It’s about 7:45a.m. on Monday morning and we’re gathering for a brief rally prior to traveling to our work sites. Most of the group will be leading a camp for the First Baptist Church Preschool and a handful of our students will be working at the actual new facility site for the church. We got to sleep around 1:00 a.m. and the students are a little weary this morning but attitudes are great and we’re almost ready to leave!
Rick Shepler is the gentleman in charge of the missions volunteers for FBC and his story is amazing. He and his wife, Lynn, lived in Maryland in 2005 and when they were viewing the newscasts of the Katrina devastation, he decided that God wanted them to move to Long Beach to help. He works in home remodeling and Lynn is a nurse–they’ve spent the past 2 1/2 years repairing a couple of homes in the area simply to house missions volunteers! She works as a nurse and he raises his own support so he can direct the work of the volunteers–such a sacrifice!
More later–here we go!
