We are now in the Lighthouse and LOVE it!
We have weekly family nights, led events in our house
and have been doing community service in the area!
Danni led a family night were we decorated our living room by painting a door!
It was fun and so creative!
Caleb, led a family game night!
Another family activity, was led by Renca! The team hiked the Old Rag.
At the start . . .
on the way . . .
at the top!
Twice a week we have events at the Lighthouse, inviting others to fellowship and have fun with us!
Events like . . . movie night
or bible study led by Caleb
or "The Collection"
"The Collection" is hosted by Renca and Destiny and it is a night of sharing poems, skits, stories that you can created. They can been funny, reflective or random. This month we had a packed house for the event! Many shared from acting out movies and the audience had to guess to a BackStreet Boys song to a rap about how Jesus changed their lives.
Jonathan and Bridget, two friends of our community, shared. Jonathan shared a common Deaf joke with a twist at the end and Bridget shared a crazy story of how she got in 2 car accidents within an hour one day. Below is a picture of our team, afterwards just hanging out with new friends.
We also have an goal of serving 1,000 hours of community service this summer!
Joseph H. Cole Park
We went to a neighborhood park with gloves and garbage bags,
and just picked up the trash in the park!
As we were there, we met Kelly, who works for the park. She asked what was going on and we shared that we just moved in the neighborhood and we loved and cared about people in the neighborhood, so decided to pick up the trash at the park.
As we shared, we talked about God and learned that her and her husband pastor a Spanish church in DC, ChristoVive! We encouraged each other and Destiny prayed for her. She responded "This is my best day ever!"
We left the park clean and all walked home hungry!
A week later we decided to do the same thing for walk around Gallaudet University, picking up the trash! As we were doing it, a car with two Deaf guys stopped at a red light, asking each other if the people that were picking up trash where Deaf or hearing. I waved to get their attention and shared that we were a mixed group, Deaf and hearing people, who loved Jesus and loved Gallaudet University, so we were picking up the trash around the university. They nodded their heads in approval and signed back "Thank you."
Planting Potatoes with Bread for the City
Another day, our team got our hands dirty, with an non-profit organization, called Bread for the City. They have a farm and orchard in MD and voluteers can work the farm on Wednesdays and Fridays. All the food they harvest goes to feed the poor in Washington, DC.
Another service we found was right across the street! A few people on our block decided to do plant a garden in an empty lot! So we got to met neighbors and service the community! It was hard work, pulling out weeds! It has been fun getting involved with community service and meeting people!
