PHILLY SPRING BREAK MISSION WEEK- March 6th-14th 2010
Liberti Church http://libertichurcheast.org/ in Fishtown hosted about 21 college students from Temple,Penn State (Main Campus), and Philadelphia University to come serve in the city. Students got to partake in service activities such as feeding the homeless, helping out with after school programs, and cleaning city blocks… all to the glory of God.
Student Testimony from the week: CHRIS JEWELL
Meet Chris. Temple student, film major .
This was his first time on any sort of mission trip. Chris was put on assignment to help at an after school program all week in North Philly called The ARK . The Ark is a Christian non-profit organization that caters to the needs of the section 8 housing residents and their school aged children. ( Check out the website: http://thearkofphilly.blogspot.com/)
After the first day of hanging out with the kids, Chris openly admitted that he was very nervous around kids and did not have much experience with them. In his own very memorable words, Chris claimed “I just don’t know what to do with them!” Chris felt that God gave him an opportunity to step out of his comfort zone and to figure out this mysterious world of children. By golly…Chris did just that! By the end of the week Chris was painting butterflies on the cheeks of dozens of kids at the fun fair!
the kids showed their appreciation to Chris by returning the favor….
Needless to say Chris found out what to do with Children: Just love them like crazy, just like Jesus does!
P.S. Chris balanced his butterfly painting with rounds of using a sledgehammer for demolition…..
and moving heavy things like refrigerators. RaAAWRrrr….
