A Day of Prayer...Walking

Well today was our second day of ministry for Mission Trip 08 in Philadelphia, PA, and it was another outstanding day! We doubled the number of kids we had in VBS today at Ezekiel Baptist and more than doubled at House of Prayer! At Ezekiel, Pastor Mark started teaching a class for older teenagers yesterday when we had several kids that were all over the age of 13 show up at VBS. It went over great and today, 19 year old Shanika accepted Christ and became a Believer! Please pray for all of us tomorrow as Wednesday is the Gosepl presentation as we talk about Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. Pray that those teaching the lesson tomorrow will be crystal clear with Gospel message and that the children will have receptive hearts. After we finished VBS, we joined one of the other teams over at Open Door Baptist where the construction has been going on. Our crew started prayer walking the entire neighborhood around the church. We were able to pray personally with probably 15 to 20 people who were out in the neighborhood as we went by. We specifically prayed over the schools and parks in the area that they would be free of the influence of drugs and gangs. Later, we went across town and worked some more with Pastor Yvonne Yates at House of Prayer. We are helping renovate one of the upstairs rooms in their building for them to use as a neighborhood computer and literacy lab. It was another really busy day, and we need continued prayer as everyone starts to really get tired as the week goes on. Remember to pray for VBS tomorrow. Goodnight from Philly.