Welcome To Cedar Rapids Iowa, The City of Five Seasons

Hey Friends!

Greetings from Iowa. We had a long trek up here but we finally made it. 

Here's what our route looked like:

Drive, Drive, Drive, stop for lunch in texas, Drive, stop at the oklahoma state line, Drive, Drive, stop at the Kansas state line (unless you're too tired), eat dinner, Drive, Drive, Stay in Prairie Village, KS overnight, wake up to the smells of kansas, get back on the road, have rain fall on our cars (most of us couldn't remember what it was like), drive, drive, stop in Des Moines for Church, drive, drive, play the alphabet game, drive, get to cedar rapids! Unload our stuff, take a picture, celebrate good times, Come on!

So we are having an awesome time here in cedar rapids. After our first day of work we are officially tired! We have three sites on this trip, VBS, and two flood relief sites. Here's a summary of the happenings today:

VBS:

The VBS group set up two locations for VBS - the morning session is in an apartment building complex and the afternoon is in a church.  The VBS group did so much dancing, playing, and giving piggy-back rides that they are also officially tired!  They had a great day with the children of the Cedar Rapids area!! 

Flood Relief Group 1: 

Today our group went to a building in Cedar Rapids that will eventually be used as a center for arts. We spent most of the time scraping layers of paint off cement pillars and off the floor, but we also helped paint a couple of bathrooms, pick up brush and trash from outside.

Flood Relief Group 2:

Today Group 2 went to work with Rebuild Iowa.  Spent the day tearing down walls and ceilings in a home that backs up to the river.  It was a real dirty job - Charles and Jeff were proof of that.  They brought back a lot of dirty and dust on them. 

Tonight we went BOWLING! We had a really good time, dancing, eating $1 hot dogs, and bowling our socks off. 

After that we came back for devo and at the nightly news tonight we showed this video:

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