Day 1 at Dungannon 2014

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Interviewer:  Clifton Poole
Featuring: Katrina Libera
Topics:  Commissioning, travel to Dungannon, Phoenix Center living, Carter Family Fold, mission trip trifecta, impressions and feelings.

Commissioned for Mission - Dungannon 2014

 

These happy faces belong to some of our Dungannon Mission Team. This mission trip involves youth and adults from several Episcopal churches. The team travels 400 miles from home to southwestern Virginia. During this week they will build, rebuild, and repair homes in and around the town of Dungannon. The work is coordinated by the Dungannon Development Commission. Fellowship and fun blend with good works.

Along with coordinating one of the site teams for the mission, Clifton Poole will send occasional messages. His interview with Katrina Libera will be posted later. Check back for Katrina's observations on the beginning of this trip!

 

Mission Trip to the DR 2014 - Day 9

We arrived safety at Puerto Plata.  All is well.

No podcast or video tonight.

Mission Trip to the DR - Day 8 Video (no Podcast)

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Mission Trip to the DR 2014 - Day 7 Video and Podcast

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Mission Possible 2014 - Thursday Update

The Wednesday missions at Mission Possible were outdoors and physical! Our morning mission took us to the trail near Hunters Woods Pool to pull invasive English Ivy with the Reston Association's environmental team. The crew worked incredibly hard and may have set a new RA record for the longest piece of ivy pulled! 

We shifted gears in the afternoon for a mission at the Westglade Community Center, a center staffed by Cornerstones to provide a mix of educational, social, and recreational activities to the area residents. Our crew played basketball, football, soccer, wiffle ball, and a whole host of other games with several youth who live in that community.  

On Thursday morning we went to the Spirit Therapeutic Riding Center at Frying Pan Park. We divided and conquered to help with various projects to keep the center clean and safe. Some of our crew cut back vines and branches away from paddock fencing, others pulled weeds in the paddocks, and others mucked the paddocks. 

In the afternoon, we returned to St. Anne's to run the monthly distribution of food from our food pantry. This was a great chance to see the final step in our food pantry ministry; having seen where some of the food comes from at the Capital Area Food Bank, and also sorting and bagging our own items at for the St. Anne's food pantry on Tuesday, and today being able to hand these items out to our neighbors in need.

Mission Trip to the DR - Day 6 Video and Podcast

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Mission Trip to the DR 2014 - Day 5 Video and Podcast

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Mission Trip to the DR 2014 - Day 4 Video and Podcast

Today we did some painting and painting preparation at Cristo Salvador.  We had another great Vacation Bible School and finished off the day with ice cream at Helodos Bon.

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A Team Photo from the DR

Today we started painting the sanctuary at Cristo Salvador. But before we started, we decided to take a photo of the "Venga a Mi" mural. Sure looks like religious photo bomb!