Although some teams left on Friday and Saturday, the "Pomaha" group stayed throughout the weekend. On Saturday we were scheduled to put on a car-wash at the church but due to storms we decided no one would be in need of a car-wash. Even though we were unable proceed with our plans, God stepped in a provided us with an opportunity to serve; a neighbor whose children had attended VBS and hung out around the church with us had a very large branch fall on their yard and driveway. As our team arrived at the church during a downpour, we immediately began breaking off the smaller branches and piling them on the yard. Later on, we rented a chainsaw and made short work of the rest of the fallen branch.
We then headed to a nearby lake for the baptism of four of our team members: Lynae from Pella, and Ben, Chasen, and Alexis from Omaha. Pastor Jon from Pella shared briefly about what baptism is and then each student gave their testimony. Each person was then baptized by Pastor Tom and their youth leader; it was truly a memorable moment and we were all blessed to be witnesses to our friends publicly professing their faith.
Unfortunately all good things must come to end, and BUMP 2011 was no exception. Sunday rolled around we cleaned up our dorm rooms and packed our stuff into the vehicles. We all attended the Sunday morning service at Faith E. Free and worship was led by a group of students from our team. After being served another delicious meal by the church we began to say our goodbyes. It was heart-wrenching to split up our team because we had bonded so well throughout the week and it was even harder to say goodbye to the children that were there to see us off. Knowing the environment they live in each day and what they go through each day didn't make leaving any easier, the only thing that we could console in was that we had shown them the love of Jesus Christ to our best ability and how much God cares about them. We will all remember each other and how our lives have been changed through this trip; thank you for your prayers throughout the week.
- BUMP 2011 Pomaha -
Posted by Matt Blom of Pella
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