Bread of Life International Worship Center

After an 18-hour drive down from Rhode Island, we finally made it to Russellville, Kentucky! We couldn’t be more excited to be here to serve this community! 

Today we went to Good Samaritan Ministry.  Good Samaritan serves the local community through food distribution and financial support.  Recently, since the pandemic assistance has been cut off the number of clients has grown by 50 households.  As God would have it, the Wednesday before we arrived Good Samaritan got approval to expand into a new building.  We helped them move shelves into their new warehouse and helped them paint their new sorting room.  It was such a beautiful reminder that God called us here for a reason!

Today we went back to Good Samaritan. Ms. Denise was glad to have us back as they rarely get big groups that help them for an extended period of time. Now that the primer was on we got to apply our first coat of paint. Ms. Denise was so excited to see the walls a different color after staring at the brown particle board for the last 20yrs! It was another wonderful morning and early afternoon of working together and helping those who do so much for their local community!

One of the ladies from our host church has a stubborn door that takes a lot of force to open. To make accessing her outside room a little bit easier, we started to sand down the top and side of the door. It’s taken patience and some elbow grease, but it can now be opened and shut with ease! 

Today we finished painting and helping Good Samaritan move into their new space. It was amazing to see the joy on Ms. Denise's face as she looked around! As we gave her a group hug before leaving we were reminded what a wonderful gift it is to serve out of love. 

Today was our last full day in Kentucky! We spent the morning on a "Hike n' Worship" through the beautiful forests of Lake Malone State Park. While it took longer than we planned and there were some unexpected adversities it was a wonderful bonding time for our team! Afterwards we spent the day at Southern Lanes where we rode bumper cars, played laser tag, took turns in the batting cage, and had a little bowling competition. When we got back to Post Oak that evening Sarah and Ruth made us a wonderful pasta dinner. It was such a wonderful way to end such a perfect week. 

What an EXPERIENCE! One of our own leads a ministry back home where they hike trails while worshipping. It was awesome being able to participate in that in the great state of Kentucky!