Making a House Feel Like A Home

On Saturday the 23rd many volunteers came to help renovate the church's new mission house.  Several College aged students helped by staining the deck, pressure washing, and sanding/cleaning walls.  Although the day was successful, TSC still has painting to do inside the house and hopefully some volunteers will come throughout the week as well.  A full work day is scheduled for Friday the 29th from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  Pressure washing and painting the house are the final projects left to do.  

 

The house has furniture coming from multiple places and the hope is to clean and setup furniture on  Saturday the 30th.  The largest concerns at this point is getting the house ready to move in furniture and it still needs a significant amount of houseware items. Although several items are still needed many people are giving above and beyond.  For example, Second Nature put in over $500 of their own money and 2 ½ days of work for the beds out front.   They graciously donated all amounts over what the church allotted them for a budget!

The plan is to get all the work done by end of day Friday the 29th.  If all the work is done the volunteers can clean and setup on Saturday.  Overall TSC wishes to make the house feel like a home.   Volunteers are still needed!  Please come and help during any of the work days or ask about the much needed houseware items!

For more photos click here http://www.facebook.com/groups/100787280016240/  

First Time Visits, A Birthday Party and Summer Camp

The team in East Africa is having a great trip so far! Over the weekend they were able to visit the village of Korah and make several home visits. Many TSC team members were able to meet and visit with their sponsored child. For some it was the first time to meet the child they are supporting.

On Saturday they visited two different orphanages.  While they were there they showed love to several sweet kids simply by playing with them. During this time they even had a birthday party for a lucky two year old.  The party was complete with party hats, balloons and cake! On Sunday they attended worship at Great Hope Church in the morning and had some downtime for shopping in the city during the afternoon.

 Monday they headed back into Korah to start summer camp (games, crafts, bible stories, songs, etc) with all the sponsored children.  Later in the afternoon they went to visit another orphanage. Everyone on the team seems to be feeling well and is in good spirits.  Praise be to God for all He is doing in the lives of these children and the TSC team members!

(For more information on how you can join a TSC mission team, go to http://www.goctw.org/, and check out the Missions at a Glance page for all future trips. All work done in East Africa is supported by the GOCTW yearly offering, which aids in providing food, supporting and sending workers, and whatever else is needed to minister to the community there.)

Mission House Opening In August. . . We Need Your Help!

In the book of Philemon Chapter 1, verses 1-7; Paul praises Philemon for using his home as a Church to bless the hearts of the saints after their long journey.  Philemon used his home as a place of “rest” for the saints to be refreshed so they could go back out and do what God called them to do in a mighty way.  Our desire is to turn TSC’s third house into a house just like Philemon’s House.  We need the TSC family to join us in this worthy vision by donating time, labor, supplies, design elements, furniture, fixtures, and equipment to prepare TSC’s first ever mission house.  Please help us with this process!
For more information click here  House Announcement

For a complete list of home furnishings needed, click here  Missionary House Items Needed.