Fascinating Week

It's not often that one gets to see such hard work happening on so many levels.  Each and every youthie, to borrow Lee's term, has jumped into the work at Rick's house with enthusiasm and a teachable attitude, and they have learned an unbelievable amount about construction and home repair.  They'll have stories to tell you about that, and about the very specific family that we are helping.   But the really fascinating part for me has been to see how hard the internal work has been, in particular with respect to the different model of worship that Next Step has.  We had a great conversation about it Tuesday night, and I have been so, so impressed with how willing everyone has been to tackle the questions that are raised when confronted with something that's so different, but "should" be the same.  As someone commented, it's not just the physical work that's taking us out of our comfort zone. There isn't a slacker in the whole lot of them, I'll tell you that. Maggie Passmore