Day 6 at Dungannon 2014

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Featuring: Clifton H. Poole
Recorded:  July 31, 2014
Topics:  Reflection

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Day 6 of the mission trip and we continued to make solid progress on all the projects.   Three projects were completed today and the teams working out in the community will likely complete their week performing maintenance on the development center.  There is a crew arriving on next week to tear down the main storage shed on at the Phoenix center and in its place a 40 'x 50' storage shed will be constructed.

(Michelle, Laura and Carol)

After the long day, the missioners relaxed by creating tie-dye t-shirts (sock, bandanas, or other things that started white. There was even one article that was black with small white dots but I am thinking that person does not understand the effect of dying lightly colored fabrics :-).  It is a frantic time where some very creative types design and execute intrigue patterns with 8 colors of dye.  The rest of us just pour dye on our shirts and hope for the best.

Warning:  your missioner is coming home with a wet article in a plastic ziplock bag.  The shirts were not rinsed and dried at the DDC as in previous years.  Please separate and rinse in cold water before washing with other articles of clothing.

Laura completed the lessons on the Great Thanksgiving and called us to live the holy sacrament by taking, blessing, breaking, and giving.  During the lesson when breaking was the topic the team members shared how they have been “tested” over the last 5 days.   More than 30 stories were shared of the challenges and struggles experienced after being ‘broken open”.

During the last part of the lesson, we were asked to recite a word or phase that exemplified the joy we received after “giving” our gifts to the community.  Some of the responses were: knowing when a blessing is inbound, talking with the homeowner, hugs from one another, getting to know the homeowner, supporting other missioner, seeing your job completed, meeting new people and being supported by one another.