What an amazing 2 days!!!!

GOD IS GOOD, ALL THE TIME!!!!

Alright all of you blog followers out there... This is Sarah, now bear with me this is my first time blogging!

Wow have these past 2 days been amazing! So much has happened. I will try to sum it up cause I am really tired.

Day 1 (Friday August 3)

We got off to a great start. Lots of sleepers in the vehicles (well it was 6:30 in the morning). It took a little while for us to wake up and get going. But we were off with a mission in our minivan, impala, and a truck. ( girls in the van and guys in the truck and car) Once we started waking up and got some energy drinks from Dennis, we loud and CRAZY. We entertained ourselves with a game of Eye Spy with the walkie talkies until we missed our turn to head south, so we put the walkies down for awhile so we could get our bearings...

After 12 hours we made our destination.... ST LOUIS!!! Bill and Lori were so amazing! They were so gracious to take on 14 travelers into their home for the night! We went to RYAN's for dinner (which is by far the best Buffet I have ever eaten at) after we stuffed our faces that night, we stuffed them again the next morning with 5 star breakfast! (Lori and Bill are great cooks). They sent us off with a prayer and we were back on the road......

Day 2 (August 4)

Little did we know that team one had made a little pit stop the night before around 3 AM to leave us a little surprise.... Thanks to Emma (Bill and Lori's dog) they couldn't vandalize our cars but left us a little note.. well actually a map of New Orleans at the end of the driveway that we didn't notice and actually drove over.

We were on our way to our final destination for the week. We were all pretty excited and talking to pass the next 12 hour drive. We made a stop in Memphis to stop at CORKY's for lunch, which has great ribs. This is great... So there was another large party of 14 that was there the same time as us. We thought one of our team members had told the hostess that we were there. so we waited.... and waited.... and waited some more for about 40 minutes and we finally got our table. We were settling in to our spot when the waiter comes back and said "aren't you the Coffner party???" as we are getting the stare down from the other large group. So apparently no one from our group went up to the hostess and told her we were a separate group.... so we waited about another 30 min to get seated!!! But the food was well worth it. After that...

We had been driving for awhile and received a call from Dave Johnson.... he reported that, first all of the building permits were approved, secondly, Pastor Piere went to LOWES to purchase all of the building materials for this weeks project. He went to a clerk and explained who he was working for and what they are doing and asked if it would be possible to get some kind of discount. The clerk rung up his purchase and asked him to wait a moment. He came and gave him the receipt with a total of $0!!!!!!! Isn't God amazing! This is truly God at work. When it is His will, He will pave the way for his followers! Praise Jesus for He is good! After another pit stop, Dennis and Tony were eating as many hot pepper that they could and convinced Kristin to have one (she was driving the truck) then she touched her eyes and went a little blind!... but she's OK, just couple tears.....no crashing!... Later that day, we started going over our daily devotional. We had a great session in the vehicles. (our car talked for 3 hours) Relationships are already being built... healing is coming for the broken ones... others are made stronger!

Then we got here! We are in New Orleans! we got lost (the street signs are so small!!!) but we finally found our way. The Yellow House is Beautiful!!!! Pictures will be up in the morning... We ended the evening with prayer. Praise JESUS for our wonderful team! I am so excited to see what is in store for us. Keep us in your prayers... pray for strength, weather tolerance, and the safety of the team members!!!

Quotes of the day...

John - "God really knew what he was doing when he made our complex bodies.... Our belly buttons don't leak or anything... we are sealed up tight!

Sarah B.- "The air is so thick, you could lick it and get a drink of water!"



Well to continue on with Michelle's tradition.... here are the nicknames so far and in no particular order (not everyone has one yet to my knowledge!)....

Chuckles
Grandpa Adam
Char char
Wires
Rockstar
Grandma
Waterboy
Narrator
Shovels

more are coming


With all of God's Blessings and Love, We'll Write Soon!!!

Sarah B
Tony
Kristen
Steve
Sarah H
Andy
Helen
John
Kaitlyn
Jeremy
Kelsey
Bill
Savannah
Dennis