Thursday, August 15

Up at the crack of dawn among the pick-up trucks, time to head to our servant work at Christ Lutheran Church.  Hard to believe it is the fourth day and we will finish our servant work tomorrow.  Everyone will be working at the church today.

Ann, Fred and Roger continue working on the storage room putting up the shelves. 

Pastor Mark, Steve and Ray work on putting up drywall all day.  Rick and Noah helped because they finished the hallway drop ceiling framing today (incredible!).

Jane and Lynn spend the day moving items - Christmas items to the storage closet painted on Monday, electrical leftovers outside for scrap pick-up, brick and mortar from a wall that is being knocked out for windows to the dumpster.

Linley from Hope Village stopped by to talk to us and take some pictures.  Mary Carlson of Lutheran Disaster Response who just had knee surgery two weeks ago, stopped by to greet us and thank us for coming to serve in Minot.  Verla, Church Council President, stopped by to bid us farewell and thank us again, as did Allan Pearson.  Ray, Roger and Lynn presented each with a SAKLC Servant Team T-shirt.

 Mission Builders keep us going with guidance and the daily morning devotions with hymns.  Today's word of the day is healing.  It is truly an experience to be in a flood recovery area and to see the healing going on in this community. 

At the end of this day, the Mission Builders and the Church have a pizza dinner for us.  We sit outside and enjoy the perfect evening air and wonderful Christian company. 

Mission Builders & Assoc Pastor Carol

Pastor Mike & Roger

At the end of the day, it is still hard to believe this servant week will be over tomorrow.  We will be at Christ Lutheran Church working from 7:30 am to 1:00 pm when everyone quits because there is a funeral service.  Then everyone will go back to the hotel, pack and relax and then there will be our final devotions before going out for a team dinner at a local restaurant.  Tomorrow some reflections about the trip before we sign off on this amazing experience.