It has been a crazy-busy 2 days. Yesterday (Saturday) was travel and more travel. All went smoothly and without any snags or hiccups (apart from the fact that some of the boys were unable to stop at Taco Bell as soon as we landed). We are so thankful all went so well.
We met our 2 PPM leaders at the hotel: Becca and Makenzy. Sitting out on our hotel’s football field, with the Miami wind in our hair, we ate pizza and we had our first team meeting. We talked about service and being “All In” – even if it means we are uncomfortable. It wouldn’t be long before we had to put our “All In” lesson into practice.
This morning (Sunday) we visited our host church where we’ll be working this week: Parkway Baptist Church, a Jamaican-American church in the heart of Miami Gardens. We participated in their high school Sunday school class, then joined in the main service. The pastor had asked our group to perform 1 worship song as a whole group. This pushed a lot of kids out of their comfort zones, standing in front of a congregation of unfamiliar faces and singing. But they did it. And they sang their hearts out. (Shout out to Nathan for playing the piano on the fly to accompany our group – he nailed it!) We were so incredibly proud of these kids.
We had some down-time this afternoon (with swimming and playing basketball), then we went to an evening service at another church in Miramar. After a quick (late) dinner, we’re now back at the hotel and headed to bed. Tomorrow we’ll start our work with Parkway Baptist’s kids program, so there’s more pictures to come!
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