Corpus MissionTrip Day Two

YP Mission Trip Day 2 Day 2 (Friday) started with us loading up on the church shuttle to find that it wouldn't start. So, no problem, (a favorite saying of ours) we used another vehicle to jump start it and got on the road to make the 15 mile trip from the church where we are staying to the church at which we are ministering. 5 miles down the road the engine went dead at 60 miles per hour. But God is good...we put it in neutral and coasted off a nearby exit. Thanks to the grace of God (and the YPs are convinced...thanks to everyone leading forward) we coasted off the freeway and right into a parking lot of a dance studio in the middle of nowhere. After a bit, we got it started again and limped over to the church where we met waiting church members from River Hills Church at Oak Park. The next two hours were spent with them going door to door giving out flyers for our Family Fun Day. We hit all the streets surrounding the church as well as several apartment complexes. Our hope is that this kind of outreach blitz will help put this church on the map in this area of Corpus Christi letting residents know there is a loving church waiting to minister to their families. From there we enjoyed awesome seafood and steaks at Nolan's and it was back to work...this time at my parents house. As most of you reading this know, my parents have both had lots of physical problems lately especially my dad who had extensive GI surgery and then fell while recuperating and broke his hip. Then, at age 83 he underwent a hip replacement and has only been home from rehab a few days. So, they were blessed to the point of tears by our group taking time to mow and weed eat the yard, replace a leaky drain pipe, clean windows and redo our front flower bed. My father prayed over us at the end of our time and not only prayed a wonderful blessing over all the group but asked God to move in a mighty way as we ministered here in the city. In the meantime I took the van over to run some diagnostic tests that were inconclusive. The van started right up after lunch so we decided to chance it and take our scheduled evening off at the beach. We came out to load up at my parents home only to find a flat tire on the rear tire of our shuttle bus. We aired it up and limped into Discount Tire where there was a two hour wait. I told the group to pack into the waiting area and be obnoxious which I figured would get us at the head of the line! (o.k. so I thought about doing that.) But as everyone waked over the Wal Mart we made friends with one of the guys in the shop and we were back on the road in less than an hour. We finally headed for Padre Island and had a restful time before the big day tomorrow that ended with a praise and worship circle with the guitar that was a good witness to all.