Crosspointe Church

After a long day of travel, we finally arrived at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Laurel, MD! We’re excited for our week serving here in the Washington D.C. area! 

Sunday morning, we got to attend church service at our host church, Our Savior Lutheran. It was cool to experience a service with many differences from our own and still be worshipping the same God!

After the service, we ate lunch and got to talk with Hannah, the Director of Church Ministries, about some questions we had regarding the service.

The Washington Monument can be seen from many places all over the city, so it was really cool to actually see it up close!

This morning, we went to the Smithsonian National Zoo. We had a blast seeing the animals, especially the pandas, orangutans, and the monkeys with upside-down handlebar mustaches! It’s so cool how many animals God created and how diverse and unique they are!

This afternoon, we got to spend time leading worship, playing games, and doing crafts with kids in the childcare program at Our Savior. We loved connecting with the kids and are excited to see them again tomorrow! 

Today we served with our friends at Hughes United Methodist Church doing food distribution! Some students stood outside and helped people register (through language barriers!) while others distributed rice, produce, pasta, and other food inside the church. We loved striking up conversations and helping out with the amazing mission at Hughes!

We had tables set up with a variety of foods and people could come in and choose a certain amount of items they would like based on the size of their families. 

Tuesday, we talked about David and Jonathon with the kids. We sang songs, made some crafts, and had a lot of fun! Our memory verse for the day was Psalm 33:11.

Wednesday, we got to spend all day with the kids! We led a chapel service in morning with lots of songs and dancing, and we talked about distractions in our lives and did a skit for the kids.

Thursday morning, we helped out with another food distribution! This one was community led and in the middle of apartment complexes. The leader had a microphone to give a little message while the people waited in line, and there was a kids area for the kids to do crafts and play. We got to help in both areas which was a blast, even through the Spanish/English language barrier! So much food was handed out and it was a blessing to be the hands and feet.

We ended our trip with a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. We got to see the changing of the guard for the tomb of the unknown soldier, JFK’s tomb, and rows and rows and rows of headstones for people that fought  for our freedom. It was a somber and eye opening experience. 

We are so thankful for this great week and we said bittersweet goodbyes before hopping on the plane to go home. Until next time!