Tuesday

Hey all!
We had a great day today!
HFIC had us work on a house that was donated to them that they are trying to flip and sell for full profit. We painted the brick foundation of the house (about 5ft high all around the front), moved a large pile of trash that was in the driveway, and scraped paint off the floor. It was quite a bit warmer today so we were much more easily fatigued. We got a lot done though!
We also had our first book club tonight! It went really well! Sierra and Hannah Hollenbeck introduced some songs to the kids that they picked up on pretty quick. Then Malachi did a great job leading the kids in a memory verse (Ps 34:8), and Lydia and Sophie finished it off with a wonderful lesson time. The kids proved to be a tough crowd, however, as it was difficult to keep their attention, but considering those circumstances, the club went really well. Thanks for your prayers! A lot of us were able to invite kids to a Friday night picnic we are holding where we will much more intentionally ask the children about their spiritual life one on one.

Prayer:
- Please continue to pray for energy for our team as the weather is getting warmer
- Pray for open doors to talk about the gospel in our Bible clubs and Friday's picnic
- For us to develop hearts more on fire for missions back in St Louis from this trip
- For safety

Some more pics (and one video;))

Worship this morning (hope it works)

The men moving a pile of wood from the back of the driveway to the street where it is accessible to a truck. On the left, Hope and Noelle scraping moss of the driveway wall. 

A.J., our project supervisor, telling our team his testimony of coming to Christ. Very powerful!

So one of the ministries of HFIC is providing a space where inner-city up and coming entrepreneurs can "incubate" their new business' for cheap. So the current business is a BBQ Restaurant called Big Buffs 92 BBQ. Big Buff, the owner, is former NFL All-Pro Reggie White's cousin, so the restaurant is themed around him. Man O man, that BBQ was sooo good! Best I've ever had! Those of the team who tried some all loved it! His place is right on HFIC's campus.   

Hanging out at Big Buffs after we got back from the job site.

 Our dinner for tonight - all our dinners are home-cooked by Paul Green's (pictured) wife! Very good!

 The team setting up for the camp kids who will be coming in tomorrow morning.