Sunday, August 3, 2008

Sunday, a day of rest. Well welcomed and needed. Smoking hot outside. Glad we are not biking today! The Sea to Sea group went to church this morning in two different churches, double duty. We went to Prairie Lane CRC in Omaha, Nebraska. They opened up the gates of hospitality to us and served us quite a spread for lunch. They even had a pizza machine dishing out pizza. I have not had pizza in like 5 weeks now. We heard about Open Door Missions, a local mission, and India Missions. We keep on hearing the stat that every 12 pedal strokes or every few seconds someone dies because of poverty related issues. As the pastor said this morning, this seems to be overwhelming. What should we do? The pastor said to see where God is at work in the world and join in. What a joy and blessing it is to be a part of God's work too. To think that God would include such limited creatures like us. Wow! What a loving God! A Lutheran church next to camp open up their doors when 2 ladies from our group wen there instead of riding the bus to where we were suppossed to go to church. The Luthedran Church heard about what we were doing and opened up there gym and air conditioned facility. We have just been chilling out in here all afternoon. They provided homemade brownies, pop corn, watermelon, and snacks off the fly. We can even sleep here tonight. Thank God for good surprises like this. God bless these churches and everyone else who has so generously provided us the warmest hospitality!