Fun with an Elmo Costume!

THURSDAY AFTERNOON!

Hi everyone!

The kids are "blogged out" so I am stuck with this afternoon's blog. After lunch, eight of us visited a number of homes that have been involved with Kid's Clubs in the past. Because of Covid, we were unable to do our own Kid's Club in the neighborhood, so we passed out our bags that we packed earlier in the week to families with kids. Jennifer was excited to put on an Elmo costume for the kids, even though it was over ninety degrees! Of course, we had all kinds of reactions to Elmo, but most were positive, especially by the kids. For dinner, we had an end of the week barbecue with a bunch of the missionaries here in Hamtramck. It has been an eye-opening week for all of us and we look forward to sharing stories from the week. We met tonight to share all the ways God had worked in our life this week, which is always my highlight of the trips. Tomorrow we have one more opportunity to learn more as we will be led by another of the missionaries. We aren't sure if we are visiting another mosque or what--they like to keep us guessing! Right now we are playing a Euchre tournament (which Aaron will tell you about later), and the kids are filming movies starring the Elmo costume.  Something tells me it's going to be a long night!

For the parents, the plan is to leave here at around
1:30 pm, which gets us back to Harvest between 4 and 5 p.m.  Thank you for following and praying!

Brett

THURSDAY MORNING!

After we had breakfast, we read Revelation during our 15 minute quiet time. After that we had a devotional led by Tim-- one of the members of the IHC. During the devotional we read Luke 14:25-33 which talks about the cost of discipleship. After the devotional we went back to the garden at the mosque. I don't know what the blog said about the garden but I find it really fascinating that they allow us to have a garden there. I am also amazed they also allowed Bible studies in the mosque. At the garden we finished weeding the beds and finished up the stairs to the tree house. I floated around helping.

Next we went back to the IHC to eat lunch. After lunch some of us played Euchre. Talking about euchre, a few of us learned for the first time. I was one of the 3 who didn't know how to play. I personally don't get the hype of the game but it is a fun game. I can't believe today is the next to last day here in Hamtramck. I felt like we just got here. I personally loved the trip so far. It is my third mission trip. I have a heart to serve. I volunteer 6 to 12 hours a week at local mission in Medina Cups Cafe which those who aren't familiar it is a non-profit restaurant cafe which people donate food to feed to homeless and teens that came in. I hope you all enjoy rest of your day down south in Medina or whereever you're reading this.

Thanks for reading. God Bless,

Noah B.