Beulah Youth summer mission trip 2015: Pittsburgh Project

Our team of nine youth and six leaders attended the Pittsburgh Project alongside two hundred other Christians to do work in and around the Pittsburgh area. The week was filled with service, making new friends and, most important, JESUS! The days began with eating breakfast together, morning devotions and preparation for our work sites that day. All day would be spent at our worksites on projects ranging in difficulty from painting to putting siding on the side of a three-story house. At about 4:00, groups began returning to the housing area to spend time together. The night continued with dinner, worship, group discussion and then bed time. During the week, our church group also got to have a night on the town where we enjoyed dinner and each other’s company.

Service and worship were the two biggest parts of our week at the Pittsburgh Project. Our groups served homeowners with their hands by doing construction on their houses. We also served by building relationships with the homeowners, walking their dogs, helping them with everyday things and by talking to them about God. Our teens and leaders were spread out among four different worksites. Some of the projects we got to experience were painting, installing windows, hanging siding and building retention walls.

The second important part of our trip involved worship. Every morning our day started with prayer and devotions and ended with a time of singing, prayer and a speaker. The speaker chose to focus on the Lord’s Prayer and focused on a different part every night. A special time of worship occurred on Wednesday night, when all the homeowners being served could come and worship with us. This was very moving because everyone could see what was going on in other work groups.

The group of youth we took were amazing and they all had great experiences on the trip. The youth bonded in their work groups, bonded as a church group and grew in their faith. On a night where the speaker talked about “forgiving those who sin against us” a majority of our group either recommitted or accepted Christ into their life or had someone they wanted God’s help forgiving. It was great to see that the youth’s faith had been impacted in such a large way that they were willing to make a large commitment! Out of everyone I talked to, the ENTIRE group was excited to go into this trip and just as excited leaving; they have already asked Alex to go back!

 

All in all this was an amazing trip for everyone.  There were leaps of faith taken, friendships formed, and projects completed.  ASK any of the youth about their trip and they will all have some type of great story to share!

 

See more pictures on our youth group Facebook page "Beulah Pres Youth Group".


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