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is the current building of San Pablo United Methodist Church.
It is just a house, but they have outgrown it since their
congregation is getting bigger. The girls stayed here
while we worked on the new church. |
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This
is the new church building. They have been working on
it for five years. We did a lot of dry walling and mudding
inside the church. |
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| This
is the inside of the new church building before we started.
A lot of work was already completed. Some of the people
from the congregation worked with us each day. |
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| This
is the shed that is used for storage. The boys were
stored here during our week of service. |
Here
is the sign showing the days and times of services for the
Church. The church is a Hispanic church and is located
in a Hispanic neighborhood. |
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| These
are pictures of Heritage United Methodist Church. We
stayed here on Friday night. It was in Van Buren, Arkansas.
We don't really know the significance of the shoes in the
tree, but it was an interesting sight that some of us saw. |
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This
is outside the restaurant we ate lunch at on Saturday.
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Below on left: Jeni & Beth Below on Right:
Bethany, Matt, Diane & Jeremiah |
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| On
Sunday, we worshiped with the people of San Pablo UMC.
Above, Pastor Munos is performing a baptism. We also
learned "La Alegria" which is a Spanish song and
sang it to the congregation. They really enjoyed
it and asked us to sing it again later in the week. |
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Above left: Pastor Munos giving the sermon. Juanita
helped translate it into English so we could understand.
Above right: A little girl in the church. Bottom
left: Paul, Bethany and Ashley getting food. The
people there cooked a lot of meals for us and they were all
delicious! Bottom right: Scott & Diane |
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| These
are more pictures of the new church building before we started
working. |
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| Above
left: Jill & Diane Above right: Janice
reading Below left: Bethany, Casey & Beth
laying in the sun. Below right: The Wesley Foundation
and San Pablo in fellowship with each other. |
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Sunday
night we went to a Steak House for supper. This is a
picture of our group. |
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| On
Monday, we began to dig a hole so we could set a basketball
goal there. Notice on the top left picture where the
hole is that Casey and Bethany have started. Then look
at the top right picture. The first hole had to be filled
in because it was too far away from the curb and we had to
start over. This was not an easy task because the ground
was layers of rock (bottom right). |
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Bethany
is finally taller than Casey! |
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| This
is in the sanctuary of the new church. There was just
a little bit of dry wall to put up. The top two pictures
show before and the bottom left is after we had finished it.
Bottom right: Tony & Diane |
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| This
is inside the new church. We put up drywall all the
way to the ceiling on this wall. |
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left: There was a pile of sand beside the church, so
we enclosed it with old railroad ties to make a sandbox for
the kids. Top right: Joel mowing
Below left: We had some edging that we put around
a tree. Leslie, Diane & Kara are digging so they
can put it down. Bottom right: The boys decided
to come and help. |
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| Top
left: We had a wheelbarrow full of the dirt we'd taken
out from around the tree. Leslie went to dump it but
got off balance. This is the end result. Top right:
Joel giving Leslie a ride back in the wheelbarrow. Below:
The tree after we finished. We also planted flowers
around it. |
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| Top
left: Beth, Leslie, Kara, Casey & Bethany after
a hard days work. Top right: Jenny and Kara washing
their hair with the hose. |
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| Top
left: Jeremiah, Diane & Scott in the rafters
Top right: Diane working
Bottom left: Scott working Bottom right:
Jeremiah working |
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| Top:
Chris & Beth cutting drywall.
Bottom left: Jeremiah & Diane working together
to reach the top screw. Bottom right: Pastor
Munos texturizing the wall. |
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| Top
left: Many people marked their current height and age
on a support beam. Notice how tall Joel is...he's taller
than Casey! Top right: This is the hole where
we moved the tree to.
Bottom: Jill and Leslie holding signs for the car
wash. Jen & Jenny at the car wash! |
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| Top
left: Ted (from San Pablo) and Kara digging up bricks
and getting the ground ready for planting. Top right:
The ice cream truck!!! |
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| Singing
praise music in the evening with the people of San Pablo |
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| Top
left: Francisco and Ricardo singing Top right:
Jill giving directions to the group |
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| Top
left: Singing during worship Top right:
Playing soccer
Bottom left: Waiting on the ball to continue playing
four square Bottom Right: Enjoying fellowship |
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are the rest of the pictures, but they don't have captions. |
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Who did
we take the trip through?
We took the trip through the Volunteers
In Mission (VIM) program of the United Methodist Church. |
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Why
do we go on mission trips?
To share the love of Christ by service through word and
deed.
To learn about other people and cultures, remembering that
all of us are created in God's image.
To grow together as a body of believers, strengthening one
another in faith and building relationships within our group. |
