2023: Day 5, Penn State, Landscaping, and More

Today, two of our crew rose early for a day of work at Sowers Harvest Café. Danny, true to form, captured these photos of his classmates hard at work.

The rest of us also went to Sowers Harvest about an hour later, not to work, but to once again dine on sumptuous fare. As always, Sowers’ staff treated us with an abundance of cheerful hospitality and welcome.

From the Café, we trekked to Penn State’s campus. Some of us rode in the big green van, but others walked. We met with Ernest at the HUB, decided who would go to which area of the campus, divvied out materials like brochures, free pretzel and coffee tokens for Sowers Harvest, books, and Bibles, and we prayed that God would equip us with his love and grace to represent him well to those we would meet.

Instead of instantly beginning interviews, with her invitation, some began their time at the University by making their way to an English class that Tara, a LifeQuest staff member, was teaching in the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center.

When our time at the University came to an end, we regrouped at the HUB, shared stories of our experiences, and prayed that God’s light would be known within the students at Penn State.

We returned to the headquarters in the middle of the afternoon to work on projects around All-Nations’ property. Most worked on the landscaping, trimming bushes, and placing mulch in the beds. Others stayed inside and cleaned the walls and ceiling and assembled mailings under Carmen’s direction. Here are some pictures that JoAna took of us working.

To end the day we talked through the plan for having a day of solitude tomorrow, signed cards of gratitude for the loving hospitality Ernest and Cathy, Bryant and Lynelle, and the others have shown us this week, and laughed again at the caricature drawing that the men in our group received earlier this week.