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Sr. High Mission Trip Updates

Staff Leader: Denise Robinson

Our Senior High will be in San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona the week of March 13-19. Denise will call in daily updates for the Sr. High Mexico Mission Trip around 7 p.m. our time each day (it is 2 hours earlier there). There may be other communications during the day. Please check the website between 8 and 9 p.m. for complete updates.

Contact info@tmumc.org with questions.


Friday, March 19 10:05 a.m.	It looks like the group should arrive around 12:45 p.m. Will post if that information changes.

Thursday, March 18 11:30 p.m.	Going home! It was a great day. They finished the outside stucco on one house and started the stucco on the other two homes. The group had an awesome time and learned a lot with the new building blocks that were used. They should arrive back at the church around 2 p.m. on Friday.

Wednesday, March 17 10 p.m.	The group was able to complete to the top level on all three homes. They will finish the inner side of the foam wall with concrete tomorrow and will be able to stucco after that. All the kids are doing great and there is a great energy. Dinner and worship tonight and another big day tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 17 2 p.m.	Here are more photos of the group working with some of the families of the homes they are building. Click on the photo for a larger view.



Wednesday, March 17 1:00 p.m.	Kris Melvin has been with the Junior High youth and he just arrived to spend the rest of the mission trip with the Senior High youth. There is still lots of work to be done. More updates later.

Tuesday, March 16 7:35 p.m.	It is 5:35 p.m. there and they are back at camp and finished for the day. It was another sunny day and it wasn't as cold last night. It was cold, but at least they didn't wake up with frost. The group is working very well together and are still enthusiastic. Since this is a new process, when the leaders don't know the answer to something, the youth have been very patient while they figure something out. Today they did the first layer of the 4ft sections and poured concrete in those and have not poured concrete in the 8ft sections yet. If you look at the forms below in the photos, they are like styrofoam lego blocks that are filled with concrete. Tonight's dinner is spaghetti and meatballs followed by worship and then off to bed, or should I say sleeping bag. Everyone is quite tired.


Tuesday, March 16 2:52 p.m.	Lunch is over and everyone LOVED reading their Prayer Partner letters. Now it is back to work!

Tuesday, March 16 1 p.m.	All the youth at all sites are pouring concrete for the exterior and interior walls. The weather is beautiful and everything is going great. At noon their time, they will get their Prayer Partner letters. Check out the photos above from today. Click on the photo for a larger view.

Monday, March 15 7 p.m.	It is 5 p.m. and the group is leaving the job sites to go back to camp. Half of the walls have been installed and one group is pouring concrete walls. The ACS Pilot Program is a learning process since it is new. The team is working so well together. Denise says that she doesn't remember ever having a team that worked so great together. The group will have hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner tonight and worship with 1st UM of Rowlett and then go to bed for a big day tomorrow. It was a wonderful day of about 70 degrees.

Monday, March 15 10:52 a.m.	All the kids are on the job site today. There are 3 houses they are building. The weather is cold in the evenings and mornings - in the 30's and beautiful during the day. At 8:52 a.m. it is already warming enough for the kids to wear short sleeves. Even though it was cold last night, they were able to keep warm in their tents and had a campfire. Last night the group learned about the culture of the Apache Nation. Even though they are in the United States, it is a sovereign nation on the Apache Reservation and do things different than us. They do speak English. The building that the youth is doing is part of a new AMOR pilot program called ICS. The homes are put together with forms that are almost like lego blocks and then those forms are filled with concrete. It really seems like a neat way to build. It is supposed to help keep the homes cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. They have teamed up with First United Methodist of Rowlett and will worship together with them tonight.

Sunday, March 14 9:34 p.m.	Camp is all set up. The group had dinner and is getting ready to worship. It will be a full day tomorrow, so bed after that. The weather is great and the youth are enjoying a sky full of stars.

Sunday, March 14 9:10 a.m.	The group has arrived!!! Again, it is a two hour time difference, so it is 7:10 a.m. there. It will take some time to get everything set up. More info to follow soon.

Sunday, March 14 7:34 a.m.	They are about 1 1/2 hours out of Globe. It is 5:34 a.m. Arizona time.


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