Touring the City; SEPTA day.

Last week we spent a day getting comfortable with public transportation and got to visit a bunch of different places around the city. 

Here are a few pictures from the day! 

Liberty Bell

Benjamin Franklin Bridge (to New Jersey)

City Hall

Art Museum/ Rocky Statue 

Basically we are really awesome. 

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Prayer

• We all start work at our service sites on Monday, so prayer for calm nerves and good first impressions would be greatly appreciated.
• Also prayer for safety and a good sense of direction so that we do not get lost as we travel alone on public transportation for the first time. 
• Constant prayer for us as a community as we continue to learn how to relate to one another.
• Prayer for our neighborhood and church as we try to integrate ourselves into their existing communities. 
• Prayer for rest. 

Ensenada.

I spent about a week with high school students in Ensenada, Mexico. I am constantly amazed how God works through the youth and young generations.

I watched teenagers in the wake of trying to figure out who they are, and who they want to be, give up weeks of their summer to serve and glorify God. with their time. money. energy. love.

It was amazing.

Each day they woke up. did devotionals. spent time with their ministry partners. worked at a work site (building walls, pouring/mixing cement, putting up lath, stuccoing....) prepared for VBS. played with kids (made crafts, memory verses, bible stories, and shared snack) debriefed. shared testimonies. and then sang songs.

God has blessed me immensely this summer. And it was awesome to get to see God use the people around me to bless each other. little children become blessings to adults. adults blessings to teenagers. teenagers blessings to me. It was great. God is great.

amazing what smiles can do.

it was a blessing to spend the week with my father.

love her and her shenanigans.

one of the houses we helped work on.

Samual and Jemina.

they showed up early every day so we could play together longer.

Compassion International

On Thursday we went to a Compassion site.

We played games.

Duck, Duck, Goose.

Steal the bacon.

Elephant.

Tug of war (no rope necessary).

Breakfast.

Faces.

Compassion International increases a child's life expectancy here in Burkina Faso significantly. They partner with local churches and are located near youth centers. They feed, play, encourage, teach, and share about Jesus with these young children once a week.

Compassion

Faces.