This morning, after breakfast and devotions, the men drove to City Gates in Lancaster, and the women went to City Gates in Ephrata. These are ministries that get to know homeless people by offering a warm place, coffee, soup, and prayer. The City Gates organization aims to suit each place to fit the needs of the local town, so Ephrata offers different activities and services than Lancaster does. They also have branches in Lititz and Columbia.
We served them soup, bread, and cookies, and had great conversations!
After taco salad back at our home base, we joined the kids clubs team from Pleasant Valley church in Ephrata. We piled into a caravan of three vans and caroled on porches and sidewalks for the children and families who come to kids club. We made around ten stops, caroled, and gave the cookie boxes our ladies had prepared.
The church had an big snack ready for us when we got back, and the students played a game of volleyball in the school gym before calling it a day.
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