We went to Hyde County, North Carolina and worked primarily in Swan Quarter and Engelhard. It is on the inner banks in northern NC where they have been hit by many hurricanes over the last few years. Work is mostly agriculture and fishing and there is a fair amount of poverty.
Our work consisted of a few different things. One area was a vacation bible school for community children that runs all summer long. It is free for the children and they play all kinds of games and learn about Jesus. They had so much fun and it was such a blessing to witness their awesome faith!
The rest of our time was spent doing light home repair and yard work for community members. We did a lot of scraping, painting, sanding, and yard clean-up. Our kids worked very hard (so did the adults,too!) and they represented Arkansas, Stuttgart, and St. John's very well!
The trip wasn't all hard work -- We managed to get half a day at Wrightsville Beach near Wilmington, NC. This beach was amazing! All of us had a blast jumping waves in the ocean and digging in the sand. I hope to come back to this area someday with my family because it was such a nice place!
Eric found a "bargain" on this sweet gas mask for only ten dollars! He bought it in Wilmington and we got many laughs out of it!
One of our evening activities with YouthWorks was going crabbing. We tied some raw chicken to a long string and dropped it in the water and waited for the crabs to nibble. Then you slowly pulled the line in and scooped out the crab with a net. Here you can see Rachael with the largest crab caught! Although I did catch two at one time which was pretty impressive.
Here is some evidence of our hard work. Julia is scraping paint of the concrete floor of a carport. They painted it after all the scraping was done!It was a blessing for us to go on the trip with Katie and the kids. We worked hard, played hard, and learned a lot!
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