Saturday was a great day. We joined with the youth group of Crossroads of Walton county to go into a refugee camp that the United Nations has set-up in Stone Mountain. The UN rescued these families from all over the world. Some of the places I had never even heard of. These families were under tremendous persecution in their native countries and some had been driven from their homes by ruthless governmental regimes. These families have been rescued and placed in this "refugee complex" as a last hope to having a good life. Crossroads had been ministering in this complex throughout the summer and it has made a tremendous impact on the students in their youth group. So, after talking with Jono (the youth pastor at crossroads) we decided to team-up and minister in there together. And we did! We brought in over 350 hotdogs, chips, drinks and fed them. We had our sidewalk Sundayschool truck (music blasting) set-up and had a good time! We were facepainting, hairpainting, jumping rope, played carnival games, soccer, baseball and even had a tug-of-war. Every student was engaged with someone and it was a cool thing to see. We didn't have to tell the students to do something... they just saw a child and started engaging with them... just loving on them. At the end of the day we had a time of praise and worship with both ministry teams singing, along with hand motions, leading these refugee children in worship. It was great to see our students ministering to these kids. Can't wait for the next time! God is so good.
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