Our last day of mission work started EARLY and our group did a great job of getting out of bed and out the door...in the van by 6:30AM! We arrived at Palmer Episcopal Church across the street from Rice University. This church has been serving breakfast to the working poor and homeless for the last 17 years. They have a beautiful outdoor courtyard where they serve the breakfast and the guests can sit and experience "sanctuary" in this space. We got to be there on a special day as Fridays are PANCAKE DAY! Our group served pancakes to probably 200-300 people......then we got to have some! Quote of the day: Briana, "I wish this wasn't just a week, but a month long trip."
After refueling with lunch at housing, we headed out to the Houston Food Bank where we sorted a room full of donated items from, I think, CVS. I have to brag on the group a little because it's the end of the week, the last mission site, and it's a place where we are working with things and not people......so I thought we might lose some focus .....I was wrong! This group works hard---and works to the end!
Dinner was at my favorite place....the Reggae Hut...EVERYONE (including Stephanie) pretty much cleared their plate of their jamaican food!
We did our debriefing of the day/week at a new downtown park called Discovery Green. It's an environmentally friendly park in the heart of downtown. It was great to get to hear everyone share their memories of the week, reminisce on the funny moments (and there were SO MANY!) and affirm one another in the work they did throughout the week.
Get ready, church family....this group is ready to lead the congregation in getting out in the community more and serving more in the Waco area.....we love that all of you have gotten to "be here" with us this week and look forward to continuing the story TOGETHER.
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