Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Montreat College Visits MOWA Choctaw

A few weeks ago a college group from Montreat sacrificed their spring break to travel down to Alabama and serve the Friends Center and the community. We all had an absolute blast! Led by Lyndsey Wall and Chaplain Steve, this group was a model of hard work, servanthood, and a Christ-centered heart.

Here are some of the things this group worked on during their week-long stay:

  • Built a ramp on a trailer in the community
  • Put up gutters on Quaker Lodge
  • Tilled the garden at McIntosh Elementary School
  • Worked with kids in the After School Program
  • Led Youth Group
  • Hosted a community meal and Bingo night
  • Visited homes in the community (with cookies & brownies!)
  • Stained a porch in the community
  • Organized the Re-Store building
On top of all this, we also had a few ladies in the community who, along with Pat Cheadle (who does it all), cooked meals for us every day. Personally, that was one of my favorite parts of the week! But I also enjoyed and appreciated the fellowship, devotion, and hangout/debriefing time very much. How great a blessing it is when God sends brothers and sisters into your life to lift you up! And we have been lifted here at MOWA Choctaw.

Let us not give up meeting together... but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
(Hebrews 10:25)


Everyone at the MOWA Choctaw Reservation Museum

The ramp building crew

2 comments:

  1. Praie God for all your hard work and for those students- Wish we had been there- i know you guys did a fantastic job!
    Blessings

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  2. Thank you for all the work that you do. Tell everyone that the Bill for Federal Recognition of the tribe is in Congress and is waiting in committee. Please pray, pray, pray for our leaders. You can go to www.govtracks.us and look up H.R. 5149 and read all about it and even write our congressmen and women if you feel so moved to do so.

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