Helping Hands 4 Him

Our Wonderful Missions Trip...

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The Winner of our Spoons Game....

Paige, Josh and Kim Berryhill

Tyler and Stephanie practicing for cheerleading.. LOL

Our Youth Pyramid... Minus Ben... Where u at Ben??

Stephanie

Doug sportin' the "Hat"... Big Daddy Doug!

Paige, Zac and Ben with the "Tin Man"

Back in Pennsylvania ready to get HOME!

Shelby, Paige, Marcie and Jacie with our friend at the Metro

Ryan... Ummm... Scary!

Our Prayer Walking Team

Andrew watching Zac and Young playing Ping Pong

After our church services (which were held in the theatre) the guys had to pose as "Transformers"

Jacie and Marcie on the way up!

The Im Family (our missionaries) we volunteered with!

Toni and Hiatt at the job site!

Marcie, Shelby and Karen with Pastor B's Family

Mr. James on the ride!

Maretha with "The Hat"!!! LOL

Jacie, Zac, Marcie, Jacob and Shelby on our Prayer Walk!

Sam, Zac, Marcie, Zac, Ben and Zac Green at one stop going to Canada!

Marcie and Vickie

Shelby and Marcie with our new friends at the Cooking Class

Jacie painting at the Construction Site

Mr. Larry and Mrs. Ann relaxin'

A Day on the mission to build the Pastor an office!

Great Views!

Josh and Greg

"Our Mission"
Well, I had to take a few days to gather my thoughts for our final post about our Canada Trip... I just want to let everyone know what a blessing we all received from our trip. It was such an amazing time seeing how others desired to spread the word of our Great Lord. Pastor Brunal, Pastor Im and all of their families were so appreciative for everything we did.

Our time in Canada was also a blessing because we were able to meet so many new faces and make friendships that would last a lifetime. We can't wait to stand at church and tell our personal experiences. Here is more random pics to show you more of our trip from beginning to end!

Thanks again to all who helped see us get to Canada and for all the many prayers being lifted for us while we traveled and were there.

As our new theme song for our trip states, "He's the GOD of this City"

"Helping Hands 4 Him"

Fork Baptist Youth

We are half way HOME!!!!

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We have safely made it half way home. We arrived tonight around 8:15pm after stopping for dinner before gettting to the hotel. We will be leaving here tomorrow morning bright and early heading HOME! We are all excited to see our family and friends and tell you all the things we have accomplished on our Missions Trip to Montreal, Canada.......

Friday Morning and we are OFF!

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Good Morning! We are all packed and ready to head to our first nights stop in Pennsylvania! The kids are all eating breakfast right now and we are getting things checked out at the hotel. I think they have all had a fun filled time and learned so much from this trip!

We will see you all soon! (I know some are saying, Ì am ready for my bed..... :o)

An Ending to our Mission......

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Well, We cannot believe the week of missions is coming to an end. We have shed some tears today as we had to tell our friends we made here in Montreal, Canada GOOD-BYE! We started out this morning with the Construction Crew/Painters leaving to finish up Paster Brunal's office and the others going Prayer-Walking again throughout the communities. We were so grateful that the office was completely finished and we all were able to go back and see the finished product! Once there Pastor Brunal and his guys presented our team with a beautiful plaque and told us over and over how much they appreciated us doing that for him. One comment that I heard that I wanted to share was that once Pastor Brunal saw the office at end he said...."Oh Thank You so much! It will be so nice now to have somewhere to go for a moment alone"! And to think of what we take for granted on a daily basis!

Once we left there we had a chance to take the guys that had not met Pastor Im and his family to his home where we did the final cooking class and the guys all went to the park to play soccer with he and his son, Young!

The ladies that attended the cooking class were so excited to learn new "desserts" that we Americans eat. In all they learned to make No Bake Cookies, Pecan Pies, Dirt Cake and then a Home-made Yellow cake with Chocolate Icing!

We finally arrived back here to the hotel for a LATE dinner and devotions tonight around 9:30 and then we all have (hopefully) packed up so we can start loading the trucks/trailors at 7:30 sharp in the morning heading home! If I have a chance I will post on the way in but if not... I will show the final pics at the beginning of next week.

Just a reminder.... Though this blog was originally started for everyone to keep up with our Missions Trip it will now (again, HOPEFULLY) be kept up with all of the youths activities!

Night, See ya Sunday evening! Pray for safe travels since we will be dealing with all of the July 4th traffic!

It's Almost Over...

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Bonjour'..... We no type English today....

Just kiddin'... (That's all we have heard this week!)

We will post everything about our GREAT FRIDAY later tonight!

Thursday's Events!!!!

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The girls were able to go and help the construction crew today... The others went on a "Prayer Walk".. We have prayed over the surrounding neighborhoods, schools, daycares.

Zac smiling for a camera shot and Jacie painting

Mr. Tony getting help from Ben

Logan and Stephanie doing some hard work!

Painting the door to Pastor Brunal's office door

Mrs. Maretha working construction!

Mr. Tony being.... Mr. Tony!!! :o)

Doug with the pastors son~in~law and new friend

Doug and Pastor "B"!!

Mrs. Toni showing Mr. Tony how to work the tools!

Hyatt and Ryan cutting materials for the wall..

We have had very many blessings happening so far on our trip! We thank everyone for their prayers! Keep praying because we still have our last few days of witnessing and travels!

Wednesday... Our Mission Continues...

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Wow! It is really hard to believe that we are half way thru our week in Canada! We are all working so hard getting things done at both sites. Our ladies, girls and a few of the guys went out for our day of Park Missions. We were able to have approx. 27-30 adults attend our picnic in the park with Pastor Timothy and his family. We met so many different people and tonight at devotions talked about how we were just amazed at how they enjoyed our company. Most of them are here in Canada taking French courses at the local University and getting degress in different professional areas. It was so funny that us "country folk" were able to eat the different authentic foods they made for us. (Just ask your kids about the Pig Tongue, Cow Ribs??) We even taught them how to play "kiddie games" like playing with the parachute, "Anatomy Twist", tug~a~war and the famous EGG TOSS! We thank God above that we were able to plant so many seeds that will go from NC to Holland, Beijing, China, Quebec, and Iran. They were so receptive of our talking to them. We just pray now that God will open their hearts and thoughts to what we have told them.

Our guys gave us their report tonight at dinner and devotions... They are just about complete with the Pastors new office. They finished hanging the sheet rock today and tomorrow hope to get it ready to be painted. They were so amazed at how thankful the Pastor and family there is for what we are doing for them. They are serving them their food tomorrow. I can't wait to report to you the differnt foods they are going to get to taste!

Tyler Seaford expressed how within a 20-30m conversation with the plummer that he atleast heard "Thank You" every other word!

The ladies/girls are going out in the morning to "Prayer Walk" the development that the guys have been working in this week and to see what all they have accomplished. We are very excited!!!

I will post lots of pics tomorrow when I get a few extra minutes to share the last few days with you!

More Random Pics

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Hard at Work!

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Good Morning~ We have started our Tuesday morning out with the construction crew leaving this morning @ 8am and the other groups are meeting to plan out our activities for Wednesday-Friday! We are planning activities for the Asian Population to attend that Mr. Timothy and his family has planned!

I will post more later this evening! Here is more of Mondays Activities.....

Our group going Prayer Walking...

The group in the park with Mr. & Mrs. Im on our prayer walk!

Our new friend Ashley!

Pastor Timothy, his wife Naomi and their son, Young

Our First Day of Mission Work....

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Our rainy Monday has turned out to be quite the blessing for many of us.

Our construction crew was able to get started on Pastor Brunal's office at their church.

Doug started on the electrical work, while Tony and James worked on the squarring out of the office.

Tony and James with the help of the boys were able to get the walls studded out

We gave the Pastor all of the toboggins that Emily Groce made and they said that they were soooo appreciative.

Monday, June 29, 2009

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Good Monday Morning!!

We are off to a rainy start this Monday morning... The weather is very overcast and rainy today. The "construction crew" left out early this morning to get supplies from Home Depot and start building a church office for the Pastor of the church we were connected with. They were able to meet with him yesterday and thru the translator were rejoicing that we had lots of chances to witness to the people in his church neighborhood. Us ladies/girls are ready to get involved with the different activities that we have planned. Today we are meeting with Pastor Im and going to go prayer walking and finish planning all of the activities for our weeks activities.

Oh and lastly, We all want to say a BIG Hello to our parents, grandparents, friends and all... WE LOVE AND MISS YOU!!!

Ooops! and pics from Sunday afternoon/evening...

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Good Evening..... I just realized that some of our pics landed in the wrong day! It's easier to just leave them that way than to reload them... We had a great day of just catching up on some much needed rest before starting our week. After church today we just had "free time"... The kids really enjoyed swimming!!! They also have had lots of time to connect with each other and us adults! It's been a real blessing to get to know everyone better and better!

Good Times with Great Friends....

Splish, Splash... In Canada.....

Random Pics sooo far!

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CRAZY PEOPLE DO RANDOM THINGS!!! IT'S THESE SILLY TIMES THAT KEEP US GOING!

Keep praying for us!

It's CANADA!

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We had church services this morning @ Renaissance Today Church. They were very nice to open their services up for us to attend. Our trip so far has been a definite "ROAD TRIP"... Our youth has been very good thru all of the traffic jams, road detours, getting lost, ect. We are very glad that they have kept it together! We are looking forward to volunteering up here on missions. We have already met some very unique people that

have been a real big encouragement to us!

Here is a few "ROAD TRIP" pics to share! I think we are all just ready to eat some HOME COOKED MARETHA MEALS!!!! :o)

WE FINALLY MADE IT.......

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Random Bus ride pic

The girls waiting to leave Sunday for morning church services...

Our church services were head at a local theatre so afterwards the boys had to pose as Transformers!!!!

LOVES 2 ALL!!!!

We are getting back on the road....

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Well, Looks like we have another gorgeous morning to start out our final leg of the trip! Keep us in your prayers for another day of safe travel. We will post again this evening to let you know we are in CANADA!

Pennsylvania....Finally Half Way There!!!

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We finally made it half way tonight at 9:30pm... It's been a long stressful day dealing with delays due to traffic and then the many bathroom stops! It took us around 3 hrs. to drive approx. 40 miles. We then had to deal with a huge rain storm which included HAIL!

Zac chillin' out... Our great window washer, James and how

many guys does it take to pump the gas??? I think ALL 5

On our way up today we stopped at the International Missionary Board Headquarters... Here is a few shots of our wonderful group and our tour. We saw many pictures that different missionaries had taken from different areas. We were able to see their recording studios, libraries, Presidents Office, Lottie Moon Exhibit, etc. It was very informative to see what others are doing to spread the word!

Listening to our tour guide, The Lottie Moon Exhibit and the "MEN" trying to move the water world!!!

The Night Before!

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Here is a few shots of the youth and the adults loading the luggage, drinks, supplies, etc. And we off to Canada! Keep following us!!!

This is "OUR MISSION" for our Canada Trip!

Oh My... We are leaving this WEEK!!!

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We are getting more and more excited for our departure to Canada this Friday morning, bright and early! We were all commissioned in the 11am Worship Service today at church. We all hope that you will continue to pray for us to have safe travel and then for an awesome time helping others in Montreal!

It's Getting Closer and Closer.....

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Well, I'm recovering slowly daily from the flu but atleast I can lay and type! LOL :o)
We are still counting down the days until we leave for Canada! We had our weekly meeting this past Sunday with Karen and discussed more details about the trip! If you haven't been able to attend please get up with Karen as soon as possible to make sure she has what she needs from you!

Please continue to pray for our youth group and the adult chaperones that are leaving next week and heading into Canada! Please pray we have safe travel and that the weather is good for us while driving!

Also, Pass along this blog site to all of your prayer warriors so that we have as many praying as we can get!

Golf Tournament Day!

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We had our 4th Annual Missions In Training Golf Tournament at Pudding Ridge Country Club on Saturday, June 13th. We had 10 teams come out and a RECORD number of Hole Sponsors and Donations. Our Youth would like to express how thankful we are for everyone that donated time, money, food, gifts or anything towards our tournament! We couldn't have done it without YOU!

Even Pastor gets in on the game!

A few pics of our AWESOME golfers!

The winning team with a score of 15 under par...

Eric Keever, Josh Weddington, Stephen Gibson and Chad Baker

Counting Down....

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18 more days... We are continuing to have our weekly training meetings where we are all preparing for our trip. We are currently trying to learn a "little" French which is really funny to hear everyone try and do! LOL :o) Just a reminder to the ones that are going to be going... Karen needs a copy of your passport ASAP!!

Also, We are gearing up for this weekends "Missions In Training" Golf Tournament that is going to be held at Pudding Ridge Golf Course. Registration begins @ 12pm.. If you happen to have any questions please call the church office and ask for Karen.

Port~A~Pit Day!

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We sold Port~A~Pit Chicken Plates to help with the cost of going to Canada! We appreciate all the support!!!!

Randoms of our Youth...

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Having fun times together on our Youth Lock In Night....

Something New... While we wait....

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This is our NEW and EXCITING Blog... Created Just for the youth of Fork Baptist Church! We hope you will enjoy getting to know us better and seeing all of the great adventures we are on... With all of your support and prayers We are... Helping Hands 4 Him....
As you know, we are gearing up and getting things ready for our Summer Missions Trip to Canada! We will be posting on this blog daily (hopefully) while we are there! But for now, we will show you a little bit of what's going on while we are preparing to leave!