Days 3 & 4

Hello from Roanoke, Texas :) We got here late last night and got everyone settled into their host homes in the wee hours of the morning. I have taken hundreds of pictures so I will be uploading them into an album on Facebook just as soon as I can, but internet has been sparse and today is the first day I have had a connection to even be able to update.

We had a great day of ministry and travel yesterday...We started our day off at Cornerstone Church in OK doing two of their children's services. They both went really great! After services were done the church provided a wonderful lunch for us...pizza, salad and dessert. Once we finished up lunch the team headed into a prayer anointing service. Pastor Denisa prayed over and anointed each and every one of the people on the team. Jaime and I (bus drivers) took the opportunity to catch an hour long nap during while at the church...sleep is few and far between for us so catching whenever we can is crucial :)
At the end of the day we loaded the bus up and headed toward Roanoke...making a stop in Norman, OK for dinner. At the request of Pastor Allen we stopped at Hideaway Pizza right by the OK University, he said it was favorite and he couldn't pass by without getting a hideaway fix...man, it was seriously the BEST pizza I have ever had! The kids enjoyed the break off the bus and they really enjoyed their pizza! LOL

We arrived in Roanoke late...I think it was around 11pm...we got everyone unloaded and off to their host homes. We had a few setbacks...one of the homes didn't have A/C so we had to move those girls to a new home this morning and another home had cats so we had a few allergy issues so those kids got moved around too...but all in all everyone is doing great and really enjoying getting to know their host families...I hear one of the moms has been making some killer food...I may just have to go check that out, LOL!
Please pray for the health of the team...we have a couple team members come down with what appears to be a stomach bug...throwing up and nauseated. It only seems to last about 24 hours but we want everyone to be healthy and operating at 100%, so prayers are greatly appreciated!!!
Today we had a call time of 8:30am for breakfast at New Day Church where we are ministering. After breakfast we headed out to some ministry at a children's daycare center...Lighthouse Christian...it was a wonderful time and the kids did amazing as always. The center had kids aged K-6th grade...it was really a moving time to see not only the kids hearts touched but also the adult workers...one lady said she was so moved by the dramas and dances and it was exactly what she needed at that time :) When we left the center we went over to Chikfila and had lunch...YUM! From there we headed back to the church where the kids packed up door hangers with a VBS invite and some candy...they then went through the neighborhoods and were able to hang over 400 invites!!! They came back to the church changed clothes again and started preparing for VBS...around 5:30pm kids started arriving and each one was fed dinner by the church and then taken into VBS to watch a super cool production of Madagascar Circus...it was complete with a couple of PEAK team members and New Day teens dressed up as Alex the lion, Gloria the hippo, Melman the giraffe and Marty the zebra ;) too funny! We had about 80 kids here tonight...it was great experience as the kids rotated through crafts, games and choir practice...Jaime and I taught the kids a worship song and they will sing for their parents on Sunday at the conclusion of VBS. There was a great alter time and lots of kids raised their hands to accept Jesus into their hearts. It is so awesome to see the PEAK kids praying for the kids and adults that come up for prayer!!! So amazing!

After VBS we did tear down and all the kids gathered trash and made sure the grounds were neat and in order. Then it was onto dinner provided by the church...fried chicken, potato salad and macaroni salad with a chocolate chip cookie. Then we had to practice some skits for tomorrow and so it was after midnight before we made it back into our host homes tonight...I know everyone is looking forward to a good nights sleep!
Today we head to some community store houses for ministry time...I will update more later.
Until then...
Angel