Lesvos, August 2019– Tuesday at the center

Today was our first full day at the center. It was complete with more laundry, the shop, coloring, and a new craft. Today, we made sock puppets with the women and children, complete with yarn hair, google-y eyes, and felt tongues. Once the puppets…

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Lesvos, August 2019– First day at the center

This morning we met with Martha, a All4Aid worker in Moriah and at the center. She gave us some more background knowledge on the refugee crisis in Lesvos as well general knowledge about the work they are doing on the island. From there we went to the…

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Lesvos, August 2019–Tour of Lesvos

During the tour of Lesvos we made a few stops. After church, we headed to Olive Wood, a shop that sells handmade olive wood goods. We were happy to visit and support a local business—  even though most of the team members had never met the owners of…

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Lesvos, August 2019– Travel & arrival

We woke up early Friday morning and hopped on our first flight from GR to Detroit. From there, we had a 5 hour layover and then a flight to NYC. From NYC, we began the longest stretch of trip as we boarded a 9 hour flight to Athens. That flight was a…

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Camp Serve 2019: Highlight Videos

As part of Camp Serve, our Tech Team kids created two highlight reel videos of their experience. They had great fun taking photos and videos and then selecting which shots best told the story of their experience.
Enjoy!

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Camp Serve 2019: Day Two

Mr. Mark showing the tech group how to use the camera
 
Camp Serve is amazing! The first day, I got to see what Calvary’s Financing Department (pretty sure that’s what it’s called) was like, and even got to experience it. Afterwards, I got a…

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Camp Serve 2019: Day One

Offering Counting Simulation
 
Hi, our names are Abigail, Onaka,
 
Today we had our first day of Camp Serve. Soon after we were dropped off, we were separated into four groups. Our group went to Pastor Jim’s office with the Worship Team. We also…

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West Virginia 2019- Thank You Jesus

Today we spent the morning serving a local pregnancy resource center by painting one of their homes they use as a half way house.  The kids eagerly jumped into scraping and painting.  We ended our time with the leaders surprising the kids with water…

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