Happy Project 2011

Happy Project 2011 is scheduled to depart for Jackson, Kentucky Sunday at 7:00am! Come to the Hope Parking lot for the big send off and have plenty of time to get to your favorite coffee shop or Bob Evans before first service.

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Bolivia 2010 Team

On to Bolivia!

Hope Students and adult leaders safely landed in Bolivia.

More updates soon!

ETA

Todd called me and said he is unable to access the Hope Church hotline but the new ETA is now 8:30 p.m. according to his GPS. They had a fun day of canoeing and then to Natural Bridge and then they ate dinner @ Miguel's Pizza.

Hopefully everyone is getting this communication or have heard from their kids via cell phones that they should have back by now.

See you at the church,

Lori Hinners

Day 6 - the finishing touch!

Let me start off my saying that Austin Hinners, Timmy Carpenter, Britt Prescott, and Peter Guth stepped up and did a fantastic job as a key part of the overall leadership team. Bringing college and high school leaders as disciples for our junior high students made this trip run as smooth as possible. It was also a key ingredient in the overall success!

Go ahead parents, take a bow. You did a great job! And thanks to Sharon Mason and the Kid's Ministry team for preparing our students to be so pursuant of God's heart and desire.

Thanks Brian for bestowing me the honor of leading this trip. I grow closer to student ministry and God each time.

Today was a full frontal attack on the Happy Store. I will try and post some before and after pics later. Millie, Mike's mom, walked into the store a few days ago and said it was overwhelming. Well the team made sure it didn't stay that way. Where you once could not see the floor you can now walk. The folding table that was piled 4 feet high with bags is now clear. I believe we processed or dealt with over 200 bags of clothes that had been donated to the Happy store. Problem was most donations were just mixed bags of clothes that could not possibly be gone through by the staff of the Happy Church. What they really need is new or slightly used clothes that can be resold. The proceeds from the store will pay the employees who run it meaning part time jobs for local people. The Family Matters group from Hope made our job easy by sorting and labling the 5 bags that we brought with us. I am sure the store will be up and running soon.

The floors are mopped and the church is clean and ready for the next group. The forward team from a church in Columbus rolled in with a 5th Wheel camper around 5:00 and is setting the stage for about 45 construction volunteers and over $5000.00 in materials to transform the youth barn. This extreme makeover should be completed a week from Friday.

Lastly, a 4-car accident about a mile from the church landed Chris Jacobson and Nicole H.(wearing blue in picture from 2009) in the hospital. The head-on colllision was caused by someone with 4 DUI convictions! Chris is at Jackson Memorial with knee, head and chest issues. Nicole was airlifted to NKU Hospital in serious condition. We will know more in the morning. Please keep them in your prayers.

Canoe trip is still on for tomorrow! Have a blessed day and we'll see you around 7:00ish. Will call when on the road.

Your Brother in Christ,

Todd

Day 5 - The final VBS!

Again a fantastic turnout for the VBS! This day VBS seemed routine in some ways as everyone fell right in step and knew their stations.

Our day started with a yummy potpourri breakfast of cereal, bacon, scrambled eggs, pop-tarts, pancakes, and apple juice boxes. Janice knows her way around the kitchen! After breakfast we had our morning devotions that include the special segment of "The Morning Stretch With Britt". Operation 5-2 showed up around 11:00am with 2 van loads of food. Everyone jumped into action unloading everything in the main dining room. After another out-of-this-world cheesy-chicken lunch we got right to staging all the food for packing and delivery. The assembly line created food boxes for 28 Happy Church families.

3 loaded vans headed out in different direction and blessed families with food and spiritual nourishment. It was a special time of prayer for the kids and the families being served. More on that tomorrow after our devotion and debriefing of Wednesday's events.

The deliveries took us right up to 4:00pm and it was time to don our Egyptian costumes and head out in vans again to gather our participants. The story of Joseph was complete and the kids went home loaded down with their merchandise they purchased from the marketplace with sheckles earned by participating in the activities.

With everyone safely delivered home, a quick stop at Wally-world provided tasty snacks for movie night. Dan In Real Life was enjoyed by all.

Time for some shut-eye. Tomorrow is a full-service day where we can hopefully leave this place better than we found it.

Thanks for your prayers and support as we complete the mission!