Day 3 (Monday) Prayer Walk

Another great day for our group! After eating a delicious and nutritious breakfast of Pop-tarts and Granola bars we head out on the town.

The Tour

So this morning to start off the day Cyndie and Donn treat us to a tour of Gloversville. Wow, what a powerful experience. To see the impact that poverty has on a place is shocking, I just don't see this is Matthews. The amount of rundown houses, unkempt yards, and abandoned churches were heartbreaking and eye-opening.

The Luncheon

So this afternoon our mission team had the amazing opportunity to host a luncheon for members of a halfway house. We had great fellowship and played intense games of ping-pong (that I lost).

I had a great time ministering to these people in the form of just hanging out. We played pool, ping-pong, and jammed together and some even had deep, personal conversations with our team members.

Unfortunately Christians can sometimes get lost in the expectation that ministering to people is all about converting them on the spot and changing their lives the way that we see fit, but this is wrong. As followers of Christ we can do the smallest things, like inviting someone to your lunch table, or the biggest things, like saving someone, and either way its still kingdom building and life-changing. So to all you Christians out there who think that what they do for God isn't enough, I'm here to tell you that in God's eyes, it is.

The Prayer Walk

A Change of 1 tradition, the prayer walk is time for the church communities, the C1 community, and our mission group to go out in Gloversville and pray for the struggles that we see. Also, we get to advertise for tomorrow's movie night and spread the word about the ministry.

My group walked and prayed in Melchoir Park, for the mayor, and at the halfway house. I think the biggest impact that we had was spreading the word about tomorrow's movie night to a couple of people who may otherwise of not known. Also, we were a bunch of people in matching shirts walking down the poorest parts of Gloversville...we turned some heads.

After the prayer walk was over the whole group met at C1 to participate in some worship and reflection time. It was great to see what an impact that the ministry has made on the community of Gloversville; some people we encountered knew who we were and others were eager to be a part of C1.

I have to honestly say, it hit me tonight; Cyndie and Donn are truly doing God's work and making a powerful and fruitful impact on the people of this community.

So another great day for us (hmm seeing a trend here)!

Side-note: The Heavenly Hearts & Hands group who have knitted a collection of clothing items; these have been donated to Change of 1.

Goodnight readers!