Four mini-vans carrying 16 persons from multiple churches in the geographic bounds of Kiskiminetas Presbytery arrived in Pt. Pleasant by 5 PM on Sunday. They were met there by their co-leaders (Gary & Lisa Lyon) who were attending a family wedding in the area. On their way they made a stop for worship at the Bedford Presbyterian Church where former Kiski pastor, Doug Friant, is the pastor. Hope to have a few pictures up tomorrow night of this reunion with a few old friends of his.
Four members of the Pt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church fixed us an awesome dinner which was followed by the Sunday night orientation by church disaster team staff.
Tomorrow 3 different teams will head out in 3 different directions. Some will be going 50 minutes south. Other will be going 40 minutes north. Still others will be heading 1/2 a mile away.
A very special thank you to all of our friends, churches, and families that are praying for each of us while we are working and all of the donations that have helped to make this trip possible.
Our special prayers this week are for two of our team that had to back out at the last minute, Betty Grunstra and Gene Artman. We're keeping Betty's husband, Maynard, in our prayers who will be having surgery the first week of November. We're also remembering Gene's wife who took a pretty hard tumble and broke some bones in her foot/ankle area.
We'll begin to tell you the story from Pt. Pleasant tomorrow. We were all reminded tonight that this is the three year anniversary week of Hurricane Sandy coming ashore. It is hard to imagine that work continues. Blessings abound!
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