2018 Dallas Spring Break Serve Trip, Day 4

Today we returned to Wesley-Rankin for more Mexican bingo, dominoes, food preparation, wellness exercises (go Karie and Ruth!), and gardening. One highlight is the surprising and unexpected ways of connecting with each other, even without words but through games and...

2018 Dallas Spring Break Serve Trip, Day 3

Today was another gorgeous, sunny day in Dallas. After breakfast, we headed to Wesley-Rankin senior center. Maria showed us around and emphasized how much it means to seniors when people come and connect with them. College students were running a spring break camp for...

2018 South Africa, March Day 3

We were excited about the first chance to be with the children and teachers at Elim School. We were told the location had changed since the visit by the October 2017 team.  As we drove up to the relocated site, the front door on the building closed, leaving us puzzled...

2018 South Africa, March Day 2

  We have all had an amazing day!  On Sunday we were up early for a 7:45 church service with the Bishop, we then attended a township service.  After the 2nd service we were given a tour of Downtown Pretoria and we had the opportunity to see where the current...