This post is a week late in two ways. Step Into Village One was supposed to be two weeks ago, but it was rained out and postponed a week. Then, the week following the event was so crazy busy that it has taken me until now to blog about it. Okay, maybe this should say a week and a half late, at least when referring to the blogging part...
Christ Community Church partnered with several ministries in North Omaha including Compass Ministries (where I will be working in 5 weeks!! :D) and Bridge Church. I had driven past Bridge Church every day I went to Compass this summer and was very excited to be a part of the huge crew that descended on the parking lot to give the building a fresh coat of paint.
When we got there, Josh the pastor, asked us if we felt comfortable with heights. Hehehe... Needless to say most of us ended up on the scaffolding.
Or ladders. I had no idea how many people were actually working on painting. I thought I had seen everyone and suddenly a whole group of people came from behind the back! It was phenomenal to see people pull together and get it painted in just over 2 hours.
The younger set worked on painting under our scaffolds. I wish I could say that was how they got all the paint on them... :D They had a blast making new friends and painting everything they could get their brushes on. Well, mostly on the building...
When we were finished we made a little assembly line to clean brushes. As one of the neighborhood kids pointed out, we made quite an interesting attraction for everyone passing by. :D It was so exciting to be a part of the workday and to get to meet some more people and see what God is doing in the neighborhood where I will soon be working. Just ramped up my excitement about 10 notches... :D 
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