Day 5 - Church Stuff

Today, we were extremely blessed to be part of two worship services! Early this morning we sang at our first host church, Fountain Valley UMC. It was a very different service, but was very enjoyable. Once that service was finished, we hopped a quick ride to Huntington FUMC. There, the crowd was small, yet you could sense the family atmosphere. Both sermons were WONDERFUL, and both extremely intense. We ate an AMAZING lunch hosted by Huntington FUMC. Once we said our goodbyes, we drove to Sand Diego. Here we were warmly welcomed by the Foothills UMC youth group. We played an intense game of capture-the-flag and we were treated with ice cream. (actually it was there welcome-the-sixth-graders night... but oh well!) We then talked and laughed with kids from the youth group here and, had a great night! Tomorrow we'll go to the U.S.S. Midway and head to the beach! Can't wait!!!!
Cate Ghormley

Day 4 - Serving the Homeless

We were blessed with the opportunity to share with homeless folk on two different occasions. We sang for the Welcome Home Ministry here at Fountain Valley UMC where we are staying. This is a ministry that offers a time of shower, laundry, devotion and breakfast for people of the neighborhood. We were blessed to be able to sing part of our musical for their devotion time. Our own Jack Eidson also shared a few words and there was a tasty breakfast provided by the church to follow. Then we made lunches and headed out to a park in LA to offer lunches to individuals there. After finding recipients for all our lunch, we headed to walk the Santa Monica Pier before heading back to church for a night of relaxation and a great homemade spaghetti dinner.

1st Day in California

We survived our first day. After arriving in the Los Angelos airport, we made our way to Fountain Valley UMC where we are staying the night. We quickly ate dinner and then found the beach. Excited for Disneyland tomorrow!