy cleaning the gym today and working at the Palmer Home’s thrift store. The fellas swept floors and organized stuff at the thrift store in the morning and continued moving the new house parents into their cottage. The group is doing well. We had fun making a Wal-Mart and Sonic run last night. Please continue to pray for us, that our relationships would go deeper and our hearts would be conformed to Christ. The kids are working hard and very tired. Here are some pics.

Sonic. Yum!

This dresser was very, very heavy.

All the stuff we moved.

Sorting clothes at the thrift store.

KJ found a game to play at the thrift store.

The gals did some awesome painting today and the fellas moved fencing, ripped out carpet, and helped move new house parents into one of the cottages.

Everyone is doing well, but is very tired. For the fellas, the first consisted of moving and spreading gravel to make a path, moving furniture out of one of the cottages, and moving a swing set. The ladies went and worked at the Palmer Home’s thrift store in the morning and painted a playground in the afternoon.

Pray for energy for today. Not only did we work hard, we also played lots of games in the gym.