Hey, this is Jordan writing today, one of the many guest bloggers this year. It's Sunday night and we are having our regular kitchen night talks. It has been an awesome first full day at Rehoboth. Everyone is settled in at their dorm rooms. There are four to a room and despite the extreme heat it gets rather comfortable at night.

We started off the morning by doing our quiet time devotions. It's a really neat time that we have to start our day off right and remind ourselves why we are here. After that we went to the church on the Rehoboth campus. It was an awesome service!! The service was a glimpse to what VBS will be like. The VBS theme this year is "Kingdom Rock". The focus being on Standing Strong! After the awesome church service there was a potluck lunch in the Fellowship that we all went to. We got to go and meet new people from Rehoboth, but we also got to meet other kids from Ada Michigan, they were there on a mission trip as well.

Later in the day we got to go to the Zuni tribe which is about an hour away from Rehoboth. The group that went to Rehoboth last year went to Zuni as well. Last year the Zuni tribe was just building a new school. This year the school was fully functional! It was so awesome for those who were here last year to see the drasctic improvements to the Zuni Christian School and Church.

When we got back we had some free time. Some kids decided to stay in their rooms and talk. Some decided to go and play basketball. While others decided to go hiking and went to a rock formation a little while away from campus. They sat there talked and watched the sunset.

Tomorrow we will be starting our various projects. Some people will be doing VBS and Rehoboth, others will be doing VBS off site, we also have some brave people doing construction in this extreme heat for a family from Rehoboth.

We are all very excited for the week and look forward to growing closer to God, our peers, and local people. Keep checking the blog for more updates.

  On our way!

 

 Rehoboth campus

Our dorm rooms

The master grillers for our first dinner here!

Our home for the week

Pot luck lunch after church to celebrate the beginning of VBS

Zuni Christian church and school

Getting a tour of the new school from Pastor Mike Meekhof

The ladies of the group!

The Zuni Pueblo village

Outdoor ovens

The original mission in Zuni

Pizza at Chu Chu's

Evening walk around the Rehoboth Campus

Amazing end to our first full day!