Monday, June 17, 2013

Welcome to Philly!

We are here! We have been very busy already. We left Saturday, stopped halfway in Prince George, VA, then traveled the rest of the way on Sunday.
We are staying at a private Christian school that reminds us a lot of Hogwarts. It is humongous. We are sleeping in the classrooms on the floor (thank goodness for air mattresses and ceiling fans because there is no AC!) At this school, we will be meeting with other youth from different areas. The youth will meet all together to worship and learn more about how to minister to others in the Philly area. Powerplant is jointly run by NAMB and Lifeway. Each youth group is working with a different church in the area, anywhere from the Mennonite areas to more urban parts of Philly.
We were blessed to be working with a church in Collingdale, which is an urban neighborhood on the outskirts of Philly. The church we are partnering with is Living Waters church. They are a new church plant, only about 13 months old. Pastor Mike and the rest of the congregation were very welcoming on Sunday. The church service was at 3 because the plant is located in another church building. We were asked to sing a worship song for the church service, and Wyatt made up a rap that fit with the song. The church loved it.
They had a cook out for us after the church service. The families are very friendly and we enjoyed getting to know them.
Today, we went into downtown Philly and saw the City Hall, where we went into the  observation floor 40 stories up and saw all of Philly. We learned about the history of the area, cultural influence, and information about people and demographics so we know how we can pray for the city.
The youth are doing a fantastic job representing our church. They jumped right in to fellowship with members of Living Waters. They are willing to help and excited about seeing what God will do this week.
**Note - we have no internet access in this building. The Powerplant staff has been generous to let us use their computer today, but we don't know how much we will be able to access the computer this week.**
Please keep praying for us! We love and miss our church family.
Laura

Meeting people at the church

 Pastor Michael Heath

Hanging out after church at the cook out



The guys talking about the rap ministry at Living Waters (and sharing some raps)

The First Lady (Pastor Mike's wife) and Hannah playing the Slide game

All the ladies playing a hand game

The School where we are staying

The Mayor's Press Room (City Hall)

The Observatory Tower (Philly baby!)


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