Mission Tour Recap

As we make our journey home we all begin to reflect on these last 12 days.  First and foremost I believe that we honored our Savior and Lord,  Jesus Christ.  Secondly, I know that we were used to change lives as we saw several children pray to accept Christ as their personal Savior.  I know [...]

NYC – Day Four Recap

Friday was our last day in NYC!  Physically we are tired; but spiritually we are renewed. 
In the morning we traveled to the Baruch Addition Senior Citizen Center in Manhattan.  The residents were so happy to see us and were truly blessed by the performance.  We were in the gym with no air…but guess what?  We [...]

NYC – Day Three Recap

We started Thursday with a long subway ride to Coney Island to the Salt and Sea Mission.  In our pre-visit to the mission the food pantry was observed to be almost empty. Phillip headed down to Times Square and came back with enough food to help feed several dozen of the homeless on Coney Island. 
Pastor Debbie [...]

NYC – Day Three

It’s hard to believe it’s already Thursday. We are leaving at 8:15 a.m. for an hour-long subway ride to Coney Island in Brooklyn. We will be singing at the park and ministering with the Salt & Sea Mission. We also bought food last night and passed it out to the students to donate to the [...]

NYC – Day Two Recap

We had another full, but very rewarding day. I count it an extreme privilege to be on this trip. It is an awesome experience to watch our students sing and interact with kids and adults that they encounter. Julie Jenkins and Phillip Watts have done an outstanding job planning even the smallest of details, but can [...]

NYC – Day Two

The students get to sleep in a little bit this morning. We leave around 9 a.m. to head to the USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, home to the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier, which was commissioned in 1943 and participated in World War II and the Vietnam War. We will sing  on the deck of the carrier [...]

NYC – Day One Recap

Wow – what a first day in NYC! We got up early, passed out bag lunches to the students and headed for the subway. This would be the first experience for many on the trip to ride the subway, and thankfully we had no troubles getting on or off the cars all day. Kumar is [...]

NYC – Day One

We hold our first vacation bible school this afternoon. Pls pray the children’s hearts will be open to learning about God’s love. Also pray for our students as they lead this important effort. Suzanne Sims has put a lot of work into planning for VBS. But as we all know, we have to be flexible [...]

Philadelphia Rewind

Monday was a whirlwind day! We started the day singing at the Historic Christ Church. Even though the crowd is always light here since the facility is primarily a walk-thru venue, it’s important for our students to sing in this historic site. It has wonderful acoustics and serves as a warm-up for the event later that afternoon at [...]