What a great way to start our week!  We began our day worshipping with our other team, in the historic First Baptist Church of Russellville.  The church was serving Russellville before the Civil War!  The sanctuary is so beautiful and Pastor Joe's sermon on the prodigal son reminded us that God's salvation means we are children and not slaves!  After service, we had an amazing potluck dinner with the friendly church members here!

Afterward, we visited Center of the Mark Teen Center.  We heard from Will and Joyce about how God provided for them as they served children and youth.  Will encouraged us to remember that God is always faithful!

We then drove around some of the areas that had been affected by the tornado.  There has been a lot of work done here, but it still stuns you to see homes and woods destroyed.  We stopped at a United Methodist church that had been damaged by the tornado.  It was moving as we all prayed together for them.  We also saw areas where homes were destroyed and stopped at a location and prayed for all those who had been affected by the storms.

Once we returned to the church, we split into groups and prayer walked some of Russellville.  The streets we prayer walked is the area where we will do door-to-door relational ministry this week.  We asked that God's Spirit would go before us.  We can't wait to see what that will look like!