All in a days work

So  today is the last day of the AFB adventure and it was a pretty successful one! Our first service was with one of the more unique organizations called Adullam House. They took in children whose parents had been incarcerated or even just abandoned them and took them in, fed them, raised them in a christian environment, provided schooling, and gave them a safe space to grow around other children they could relate to. One group worked at the nursery of the house and dealt with more of the direct service component, while the rest of the group worked at their thrift shop down the road to tackle the indirect service component. The hard-work, dedication, and passion of these individuals who came to this job everyday was really inspiring and their reasons for doing so where even more motivational. Our second service was again with Common Ground ,but this time we focused more on the indirect service component. We removed basically all types of things from this large room that was really cluttered and dirty, cleaned it out, and then helped organize and place things where they needed to be. The cool part about this is that there had only been one man working on this project who was in his 60s and he claimed it would've taken him months to accomplish the massive job we did in a days time. It was so amazing to see how much we'd been a beneficiary to these organizations and how they truly valued our presence and even wanted to brag on how great of a job we did! Post service, we were able to have our dinner out/ pizza night at one of the more popular pizza places in Montgomery. We ended our night with a sensitive yet effective reflection that recapped the experiences that we all shared. Overall, the trip was a huge success and everyone definitely walked away and had learned at least something new about an organization, service in general, another trip participant, or whatever else had been discussed during reflections.