You're a Good Good Father

    Week four has come to an end! We talked about our identity in christ and what that looks like for each of us individually. The speaker, Dawn, also went on our local outreach with us at the strip, where we took a stand for the voiceless - the ones that are scared to use their voice or aren't allowed to. We demonstrated this by putting duct tape on our mouths, standing side by side in unity, and having two people speak for us. It was very eye-opening to all of us to see how many people kept walking, and even though there is no imminent danger upon us, it makes you realize how many poeple continue to walk away even when there is a true problem and how many people do nothing about those who are in need or that don't have a voice.

 

On my track focus outreach we went back to the same family we've been going to for the last three weeks, for the last time. We took them to the park, cooked them dinner, cleaned some of the house, and then watched a movie (or what we could with five kids lol). When it was time to leave, it was hard to say goodbye. We were just getting to know the kids and them us, but we were all already attached. There were lots of hugs given and many "I'll miss you's" spoken.

    On Saturday some of us went camping on Mt. Charleston... I love camping...you know the kind where you're slepping in a tent and on an air mattress with blankets and it isn't freezing cold outside. Imagine my surprise when we showed up to the campsite and I asked where the tent was and some of the girls informed me that we were sleeping outside and on the ground... Oh and did I mention that we are in a drought in Vegas so there was no running water at this campsite (that means no toilets, no sinks, and no showers). I pushed all that to the back of my mind to process later and continued to have fun until bedtime. We went on walks, hung out in a hammock, sang campfire songs, ate smores, and went stargazing. It was so much fun that I almost forgot that we were going to be sleeping on gravel. When it came time for bed, eight of us slept in a row, trying to snuggle for warmth (it was about 40 degrees out). It's pretty safe to say we might have slept for about two hours and now have permanent indentations of rocks in our hip bones and spines!:)

XOX,
Katy Melton

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