Mission Trip to Dungannon/Appalachia
Audio Blog/Update - Day 1/2
Today's audio blog features Connor Poole from St Anne's. His interview covers his call to mission, the trip to Dungannon, the Carter Family Fold experience, the Sunday service and compline.
Audio Blog: http://outreach.stannes-reston.org/Dungannon/Day%201%262%20Connor%20Poole.mp3
The missioners, all 70 of us, completed our first two days. It is absolutely a blessing to be back in Scott County to minister to the people and one another. If you were wondering, the Region V of the Virginia Diocese actually sent 64 missioner from five churches (St Anne, St Francis, St Thomas, St Timothy and Holy Cross) to Scott County. A local youth group from the First Baptist Church of
Dungannon has joined the mission. The youth leader, his wife and 4 teens, are working alongside us on the jobsite and joined us in fellowship.
On Sunday, we all joined at their church for an ole time social and dinner. Afterwards, the teens played kickball and shared stories of like and dislikes of their respective home lives and local custom and cultures. This is my 9th year and the first time I have seen a local youth group join to support our mission. I have been very excited about the possibilities and opportunities for the future.
The work starts on Monday, but we have enjoyed a relaxed couple of days getting to know one another through sports, table games, songs, and sharing walks to the store. The highlight so far is the filling [and emptying] of buddy bags. The bags are full of good (and not so good) treats that are share between a secret buddy and a newly met friend.
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