Grace United Methodist Church

We had our groups arrival/first meeting tonight. We had some great worship along with some fun in our meeting.  This week God is going to do some great things in Rhode Island we can not wait to see what he has in store for us all.

This morning we went Souvenir shopping and to a local park that overlooks the city. This was a beautiful view and experience. We will be joining our partnering church for services and lunch later today. 

This afternoon we had service with our partnering church. Then we had an amazing lunch honoring fathers. We are having an amazing time. 

This evening we prayed in the Park. We prayed for vbs as a whole and the people that God would bring us in touch with this week. We pray that God can use us as a light to not only Providence but Rhode Island as a whole. 

This morning we passed out water to the community of Providence along with granola bars. 

This afternoon we started off our VBS. We had some soccer, crafts, and music. We had about 7 or 8 kids come out to join us for lots of fun. 

This part of the group helped organize and clean the food pantry. They organized and labeled with different languages to help everyone that comes through to know what they are getting. 

The other part of the group organized clothes by size and by men, women, and children. The group had great team work some organized and many folded which worked out really well. 

There was an amazing turn out today. We decided to back our VBS to a later time because some kids in Providence still are in school. It was a success because so many more kids came out today. God blessed us with a great day. The more we giv the more he blesses us. #lovemore 

Tonight we went out after dinner to get some Newport creamery. It was so good. We got lots of cars to honk by the road. The decision for ice cream was a good one. 

We went to Brown University today and passed out water to people in the community or students of the school. We also prayed for the students and the area near the school. 

We had so many kids today we had a huge soccer game. It was lots of fun but hard to keep up with score but was well worth it.

This week has been amazing. We had a great VBS with tons of fun for not only the kids but even for us. It’s sad to see them go they have built new friendships inside of Providence and reconnected with some old faces as well. They all have such great hearts and they are going to all one day change the world for Christ more than they ever could imagine. It is time to leave but there journey is not over. They take this back to Indiana, to there families, to there community. They have left a lasting impression of love here in Providence and I know that they will take it and share it the same back home.It’s all about loving more and this team truly has a love and passion for Gods people. #lovemore