"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always to the very end of the ages"Sadly our days at Wherry are now coming to an end. To give you a basic outline of our daily lives, we wake up, get ready, eat breakfast, and then split up into our family groups to do our daily quite times and discuss how we should apply them to our lives outside of church. After quiet time Bruce Coble gives us a little speech about the construction site, which always includes his puns. He really needs to keep his day job as a pastor instead of being a comedian.
When we arrive at the construction site, we set out to do our daily tasks from painting, to making a sidewalk, to caulking windows, etc. Through the midst of our work, I think at one point we all noticed that we are not building a house just for the purpose of building a house, but we are building it for a family who needs somewhere to stay to try to build their lives back up.
At lunch, we devour a bellyful of joy provided by Mrs. Stocks and Mrs. Dunne. After lunch we have camps where music camp goes and plays music with the children at Wherry, while sports camp enjoys their fifty-five minutes of sleep or time to reconnect until sports camp starts. At sports camp, we play soccer, or do cheer and dance with the girls. Soon after, the concert with Kyle Matthews starts and we are singing our hearts out until the last note.
This trip gives us all an opportunity to hang out with the children and get to know them and their families. We also get a chance to get their minds off of their daily struggles and focus on getting to knowing God and worshipping him and having fun at the same time with sports, dance, music, or just plain hanging out with new friends.
By Wyvolyn Kirkland
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