Independence Day by Mike
Our 4th began with some preparation for our Sunday mission, in which
we will be serving breakfast to the homeless at the historic Calvary
Episcopal Church in downtown Memphis. This church is one of the oldest buildings in the city- built 1844- and has been continuously serving
the community since then.
We added our manpower to the skeleton holiday weekend crew, finishing a job that was supposed to take three hours in roughly forty-five minutes. In all the mission that we’ve
done so far, God has allowed us to bless not only the needy, but those
who serve the needy as well.
Later in the evening, we participated in the most sacred of American
activities: baseball and fireworks! Here all of Memphis felt our
“ministry of presence” too. Our team and the kids from Shine in the
Dark (the ministry in the projects) successfully lead the entire
stadium in two rounds of the wave. Though we were slightly confused at
who we were supposed to cheer for (Weston cheered for/heckled the opposition’s right fielder), we were the loudest in the stadium by
far.