It's been almost a month since we went to Chico. I never took my pictures off of my camera, and then it died. Now that we have a new camera (hurray!!!) I inserted my old memory card and Voila! pictures!
Ok so for those of you who don't know what an outreach is or what it entails... here's an explanation. About 15 of us from Corvallis and Salem piled into a van at 6am.. and headed down south. John and Sofia Foley are pioneering a church in Chico, CA, basically starting from nothing, and with a LOT of prayer, building a church. Since the Foleys are from our home church (McMinnville), they often call other sister churches and request impact/outreach teams to come for a day (or two!)
Pastor Foley aka John called and asked if our band could come play a few concerts this particular weekend. Since our church is small, and we wanted to send a good impact team, the Salem church sent enough people to fill the van.
Side note: I LOVED having the Salem people with us. It was a fresh dynamic! Not that I don't love all you Corvallis-ites (cause I DO!) but it was just so nice to have a variety of people. I LOVED it!
Anyway... we arrived in Chico late Friday afternoon. Unloaded the guys' sleeping bags etc at the church and headed to an area with tons of apts and a giant cement slab located in the center of the area. PERFECT to set up a BBQ and Concert. Lots of visitors showed up and we had a good time. Every outreach we do, we pull an altar call. An altar call is an opportunity to people to surrender their lives to Jesus and accept Him into their hearts. 2 people gave their lives to God that day!!
The next day we set up in a great park. It was a family outreach, geared toward kids mostly. We had a bouncy house,
Face painting, balloons, a bbq, and a concert.
Hundreds of people came out, and heard the gospel presented. I believe there were 7 or 8 more people who gave their lives to God. Just so very incredible and WELL worth giving up a weekend! We had a great time and it was great to have a little girl time with Sophi as well! She doesn't get out with friends much, living in a new town with 3 kids under 3! She is of course, our hero... laying down her life, leaving her family, and supporting her husband in this crazy adventure called pioneering (and from the stories she told... never a dull moment!)
Saturday afternoon around 5, we loaded everything up and headed back for a long drive home! The weekend was so fun and so fruitful! I am very grateful to Patti for taking care of my babies while I was gone - while she packed a mile-a-minute for a week long trip leaving Monday morning! Talk about a saint! It is so wonderful when you leave the state, to know that the kids are safe and well cared for!
Ok so for those of you who don't know what an outreach is or what it entails... here's an explanation. About 15 of us from Corvallis and Salem piled into a van at 6am.. and headed down south. John and Sofia Foley are pioneering a church in Chico, CA, basically starting from nothing, and with a LOT of prayer, building a church. Since the Foleys are from our home church (McMinnville), they often call other sister churches and request impact/outreach teams to come for a day (or two!)
Pastor Foley aka John called and asked if our band could come play a few concerts this particular weekend. Since our church is small, and we wanted to send a good impact team, the Salem church sent enough people to fill the van.
Side note: I LOVED having the Salem people with us. It was a fresh dynamic! Not that I don't love all you Corvallis-ites (cause I DO!) but it was just so nice to have a variety of people. I LOVED it!
Anyway... we arrived in Chico late Friday afternoon. Unloaded the guys' sleeping bags etc at the church and headed to an area with tons of apts and a giant cement slab located in the center of the area. PERFECT to set up a BBQ and Concert. Lots of visitors showed up and we had a good time. Every outreach we do, we pull an altar call. An altar call is an opportunity to people to surrender their lives to Jesus and accept Him into their hearts. 2 people gave their lives to God that day!!
The next day we set up in a great park. It was a family outreach, geared toward kids mostly. We had a bouncy house,
Face painting, balloons, a bbq, and a concert.
Hundreds of people came out, and heard the gospel presented. I believe there were 7 or 8 more people who gave their lives to God. Just so very incredible and WELL worth giving up a weekend! We had a great time and it was great to have a little girl time with Sophi as well! She doesn't get out with friends much, living in a new town with 3 kids under 3! She is of course, our hero... laying down her life, leaving her family, and supporting her husband in this crazy adventure called pioneering (and from the stories she told... never a dull moment!)
Saturday afternoon around 5, we loaded everything up and headed back for a long drive home! The weekend was so fun and so fruitful! I am very grateful to Patti for taking care of my babies while I was gone - while she packed a mile-a-minute for a week long trip leaving Monday morning! Talk about a saint! It is so wonderful when you leave the state, to know that the kids are safe and well cared for!
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