FBC Siloam Springs

We have arrived in Slidell and we are so excited to serve the community this week! 

This morning we had the privilege of attending two Sunday morning services! We first attended Open Arms, which is where we are lodging this week. Afterwards we headed over to Christian Fellowship for Nations, where we will be serving most of the week! We are grateful to be worshiping with other brothers & sisters in Christ! 

After service we had the privilege and honor of going to two baptisms at a church members house! One of the girls that was baptized shared her testimony and it was so encouraging to hear! We enjoyed lunch with our new church family and had some good laughs! 

We started our morning off at John Slidell Park. We raked pine cones and old pine straw and picked up sticks to help clean up the area! 

Our dinner was cooked by one of the members of Christian Fellowship for the Nations’ church. We enjoyed a Monday Louisiana meal of red beans and rice with bread pudding! We loved it! We are so grateful for the body of Christ here in Louisiana! After eating at the church we got to play outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. Thank you Jesus for this weather!

We started off our morning in New Orleans helping Pastor Greg & Cherie pack up their house as they move closer to the church in Slidell that they pastor at. Sam (pictured) and Andrew were in charge of helping pack Pastor Greg’s workshop!

After all of the work was done, Noah challenged Mrs. Jene, a member of CFN, to a game of connect four! Noah one gracefully and they both had a lot of fun!

We were able to sit down with Mrs. Jene and hear more about her heart for her church and community. It was so beautiful and encouraging to hear! It is so cool how God works!

We ended our night by enjoying a delicious meal at Mrs. Kim’s house! She is a member of CFN church! Mrs. Kim told us stories about her childhood in Vietnam and her journey to the United States. It was very interesting to hear how different it was in Vietnam as well as what it was like over here for her. 

We started our Wednesday morning building cabinets for Open Arm’s community center across the street from where we are staying. We got to build 7 cabinets that will replace 7 old ones that they had. We had so much fun while building them!

We rode the street car to get to the French Quarter area to shop around and get some souvenirs!

While on the street car, we got to meet people that are originally from New Orleans and some people who were just visiting! It was cool to hear their stories and show them Jesus’ love by caring!