Grace Student Ministry
Serving In Florida
July 29, 2023
Staff: Lindsey Shaffer, Tracelyn De Haan
by Tracelyn De Haan | July 30, 2023 10:33 AM
The team has safely arrived from Michigan! Today, we got to join Wintergarden Presbyterian Church for service. It was so fun to join this community in worship this morning.
by Tracelyn De Haan | July 30, 2023 7:14 PM
Today was the day of rest. We got into our goofy tshirts and headed off to the ocean. We went to Fort Myers to see the devastation from the Hurricane to get perspective for the week. Then headed off to the beach to relax and hang out by the water. It was a great day of rest before a hard work week.
by Tracelyn De Haan | July 30, 2023 7:51 PM
We enjoyed some food together around the table, family style. We played telephone and the writing on each other’s backs version of telephone, which we were quite unsuccessful with. We never got the word right. There were good laughs and so much joy shared around the dinner table tonight.
by Tracelyn De Haan | July 30, 2023 7:52 PM
by Tracelyn De Haan | July 31, 2023 12:16 PM
This morning we served at Bethel AME, taking down the rotted wood paneling and tearing out the carpet. We crushed this project in 2 hours, did an awesome job, and had a fun time doing it.
by Tracelyn De Haan | July 31, 2023 8:09 PM
This afternoon, we helped at Mr. Craig’s house mudding and taping the ceiling. We finished three rooms! So thankful to be able to help out another family in this community.
by Tracelyn De Haan | August 2, 2023 2:02 PM
This morning part of us helped with food pantry prep at Wintergarden. We got a system down and knocked out over 200 boxes.
by Tracelyn De Haan | August 2, 2023 2:04 PM
This afternoon, part of us cleaned up the walls of Wintergarden Church after being a construction zone for 10 months. So nice to see the church all spiffy and clean again.
by Lindsey Shaffer | August 3, 2023 7:18 AM
Yesterday a group of us we partnered with Habitat for Humanity in Port Charlotte.
Some of us installed support brackets for the ceiling.
by Lindsey Shaffer | August 3, 2023 7:27 AM
We finished the framework for the ceiling and started to foam the walls.
by Lindsey Shaffer | August 3, 2023 7:32 AM
by Tracelyn De Haan | August 3, 2023 4:10 PM
Today was Pantry Day and our last work day! We worked super hard in the hot Sun for over 7 hours. We got a roll down and served probably around 350 families, potentially more! Thankful for this community and how they serve each other in times of need.
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Tama Aicher
July 30, 2023 1:53 PM
I was with a team from Seattle that served there in May. I will be praying for you. If you are helping with the food bank, check out the gopher tortoise who faithfully arrives to eat the leftovers! God is so good
Paula Fouts
July 29, 2023 11:42 AM
Have a fun, safe trip everyone! Love you.