From New Jersey-
They raised $600 in a car wash. They ordered equipment for the work. They saved up $150 each for their room and board. They are getting ready to enjoy a last long, hot shower before embarking on their 10th trip to the Appalachian region of southwest Virginia.
What is ahead? A 12-hour road trip, sleeping in a bunkhouse, hard work, high temperatures and humidity, and a week of living in a loving community that makes it so hard to leave on the seventh day.
What keeps the workers from St. James’ Episcopal Church coming back year by year is not just what they give, but what they receive. “We are overwhelmed by the graciousness of the people we meet in our work,” says Barbara White, veteran of nearly every annual trip. “On first glance, you would describe them as materially quite deprived. That may be true; but their humility and faith and care for their neighbors and welcome to us are awesome.”
More here-
http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2011/07/hackettstown_missionaries_to_e.html
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