Pages

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Friday, June 25, 2010

Day 5

Starting to work on siding this house. We redid the roof on this house
earlier in the week.

Mission Week 2010

This was my first mission trip and it wasn't anything like I thought it would be. I thought we would just come and work just to work, but I realized that it is much more than that. Our church has helped a lot of people. The people that either chose willingly not to come or just couldn't find a ride, or whatever thier situation was they really missed out on an amazing experience and we all had a lot of fun. Don't get me wrong it was hard, we did work from start to finish, but it was worth it to see people who either didn't have the funds or just physically couldn't do the jobs that we did this week. Bill Morlan said to all of this week before we started that we all need help, and I know that this is true. This week was an amazing experience and if you didn't go you missed out on a lot.

-Emily Bleigh

Mission Week :)

This week has been pretty awesome :D God again has shown me so much in his glory, not only doing the work, but the world around us. Mountains & just the landscape, in Michigan everything is flat and instead of seeing a mountain, you see a taco bell ;) The people we have worked this week has truely been a blessing, i've talked to all of them and they really are all nice and warming. I agree what David Sheppard says "you're here for a reason." A lot of us wanted to come here to see our friends, but we saw and learned so much more than that :)) God blessed me this week and I'm happy to go back with the flame blazing :) Miss you all already :)

Love <3 Sara Habbert

2010 Mission Week

This was our first mission trip and we had a lot of fun. We got to paint and use the power saw for the first time. We also got sunburnt and it hurts really badly, but other than that, we had an awesome week.
Jacobi Cottrill and Emily Bleigh.

Glorify

This week has been all about God. Working everyday, mostly painting, really showed how much God does for us everyday. Being able to witness to people through painting or simply working on their house made a difference. God's power helped us stay emcouraged through the week. Working with all of the Gassaway people have been amazing and a wonderful experience, this week will be remembered forever.


~Danielle
~Michigan~

sleepy

This week has been a pretty good week. All the projects we have worked on have all been a good time. The only bad part of the week is the early morning get up. I am used to sleeping in, but this week is important and i feel it is all for a good cause. God has a plan for all of us and will put us where he needs us. He knows what he is doing even in the times where you have no idea what is going on he is always there for you. God loves you and will never put you somewhere you shouldn't be.

sincerely
Kenton Morlan

Day 4 Video

Monday, June 21, 2010

Pictures

Submitted pictures of Day 1 have been added to the "pictures" tab at the top of the blog.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

The Projects

A short video featuring 5 of the 15 sites the youth will be working on this week.


Saturday, June 19, 2010

Mission Week in Braxton

Follow the youth of Gassaway Baptist Church this week as they work around the county on various projects. Come back here for daily video, pictures, and postings from the youth as they work during the week. We encourage you to leave them comments as they go out this week and serve God. Have a great day.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Israel----wed., thurs., fri.

Sorry we haven't gotten back, but we had a hard time getting on internet We are now in Jerusalem and have a full day tomorrow (Sunday) and after that, we will head to the airport to return to the United States.

On Thursday, we went to the Spring of Herod where Gideon chose his 300 men. 2nd, BetShe'an was an eye opener as we toured the remarkable restoration of the Roman ruins that sit in the shadow of the hill where the Philistines once displayed the bodies of King Saul and his sons.
This was a huge archaological site and is still continuing. It was awesome!

On Friday, we rode a cable car up to the ruins of Herod's lavish palace/fortress where Jewish zealots made their final stand in their revolt against Rome. We also went to Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, and we toured a museum which housed some of the original scrolls. We stood on the Mount of Olives and envisioned Jesus weeping over the city. From there, we traveled down the road where Jesus walked and the triumphal entry.
One of the highlights of the day was visiting the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus was betrayed.

Saturday saw us visiting the Pools of Bethesda and Antonio's Fortress where Jesus was mocked by the soldiers and a crown of thorns was placed on His head. From there, we walked the Via Dolorosa (The way of the Cross) which led us to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre which is one of two sites believed to be Golgotha. We concluded our day by going to the Garden Tomb and also the place of the Skull (the other potential place of the crucifixion of Christ). We walked into the ancient tomb, similar to the one in which Christ was buried, and then participated in a communion service celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Israel---tues.

Shalom:
We are having a wonderful experience. We started the day by boarding an ancient-style boat for a time of worship on the Sea of Galilee. It was a very emotional and spiritual time for all of us on the trip. Then we saw an ancient Galileean boat that was found on the bottom of the Sea that was in existance at the time of Christ. They keep us hopping! We traveled in the motorcoach to the Mount of Beatitudes where Christ delivered one of His most powerful teachings; then to Chorazin to see the city ruins. Next, we went to Capernaum where many witnessed so many of Jesus' miracles. Our last trip for the day was to the Jordan River where Mark and I were both baptized along with Phillip and Debbie and others from our group. It was an equally emotional and spiritual time as was the beginning of the day.
Wednesday: Talk about new insights! We were actually sitting on the original steps in the City of Dan where King Jeroboam made sacrifices! They are continually excavating here and finding artifacts all the time. We drove by the Damascus Road where Paul was converted and on to Caesarea Philippi where Peter confessed, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
We traveled to the Golan Heights (strategically located between Israel and Syria) and from that vantage point, we were able to look over into Lebanon. We were able to go into a bunker that Israeli troops occupied in previous wars and learned a lot of history about the struggles with Syria and Lebanon.
Each day has been great, and we only hope we can "store" in our minds everything we have experienced. On Thursday we are moving to a new location and we are unsure about internet capabilities. If you don't here from us, that is why.
Love and prayers to all, Mark and Darlene

Monday, March 15, 2010

day two Israel

Today was awesome! Our schedule was very busy, but we were able to see so much! The fruit and vegetables here reminds me of the grapes Joshua and Caleb carried on their back when they returned from the the promised land. I'm not sure of everything we have eaten, but it has been very very good!
Even before breakfast, Mark was dared to take a "dip" in the Meditteranean, and, of course, he did!
Then we went to Caesarea Philippi early today and saw a Roman temple, the palace of Herod the Great, and a newly excavated hippodrome (where they had chariot races). We also went to Nazareth and to Mount Carmel where we could look over into the Jezrell Valley and see so much of the Bible come to life in a even greater way!
This is our second night here, and we are now in Tiberias near Galilee where we will go in the morning. We could tell you so much more, but it is 10:00 p.m. and we were up at 3:00 a.m. this morning (The time is 7 hours ahead of our time) Our bodies are still getting adjusted.
Thank you again for this gift of love that we will never forget. It's already been great!
We love you family, friends, church family, and 5th graders. (Be good for Mrs. Reese!)
I'll see you on the 24th.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

day one Israel

Hey everybody, we finally made it to Tel Aviv after some interesting travel arrangements. It's 10:30 here on sunday nite which is 7 hours ahead back home. After we arrived at our hotel we had supper, (not sure what all we ate) and then we had a worship service and got to meet all the folk on this trip. we then went for a walk by hte Mediterraen Sea, in about 85 degree warmth(yeh, no snow anywhere imagine that). Everyday is going to be very busy, i'm looking forward to tomorrow as i have been asked to speak on Mt. Carmel where Elijah defeated the Prophets of Baal. We will also be going to the Sea of Galilee. Pray for Darlene and me that we will be forever changed by this experience. I don't know if i will be able to report each day as we will be staying in a variety of places but we will do our best.
FOR HIS GLORY
pastor mark and darlene