Greetings to family and friends from Atlanta!! It was a
looooong ride down here but we all survived each other. Leaving at 2:20 AM is
not very easy to get used to but we all caught up on some sleep on the van. We
travelled in a 15-passenger van with 14 people. I was the lucky one who got to
share a four-seater bench with three people J.
After leaving Oostburg, our next stop was in Indianapolis or (Philadelphia
according to Alycia) for a breakfast at McDonalds. After a quick stop for some
super cheap gas, ($1.81 per gallon!!) we continued on to Bowling Green,
Kentucky for a classic lunch at Chick-fil-a!! I love that place. Finally we
travelled the rest of the way to Atlanta and ate dinner at a Pizza Hut. After a
quick stop at Walmart to pick up some mattresses, ponchos and snacks, we
arrived at our final destination. We were greeted and given a tour of the
Garden (the name of the church) by a man named Bill. He has been a volunteer at
the 7 Bridges ministry for a while now and was also here the last time I was
here. After this we set up our things and went and took showers. After that we
all got together and had a devotional on surrender. It was good to hear what
everyone had to say and to be able to learn off each other. I am very excited
also to see how all of my classmates will react to this mission we are about to
go on and excited to see how God is going to work through our group. The
presence of God in this place is strong and just waiting to overflow to those
around!
Michael
Alsum
After getting the chance to come to 7 Bridges during the
summer, I am so excited to have another opportunity to get out into the
community of Atlanta to bless people. One thing that I am mostly looking
forward to is how we are about to go out and witness to people and pray with
them, Atbut looking back at the last time I was here, many of the times I was
blessed by the people that we talked to. As Michael said before, “The presence
of God in this place is strong” and talking as a group last night we all were
able to acknowledge that this is a place that God is using to reach out to the
community to be a light in this dark world and to bring others to him. I am
very excited to see what God has in store for us this week!
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