It's hard to believe today was our last day doing mission work here in Wilmington. Despite the pure exhaustion I am feeling right now, this week has absolutely flown by. It's kind of amazing how quickly time has seemed to pass this week. Monday of this week seemed to be the day that would never end. But ever since then, this week has absolutely flown by. Each day has been pretty busy, which has most certainly made the time pass more quickly.
Today, we went back to Ms. Nikita's home to finish up a few more additional projects. These projects weren't originally planned for the week, but because we finished our flooring project up yesterday, they got added on. Our main project was repainting the living room and hallway. This is where most students were involved. We also had to do some patch work on some of the walls, repairing some holes. We also had a small group of students repairing some brick work around the back of the house, and they replaced the dryer vent.
The painting project proved to be a little more difficult than originally expected. Unfortunately, we weren't the neatest with our painting, which led to a decent bit of paint spilled on the brand new floor that had just been laid down! A paint can also got tipped over, but luckily most of it went on the drop cloth. So that led to some extra work at the end of the day, as we were down on our hands and knees scrubbing the floor to get the paint up.
The best thing about today was that our homeowner, Ms. Nikita, was actually home today so we got to meet her and interact with her. She had been at work all week long, so we had not even met her yet. Her brother had been at the house with us. She also has two daughters and a son who were also there today. Her two teenage daughters even jumped in and help us paint part of their house. That was such a neat thing to see! Ms. Nikita also offered us Popsicles during the day, because it was a hot day, as it has been all week!
We wrapped up those projects today, said goodbye to the family as well as to our WARM Construction Manager, Dwayne, who has been working with us all week. He was so amazing, so we gave him a thank you note as well as a gift card to his favorite restaurant here in town. Check out some pictures below from today!
Tonight, we actually ended up adding something to the schedule that wasn't originally planned. So last night, while working with First Fruit Ministries, they invited us to come to their worship service, which takes place on Thursday's at 5:30 pm. Since we were able to wrap up at our work site a little early today, we were able to get back to our house. On Thursdays, First Fruit Ministries has their "homeless outreach day." This includes opening up their showers for anyone to come use, they have a free health clinic that people can come to, as well as on Thursday evening's they have a meal at 5 o'clock pm followed by a worship service at 5:30 pm. So tonight we decided to join them for the worship service. It was unique. Students said "they had never been to a service like that" and it was eye opening. Students said it provided a new perspective towards worship. There was a time of healing during the service which was very powerful. It was a relaxed atmosphere. There was an awesome worship leader. Students also describe the service as passionate, as they saw the leader of First Fruit Ministry, Rick, express his strong desire to help those in need. And that was true of all the volunteers there. It was a great experience for everyone to be able to attend.
Overall, this week has been incredible, and we have all worked really hard. Tomorrow we will get to enjoy a day relaxing, going to the beach and sightseeing in downtown Wilmington. Thank you all again for your prayers and support this week. We are looking forward to sharing all about our trip with you on Sunday, August 11th.
Your Servant In Christ,
Todd Handell
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