Dear St. Luke's,

This is Atlanta life from the YW! Staff.

Today was an awesome day! We got up, had some waffles for breakfast, some of us cleaned the building, and then we all came together for devotions. The theme of today was "investing." From there we went to the ministry sites. Some of us went to Loaves and Fishes where we cleaned an Orthodox church and prepared meals for community members that are living in poverty. While others went to the Atlanta Food Bank, where they sort individual food drive donations and more importantly had all the chocolate they could eat. Another group went to the Emmaus House and worked hard outside cleaning up the community by gardening, painting and doing other random things. The Frazer Center was a big hit as well. We worked with children and adults with disabilities playing boche ball, basketball, and learning some spanish. Others went to Project Open Hand where they did an assembly line of food to make meals for people with health issues.

This is just an example of some of the things we did today. Overall, a great day!

After the ministry sites, we had some free time, went to the pool, and then went to the Martin Luther King Junior Historical Site where we saw Martin's tomb, where he preached and a museum about his life. After that we came back for some Taco Tuesday, spent a little free-time on the soccer field, had some pudding also known as an 'Astele', and then our club time at night where we learned about investing our own talents.

Peace and Love From the YW Staff

Thanks for sending a great group here!



"Oh so how long have you been drawing" said Aaron, a YW Staff.
"Since I was 3 years old" said Taylor.
"Your motor skills must have developed early" said Aaron.
Silence. Followed by lots of laughter.


Goodnight to all from ATL