War College Southside Blog

Summer Assignment Week 1

Hello from Charlotte, North Carolina!

So I haven’t been here a full week yet, but I just want to update every Friday. I am in Charlotte, NC with my session mate, Brad Marsh from the War College Vancouver. We’re hanging out here in Charlotte, helping out with the 614 “Playhouse”. The Playhouse is run by some amazing, godly people, Rob and Heather Dolby. In this area there are a lot of youth that don’t have a safe place to hang out. In the area of 614 there aren’t any playgrounds, basketball courts, etc for the children to go to after school and during the summer. So the Playhouse is a 3 bedroom house where the kids can go on the computers, play video games, work on crafts (in progress) and just hang out. It is such a beautiful community and the kids are great.

For the summer, Brad and I are basically running the summer program. There are some things that seem a bit daunting to me, basically this lunch program that has a lot of rules that we must follow or we’ll be disqualified from the program. There are a lot of things to remember with it. But I think that once it starts up, we’ll get the hang of it.

It’s going to be an exciting summer and I know God is going to work in amazing ways both for me personally and in the lives of everyone in the community.

I will be updating weekly so if you think this is short, don’t worry it’ll be longer.

I would really appreciate all prayers for this summer. That God’s love is shown and glory is given to him during these next 2 months.

Prayer Requests

The Lunch Program

Communication, Teamwork and Leadership between Brad and I and that it will be God centered.

The Hispanic 614 ministry that is being started by another couple.

The 614 Charlotte Community and Summer Programs

Rob and Heather Dolby and their sweet little (almost) 2 year old Jonathan as they head to training college in August.

Thanks for praying y’all!