The rest of us went to Mt. Saint Vincent Home for Children and spent the day working on a couple of landscaping projects they needed done. About 85% of their landscape work (and a significant portion of their other duties) are all done by volunteers from the community and people like us who are there for mission. After a quick introduction and a brief tour, we got to work.Our main goal for the day was to distribute gravel around a playground for preschool-aged children. The gravel had been delivered in three major piles on the playground and needed to be spread out. The fifteen of us that were there were given shovels, rakes, gloves, bottled water, sunscreen and a wheelbarrow and we went to work moving the 21 cubic yards of gravel. For those of you who are interested, that equates to about 20 tons of rock. We were done before lunch, which was fantastic, and since we finished so quickly, they let us pull weeds on the grounds for the remainder of our time there that afternoon.
In the evening, we had the wonderful opportunity to serve a meal at the New Genesis Shelter which is a transitional community for homeless men. Expecting a crowd of about 90 people from the shelter, we prepared seven trays of lasagna and served it with bread, some carrots (and ranch dressing), and ice-cold lemonade. Everyone there was very appreciative of our efforts and those that served were really moved by the experience.With all that work today, we felt we earned a few hours at the Wheat Ridge Recreational Facility and the hot tub and pool never felt better. (Just having a shower would have been reward enough, but nobody was complaining.) After all of that and the evening devotional, we wearily turned in for some much-needed rest in preparation for another day of mission work tomorrow.
As always, we appreciate your continued prayers and support!
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