Iowa Mission Team - post 1

Mission Talk with TY


Hi, I am TY, the FUMC Middlefield Mission Team spokesperson and mascot(my picture is posted). I just wanted to share with you a little bit about what is happening with our mission team this week while we are in Iowa.

Everyone arrived safely in Iowa pretty much on time. Some construction and traffic made for an interesting detour (unplanned) or two.

The team was up and ready to go early this morning. Some of that may be attributed to the change in time zones but THEY WERE READY!! Michael and Dave did devotions this morning and we were all touched by the Spirit of the Lord and our mission.

I rode along to the construction site with the team this morning. We were amazed at the water marks on the houses from the flood. The house where we are working is about a quarter mile from the river. It had about 6 feet of water on the first floor from the marks. The people who lived there were in and out but didn't really stop to talk.

The team arrived with Shelby (our flood intern) ready to hang drywall. BUT, it was already hung. So, they quickly shifted gears and went to work taping and mudding. I rode around all day in a hammer loop making sure the work was of the finest quality. They worked really hard all day making sure the Middlefield UMC name was well represented. The team actually asked for more work because there isn't really enough to keep the entire crew working at all times. Team members tried their hands at many new skills and everyone learned something.

Some wonderful people donated two dozen ears of exceptional Iowa corn for our dinner. Dinner was awesome! Marty and Bert really set the bar high for the rest of the week.

It was a long day of very fruitful labor. I even had to take a bath because I fell in the drywall mud. The team is feeling blessed and tired.

Looking forward to tomorrow,
TY