Church of the Resurrection

Today we arrived at Dexter Baptist Church and we cannot wait to see what the Lord does this week! 

Yesterday we went to Community Fellowship Baptist church to aid in organizing the shipment of diapers that they just received! Community Fellowship Baptist Church has become a diaper distribution center for those who were affected by the tornados in December.

We were blessed to be able to worship with our friends at Dexter Baptist Church on Sunday morning and evening. They had a special gospel singer in town who gave an amazing testimony. 

Today, for our Rec Day, we are heading to tour Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave system in the world. We’re excited to see God’s creation on display in such a monumental way!

This week we had two main ministries that we partnered alongside. The first being diaper distribution and the second being Mercy Chef. Mercy Chef is a disaster relief organization that comes in and makes sure that everyone has food. Within hours of the tornado hitting Mayfield, they had thousands of warm meals being brought up from one of their kitchens in Nashville. They have since opened up a kitchen closer and we had so much fun working alongside them preparing food! 

I had to wait until later in the week to post these journals because of the incredible amount of compassion our team showed throughout this job. 

We were able to work on replacing a bathroom for a resident close to the church. This resident has had two heart attacks in the last 7 months and has a 9 month old daughter. His bathroom floor was falling through so we told him we would replace it. 

Today we said our goodbyes to our new friends from Texas and PPM. What an amazing week it has been loving on the community, serving alongside one another, and making lifetime memories. Thank you Dexter Baptist for being so kind to us this week by allowing us to use your facilities. Today is a bittersweet day, but we are excited to go home and share all that we have learned with our hometown. As said through the week, even though this mission trip has ended on the calendar, the mission trip the Great Commission calls us to continues!