A Summer to Remember

Wow, well that title sure makes this whole thing sound like a eulogy. But don't be fooled! The summer is far from over! Well, maybe not far, but it's not over yet! Haha!

Well, we spent the day at our three locations: Rebecca St, Perkins, and the Wooster Towers. We mostly played baseball. It was the favorite of the day. Hey, it's the American pastime! And every time we had to leave, it broke my heart telling the kids that I wouldn't be here at all next week. So maybe for me this is the beginning of my final hoop-lah for the summer.

However, we left the kids at Rebecca a piece of chalk to remember us by until Jacob shows up next week, and left them all with the promise of a picnic! We have decided to add our third location to our picnic list. We're just waiting on the OK from the complex director. Or whatever you would like to label that position. I'm very excited about all of it. I personally counted each and every house there, and they total to 62 apartments jammed into that small area. What an opportunity we have to minister to those families!

Although I'm kinda bummed I didn't get more time at Rebecca St this summer, not adding them to our location list until the week of Vacation Bible School, I'm excited to possibly see them on weekends I'm home during the semesters leading up to next summer :)

But I must say, today was the most successful day of Friday Activities we've had all summer. We had great turnouts from all three locations which was a major encouragement from last week with the triple diget heat on Thursday and the torrents of rain on Friday. We had kids come pouring into our activity spots, jostling to line up to bat (I prefered all-time outfielder whenever I could).

We had mostly older kids at Perkins, the young ones were all either gone, sleeping, or uninterested in whatever we had going on (baseball). But I feel compelled to note that the girls beat the boys in baseball 11-4. That put a little boost in their step. Although with only 3 players on a team we had to cross over teams when the bases were loaded. That made for interesting scenarios to be sure!

This was absolutely the most fun I've had all summer, and I love to exit off to volleyball camp with a bang. I can't wait until our picnics, where I get to be with all these kids and their families one more time before school rips me away.

God has done some incredible things this summer. Take a look back at the other blog posts if you need some refreshing. Much more is to come as well. We have placed a vision before us. We are taking steps to reach beyond the summer months and further into the school year. We want to build upon what has already been set in place to nurture deeper personal relationships as we strive to develop all people into devoted followers of Christ.

So let's clap our hands above our heads and jump fearlessly off the high dive to end this summer with a splash! Just like we started.