Our two churches, Harvest Baptist and Village really became one team by Tuesday night. We had a sweet time of worship & sharing.  Below are some of the highlights from our sharing time with both teams:

Blanca - The greatest moment was the unity we had today.  We knew what we were here for.


Sam - When I shared my testimony at the block party, I thought that no one was listening.  

Rachel - I talked with Damion who was impacted by Sam's testimony and he trusted his life to Jesus.

Kayla - I was in the basement lunchroom of Blessed Sacrament Church and there's a statue of Jesus in Mary's arms after he was taken down from the cross.  One of the girls asked why Jesus wasn't in a casket.  So I started to share the gospel with her, but she said, "Wait!"  And she grabbed her friend and so I shared the gospel with both of them and they both trusted in Jesus.

RJ - I've never seen such servant’s hearts of any team I've been on in the past. Everyone was mingling and interacting so well.  We can do so much when we work as one.   
I shared the GOSPEL acronym with my group and then 2 of them were asking me to write it down on a piece of paper so that they could really know it!

We cooked and served 720 hot dogs, chips and lemonade and ran out before Steve, Robin and Renee were able to eat dinner.  So after the block party was over, the 3 of us drove to grab dinner at McDonalds.  On our way there, we saw Austin, one of our middle school students in our day camp.  He attended the block party and was walking 20 blocks home. He had asked us for a ride home earlier because it's not safe to walk alone 20 blocks in the dark, but we were too busy trying to clean up and get our team back to the church we were staying at.
We drove Austin home and dropped him off and then headed to McDonalds.  We found ourselves driving slowly behind a car with a flat tire, but we thought it would be better to turn around.  When we turned around, we saw that Austin didn't get in his house so we picked him up and drove him to his granddads home 5 blocks away and we saw him get in the house.

We continued on to McDonalds and while we were in line Steve was approached by an older lady and a 2 year old girl and they asked if he would buy a hamburger for her and her granddaughter.  Then as he was in line buying the food, Renee and Robin met the grandma and found out that she just lost her daughter, the baby's mom, 4 months ago to pneumonia, and she also lost her mom within the year.  She asked us why were there, and Robin & Renee told them about CDC (Central Detroit Christian).  She said she was looking for a church, and Robin happened to pick up CDC flyers at the block party to bring home to Emily to help her with her ministry in Aurora at Wayside Cross.

We realize that God had a purpose for us not being able to eat at the block party.  It wasn't for us, but it was to help get Austin, a junior high boy home safely and to feed a meal to a grandma and her granddaughter and point them in the direction of a solid church.