Molly's view as they travel to Alabama!
We are here!
Pictured are Morgan, Amy & Marissa in Alabama! (stolen from Amy's FB page)
We drove into the parking lot at Henryville UMC at 4:00 PM Central
Time. Pastor Marvin McCormick and his wife Kim were there to greet us with
welcoming smiles and big hugs! In some ways it felt as if we were home again.
The day started out with everyone arriving at Farmville UMC parking lot
at 6:00 AM. After greeting all and getting packed up and our first full team
picture we loaded up and headed out at 6:30 AM. In preparing for this mission I
had driven this trip many times in my head. It was a fun filled and uneventful
trip. Except for one person missing the turn for the rest stop. Which was OK
since the other vehicle went and met them down the road. Much laughter, music
and stories were shared by all. Molly and Marissa kept up some chatter on the
walkie talkies with their trivia and fun facts about Tennessee. Our stops were at the Shell
station near Daleville, the welcome center at the Tennessee
line and the truck stop at exit 369 in Farragut,
TN. One of the highlights of the
trip down was to watch the cell phone time change when we crossed into the
Central time zone!
Once we got to Henryville UMC we unloaded then started the arduous
decision of where to eat dinner. After much debate and riding around
Guntersville we located a Cracker Barrel. Most folks got breakfast. I guess
they are planning on sleeping though breakfast tomorrow so they would eat it
now.
I lead the devotion tonight. It was based on John 13 where Jesus washes
the disciples’ feet. I explained that I learned about this growing up in
the Church of the Brethren. I shared that we are all servants. We are here to
serve the people of Guntersville and Marshall
County as well as each
other. It was a moving time to see each team member kneel down to wash each
others feet.
We are all pretty tired yet very excited about this week and what God
holds in store for us. We are praying for all back home and we thank you for
your prayers for us. We thank all that wrote us notes and have provided us with
an abundance of snacks. We miss you all!
I hope to write more tomorrow after we have visited the homes we are to
work on. Good night and may God bless!
Insert from Jenn Kinne: I saw this post on Facebook Yesterday and thought it was the cutest! "Well, it's now 2:40 for the second time today! Central time zone. We're quite amused. We're almost in Alabama!" ~Amy Moore
In Christ,
Jeff
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