Hey Everyone,
We are back for day 3 of VBS. We just arrived and the kids are currently setting up all of their stations for our VBS rotations.
We had another great morning working over at Ward trailer park. We finished one of the projects of painting the outside of the trailer. The porch rebuild is almost done as well. Our construction crew is headed back this afternoon and hoping to finish up the porch.
The bedroom makeovers are going well. We sent a group to the store today to buy some new beds and other decorations and supplies for the bedroom makeovers. They finished the painting today; and will put all of the new things into the room tomorrow morning when we head back over here.
It has been amazing to hear all of our students talk about how they feel they have made such an impact this week. Typically our VBS crew, when not doing VBS, would work in nursing homes, maybe a food pantry, or stuff. But this year, they have all talked about how they have enjoyed being able to see the difference they have made in this community.
So this week we have definitely enjoyed being able to slightly inprove the lives of these people by working on their homes. We are looking forward to our VBS this afternoon.
Tonight we will have our heart ceremony. It is a time where everyone shares with each other how they have touched lives this week!
Tomorrow we will wrap up our construction projects and VBS and then have a block party tomorrow afternoon! We are very much looking forward to that.
Check back in tomorrow!!!
Your Servant In Christ,
Todd Handell
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Crum, West Virginia - Day 3
Hello Everyone,
We are having another fantastic day here on our mission trip.
So I got a few questions about this and so I figured I would clear it up now. So, we are based in Crum, WV. The host church we are staying at (Silver Creek) is located in Crum. However, we are actually doing most of our work in Kentucky. We are located in Warfield, Kentucky for our VBS and Construction site. It is just across the state border from Crum, WV. So therefore we are traveling back and forth between Crum and Warfield each day. It is only about a 25 minute drive, that is if we don't get stopped by a train!
Today we went back to Ward Trailer park and continued working on the construction projects from yesterday (Painting a trailer, doing some bedroom makeovers, rebuilding a porch, and putting in some new flooring). We made some great progress on all of these projects. We will go back the next two days and continue to work on these same projects Until they are finished.
This afternoon we are back here at Warfield Community Park. We are having another wonderful day at VBS. We have another great group of kids out here again today.
Our students are continuing doing a wonderful job leading the VBS and working. I would say that I am surprised, but honestly I am not one bit. The BUMS are an amazing group of people and they all work so hard all the time. I am so blessed to be able to lead them. I've honestly found myself many times this week with not much to do because these kids do such an awesome job leading everything.
We are looking forward to the rest of the day. Tonight we will honor our seniors with our "senior night", a time in which we allow people to share stories about these seniors and how they made an impact on this youth group. It is always a special time.
That is all for today. Check back in tomorrow!
Your Servant In Christ,
Todd Handell
We are having another fantastic day here on our mission trip.
So I got a few questions about this and so I figured I would clear it up now. So, we are based in Crum, WV. The host church we are staying at (Silver Creek) is located in Crum. However, we are actually doing most of our work in Kentucky. We are located in Warfield, Kentucky for our VBS and Construction site. It is just across the state border from Crum, WV. So therefore we are traveling back and forth between Crum and Warfield each day. It is only about a 25 minute drive, that is if we don't get stopped by a train!
Today we went back to Ward Trailer park and continued working on the construction projects from yesterday (Painting a trailer, doing some bedroom makeovers, rebuilding a porch, and putting in some new flooring). We made some great progress on all of these projects. We will go back the next two days and continue to work on these same projects Until they are finished.
This afternoon we are back here at Warfield Community Park. We are having another wonderful day at VBS. We have another great group of kids out here again today.
Our students are continuing doing a wonderful job leading the VBS and working. I would say that I am surprised, but honestly I am not one bit. The BUMS are an amazing group of people and they all work so hard all the time. I am so blessed to be able to lead them. I've honestly found myself many times this week with not much to do because these kids do such an awesome job leading everything.
We are looking forward to the rest of the day. Tonight we will honor our seniors with our "senior night", a time in which we allow people to share stories about these seniors and how they made an impact on this youth group. It is always a special time.
That is all for today. Check back in tomorrow!
Your Servant In Christ,
Todd Handell
Monday, July 11, 2016
Crum, West Virginia - Day 2
Hello Everyone,
We have had a wonderful second day here in West Virginia. We spent the morning at Ward Trailer park working on some home improvements in the area. We have a couple of different projects we are working on at the trailer park. We have one group who is pressure washing and repainting a trailer. Another group is working in a trailer and doing some bedroom makeovers. This includes repainting and putting in new furniture and decorations. We have two of the bedroom makeovers going on this week.
Our construction team is also working on two main projects. One group is tearing down and rebuilding a porch. They are also working on putting some new flooring into one of the trailers.
This afternoon we are at VBS. We have about 20 kids here today. We are hoping to see that number grow throughout the week. Our students are doing a wonderful job leading the VBS. It is going great.
It's hard for us to believe we have only really been here two full days. We have already done so much work and enjoyed our time here so much. We are looking forward to these next few days here in West Virginia and Kentucky.
The post will probably be around this time each day. The only place I really have service is here at our VBS site. So make sure to check back at this time tomorrow!
Your Servant in Christ,
Todd Handell
We have had a wonderful second day here in West Virginia. We spent the morning at Ward Trailer park working on some home improvements in the area. We have a couple of different projects we are working on at the trailer park. We have one group who is pressure washing and repainting a trailer. Another group is working in a trailer and doing some bedroom makeovers. This includes repainting and putting in new furniture and decorations. We have two of the bedroom makeovers going on this week.
Our construction team is also working on two main projects. One group is tearing down and rebuilding a porch. They are also working on putting some new flooring into one of the trailers.
This afternoon we are at VBS. We have about 20 kids here today. We are hoping to see that number grow throughout the week. Our students are doing a wonderful job leading the VBS. It is going great.
It's hard for us to believe we have only really been here two full days. We have already done so much work and enjoyed our time here so much. We are looking forward to these next few days here in West Virginia and Kentucky.
The post will probably be around this time each day. The only place I really have service is here at our VBS site. So make sure to check back at this time tomorrow!
Your Servant in Christ,
Todd Handell
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Crum, WV - Day 1
Dear Friends and Family,
I apologize for not being able to post yesterday. But we had absolutely zero service whatsoever once we arrived. I was afraid of this, but I hope to make it a point of finding some service at least at some point each day to keep you guys updated.
But we have all arrived safely and everyone is all settled in. We are worshipping this morning at Crum Baptist Church. We will spend the aafternoon handing out flyers for our block party and VBS for this upcoming week. We have the opportunity to make a huge impact this week.
Be sure to check back on this blog for future updates
Thank you all so much for your prayers and support while we are here this week! We love all of y'all so much.
Your Servant In Christ,
Todd Handell
I apologize for not being able to post yesterday. But we had absolutely zero service whatsoever once we arrived. I was afraid of this, but I hope to make it a point of finding some service at least at some point each day to keep you guys updated.
But we have all arrived safely and everyone is all settled in. We are worshipping this morning at Crum Baptist Church. We will spend the aafternoon handing out flyers for our block party and VBS for this upcoming week. We have the opportunity to make a huge impact this week.
Be sure to check back on this blog for future updates
Thank you all so much for your prayers and support while we are here this week! We love all of y'all so much.
Your Servant In Christ,
Todd Handell
Friday, July 24, 2015
New Orleans - Day 5 - July 23, 2015
Hey Everyone!
We had another great day today. We finished up our last day of VBS. We had a great day at VBS as we shared the resurrection story of Jesus with the kids.
We also had a block party this afternoon at our St. Roch VBS location. It was a lot of fun and we really got to minister to a lot of people who were in need. We had a awesome time and the students did great.
Tomorrow, we get to celebrate all our hard work by enjoying our free day. We will be headed to the French Quarter area of New Orleans and enjoying a delicious lunch and enjoy some sightseeing in the city. It is going to be a great day!
We had another great day today. We finished up our last day of VBS. We had a great day at VBS as we shared the resurrection story of Jesus with the kids.
We also had a block party this afternoon at our St. Roch VBS location. It was a lot of fun and we really got to minister to a lot of people who were in need. We had a awesome time and the students did great.
Tomorrow, we get to celebrate all our hard work by enjoying our free day. We will be headed to the French Quarter area of New Orleans and enjoying a delicious lunch and enjoy some sightseeing in the city. It is going to be a great day!
Thursday, July 23, 2015
New Orleans - Day 4 - July 22, 2015
Hello Everyone,
We had another late night last night, so sorry again for not getting this blog post up last night. We had another wonderful day here in New Orleans. We had two great VBS sites again. It is truly amazing to see how these youth have built these relationships with the kids at our VBS in just a few short days. I am constantly amazed by our youth and all the hard work they are doing this week.
Yesterday afternoon, we headed to Audobon Park to do some evangelism / water bottle ministry. Unfortunately, those plans ended up changing just a little bit as we ran into a little bit of rain. So it turned into quite the adventure and will be a memory we will never forget.
Last night, we took time to honor all of our seniors on our annual senior night. It wa aa beautiful night as youth shared tons of stories about our seniors and the impact they have had on their lives over the past six years they have been in the BUMS. We have such an awesome group of seniors this year, and it is hard to say goodbye to them in the sense of a youth group. They have had such an impact on this group, and have truly left their legacy. This group of 11 seniors is an awesome group f young men and women, and they will be truly missed.
Today we head out to our last day of VBS. It is the day we tell the resurrection story of Jesus, and give kids a chance to accept Jesus. It is truly a powerful moment. We also have a block party this afternoon where we will serve hotdogs, chips, sno-cones, have live music, and other things to reach out to the city. We are looking forward to our last opportunity to witness to these people today. Anyways, we are off to breakfast!
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
New Orleans - Day 3 - July 21, 2015
Hey Everyone! Sorry I didn't get this post up last night. But we were busy till pretty late and so I was exhausted and went to bed!
Yesterday was another great day here in New Orleans. We once again spent the morning split up into our two VBS sites: at one site we had 13 kids and at the other side we had 24 kids. So both of our VBS sites saw quite the increase in the number of children attending! Praise God!
Our construction crew also continued their hard work! They are still clearing fields that have grass that is above waste high. They are working so hard this week!
Yesterday afternoon we went to the Chateu Livinf Center and hung out with some of the residents. It was a lot of fun. We played some bingo with them and just got to have a lot of great conversations. We really enjoyed it!
So as you can see, we are staying super busy! We are having a great time! We are excited for another fun-filled mission day today!
Yesterday was another great day here in New Orleans. We once again spent the morning split up into our two VBS sites: at one site we had 13 kids and at the other side we had 24 kids. So both of our VBS sites saw quite the increase in the number of children attending! Praise God!
Our construction crew also continued their hard work! They are still clearing fields that have grass that is above waste high. They are working so hard this week!
Yesterday afternoon we went to the Chateu Livinf Center and hung out with some of the residents. It was a lot of fun. We played some bingo with them and just got to have a lot of great conversations. We really enjoyed it!
So as you can see, we are staying super busy! We are having a great time! We are excited for another fun-filled mission day today!
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