They arrived very late on March 31st (11:45 pm) and snoozed for the 1 1/2 hour drive from Sacramento to the base in Chico. After a few hours of sleep the team ate a quick breakfast in the house they were staying in and joined the rest of the base for a time of intercession on Friday morning. The focus of the intercession was on the youth of England. At one point during the this time all the youth were asked to stand in the middle of the group to represent the youth we were praying for. Wonderful words were spoken over both groups.
The team then started right in on the work project that had been assigned to them for the week. painting the Sweetwater cabins. Sweetwater is where we house some of our guests during large conferences. The cabins were in desperate need of a fresh coat of paint. As we got started it was evident that the railing on the front of two of the cabins was in bad shape and needed to be replaced. The team was able to bless the base by purchasing some treated lumber to fully replace these as well. Friday night was a time of relaxing and recouping after a hard days work. The power went out for a couple of hours and we sat and watched a movie on Mike's laptop.
Saturday the team got back to work and did a lot of power washing and painting and building the new railings. The power went out again on Saturday night, and the team spent the evening talking on the front porch and worshiping God.
Sunday the team went with us to church at New Beginnings Fellowship. After church we all spent some relaxing time at Bidwell Park in Chico. Some of us played some soccer while others played in the playground area or just sat and relaxed on some blankets. The power actually stayed on that night and we enjoyed another time of worshiping.
To be continued.....
