Windham Presbyterian

We finally arrived at Clendenin UMC at 6:00pm today after a longgg drive. 

Today, we kicked off our week by going on a stroll through Clendenin. We stopped at the river access to view God's amazing work and watch the beginning of the sunset! We even met some people on the sides of the road who were really welcoming to the incoming group of Pelicans! We are extremely excited for this week and know that God is going to do amazing things in and through us.

This morning, we attended Sunday school with Ruth! She gave us the most interesting talk on anger and how to communicate through it. We learned a lot of different tips that we can apply and we had tons of laughs with Ruth! Definitely one of our favorite parts of the day!

Today was Praying Pelican Missions' first time working with Union Missions! We helped by scrubbing down an old kitchen, organizing, and helping with heavy lifting. The kitchen looked so shiny and new when we left and we are so excited to return tomorrow and Wednesday to help with more projects around Union Mission!

This morning we helped stuff envelopes for Union Mission's regular newsletters. We ended up doubling their regular volunteers and stuffed thousands of newsletters into envelopes. We even finished the full day's job in just a few hours! They also gave us snacks and a really delicious lunch! 

Today while working at the Dock, Aaron asked Clairee and I to Hacksaw. Unsure what that meant, we jumped at the chance to try something new. We struggled insanely at first (pictured here), taking us almost 3 people and a new location to finish one rod. Finally, we got the hang of it and were able to finish the rest of them in the time it took us to hacksaw just one! Overall, it was a fun experience! Plus, now we know how to hacksaw!

Today, a group of us went back to finish scrubbing the industrial kitchen at Union Mission while the other group of us helped Michael scrub the men's dorms in the Men's Shelter. We ended up finishing cleaning all of the men's dorms so they are ready for the new incomers next week! 

Today after lunch, we took a small girl's trip to the Capitol! It was fun to see the construction being done on the gold dome and to get our picture taken with Lincoln himself!

Today, part of our group went to the Union Mission Thrift Store to help clean and organize. We organized, hung up clothing, cleaned, and mopped the floors. After this week, we can now say we are professionals at mopping floors! We also got to do a little shopping ourselves and stock up on cute sweatshirts while also supporting local charity!

This morning, a few of us went to visit a close friend named Shirley! Shirley is so sweet and she tells amazing stories of the flood, her grandkids, and her husband's time in World War II. She also gave us some drinks, danishes, and cupcakes! After sitting and talking for a little while, we went outside and got an arm workout as we trimmed and weeded her bushes for her! They looked so good after we cut them and ripped all of the vines out!