enjoy!

Photos from this week so far.

Once again we are very sorry that we have not been able to post as much as we would have liked. The youth have been working so hard and have finished so much. Last night we had the clients there for dinner and worship so it was a busy day for all. I hope you enjoy the pictures i post up. I hope that the youth are able to share the amazing stories from this trip and maybe can explain the pictures better. Have a great weekend and you will see them tomorrow.

Remember to pray for them to finish the houses they started and for safe travels.

--- Sarah Hansen

I know, I know we're late!

Sorry about the lateness of the blog! One we have been extremely busy, two limited access to internet, and three we or may I say I forgot the password. Enough with excuses, I'm sure you want to hear about the day. Just know that it is late and I am very tired, so I the grammar or punctuation may not be up to par. We started the week by getting tons of ping pong balls thrown around the room. Each ball had a name on it and what color group/work team the person is on. This was the beginning of our little, new families. We were no longer Cypress, but UM ARMY Cameron. We have joined youth and adults from Katy FUMC and Wesley Memorial Huntsville. Our kids were all split up and joined youth and adults from the other churches. There was a little complaining at the beginning. We played games, got ourselves oriented about UM ARMY, and ended the night with worship. Monday was our first day on the worksites. We have a variety of tasks from building wheel chair ramps, replacing porches, replacing facia boards, sheetrocking, putting up siding, painting, repairing roofs, and I'm sure the list goes on. They are doing a great job in the sweltering heat. The teams are truly becoming families and it is amazing to see. There are spirit competitions and of course, the Cypress kiddos are really getting into it. They are branching out and meeting new people. It is amazing to watch. Our kids are actively involved in the worships morning and night. Our youth have prayed, helped lead worship, been involved with skits, Courtney Vossler gave a short message yesterday, and Marissa plans on giving one later on in the week. I am so proud of them!! I shared at our adult meeting last night that I know there were a lot of people who were a little skeptical about this trip and we know there was a lot of complaining from the youth. It was hard because it was not our normal Camp Barnabas or our Mississippi Mission trip. Those trips have somewhat become our comfort zones in a way. They are trips that we are used to doing because it is what we have always done. The youth this week that decided to come on this trip are truly practicing risk taking mission. They have stepped out of what they are used to doing and have tried something new even if it may have been uncomfortable or different at first. Isn't that what God calls us to do? The kids this week are being challenged to get to know and work with total strangers. I think it is an awesome way to prepare them for life after high school. I love UM ARMY and am definitely a supporter (not just because my brother works for them). Lives are being changed this week and it is only day two. Awesome friendships are being made. They are definitely bonding with their groups (I think I have already said that)!! I am also on a worksite, so I can speak from personal experience. Our group has truly connected and have had some pretty awesome conversations. The theme this week is transformers. we have focused on the verse Romans 12:2 and have really discussed how we need to be different from the world and transform ourselves from the inside out. the first day's theme was Seize the day and today's theme was No Worries. We went to the community pool last night and had an intense (haha) game of sand volleyball. Tonight we had a kickball tournament out at the baseball fields. that is all I can think of at the moment. Please be in prayer for Kathy Schwegmann, one of our adults. She fell in the parking lot Monday around lunch time and had to get stitches on her nose. her husband brought her back to Cypress to heal. her work team was very sad to see her go, and I took over her work team. If you are reading this...We love you Kathy!! You should be very proud of your kids this week!!! Feel free to post comments. i am off to sleep! Days are long here at UM ARMY!
Much Love from Cameron,
Christie

Last Work Day!

We woke up at 6:15 am, participated in worship shortly after, and are now waiting in line to get breakfast. We were a little slow moving this morning, but they have worked hard so it is expected. I slipped upstairs to post more pictures. Have a good day!

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Second Work Day!!

It is late and I still have to shower, so there will not be a lot of writing. The pictures will tell it all. We are very proud of them. They have worked very hard. One group finished their worksite and are moving on to help another one tomorrow. The pool was a huge hit and we even had whataburgers for dinner tonight. The kids truly worshiped undignified tonight and they had a great time dancing/singing to the Happy Song. Our group is in charge of leading worship tomorrow night at the client dinner. They are pumped and spent time preparing with Jenni and Sarah for it. Pray for strength and energy so they will be able to complete their worksites tomorrow. We have an awesome group of 6th graders on this trip and they are really bonding. We are also blessed to have such wonderful adults with us. There was no duct taping today, but the duct tape baseball travels with this group. Goodnight!

One More!

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Sorry if your child wasn't in these pictures. We were running yesterday and didn't have much time for pictures. I promise there will be more this evening (hopefully!)

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JUMMP First Day of Work!

Sorry it took so long to post, but we have been busy around here at JUMMP. We had an awesome first day on the worksite, but it was a slow start. It took awhile for some of the materials to get delivered to the sites. The kids had a good time playing fun, new games. Jenni and Kandi's site scraped a deck, painted a picnic table, and trimmed trees. They loved using the saw (so if you have any trees that need to be trimmed contact this group)!!!! Bill's group had to wait awhile to get paint. During their waiting time they decided to duct tape James (his choice) to a poll. You can ask Mr. Bill about this later. They also enjoyed playing duct tape baseball and a game called apple core. When the paint arrived, they got hard to work and painted trim. Michele and Chris's team had to wait on some siding, but loved putting up siding when it arrived. They also cleaned windows and gutters. Cathy's team cleaned up the debris by the tool shed, began painting the shed, and are now trying to figure out how to tackle making the grass that is higher than the kids shorter. They really enjoyed the large amoeba tag game! Of course, our kids are professional at this game and lasted a long time without getting tagged. We had another night of worship with an awesome youth speaker. Our group will begin to prepare for the Thursday night worship. Boni is our Kitchen leader and is doing a fabulous job feeding 160 people. They will have a busy day today, but are going to be rewarded by going swimming tonight at Adamson's Lagoon. I am going to post a few pictures, but will post even more tomorrow. Sarah is our pack adult and she was busy running around getting supplies. She is going to take lots of pictures today! If any of this doesn't make sense or there are typos, I apologize because it is very early in the morning.

JUMMP!

The two design team kids made it safely to College Station. We had dinner together and the kids got to play around for awhile. They unloaded a bunch of stuff.. We had a short worship service and then they got to bed early. Tomorrow is a very busy day for the design team. They will be unloading the supplies, putting together the t-shirts and water bottles, getting the rooms together, going to Sams, and whatever else they need to do. Pray for safe travels for the rest of the mission team that will be leaving tomorrow.

The theme for JUMMP is What A Server - Just the way God likes it! Galations 5:13.

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