Shenandoah Baptist Church
In Roanoke, VA, Shenandoah's school and church were quite a blessing to the team. As our first church outside of the Harrisburg area, many team members were experiencing for the first time what it was to entrust themselves to a completely new family for their lodging. The experience was pleasant to all, and the atmosphere of the entire place was one of welcome and encouragement. It was a pleasure to have Philip Drake and Jimmy Van Dyck with us, both of which assisted the ministry at Shenandoah through chapels in the school and evening services. Their presence with us on the road was something similar to taking a little bit of camp with us, and not just in our hearts but real enough to say 'good morning' to each day. They certainly blessed us and we miss them still, as we miss all of our staff at home. Their ministry to us and to churches all along the East Coast cannot and should not go unappreciated. They are the structure we lean and depend on. The team was also privileged to hear Mr. Ernest Clark share his burden for the deaf of the world, during which many of us were challenged for deaf ministry and began to understand the gravity of the fact that there are 70 billion deaf in the world who need to hear the gospel. Mr. Clark's presentation was an intense challenge to look for people—any kind of person—who desperately need to hear the Gospel of God's love and sacrifice for them. Morning chapels at Shenandoah were definitely an event to remember. Each day we were greeted by the smiles of the students, and it was a wonderful sight to see so many students begin to develop relationships with their respective Impact Group leaders and other team members alike. Lunch became the time to fellowship, laugh a lot and ask those "getting-to-know-you" questions, whether it was at the end of Junior High lunch or at the beginning of Senior High lunch outside in the warm sun at the picnic tables. These special times made Saturday's departure more than difficult. Evening services were great, sweetened by dramas performed for perhaps the first time, new songs and the opportunity to meet more and more new people as the week went on. The congregation was receptive to the teaching of the word, as were their children and teens. Both clubs saw a great number of returning kids each night and were immensely blessed by their responses to the teaching. It was our joy to walk out into the parking lot at night and hear children trying to persuade their parents to bring them back again the next night so that they wouldn't miss time in Kid's Club. Overall the week was a very enjoyable one, and one that impacted—by the grace and to the glory of God—many lives for His name's sake. click on the following link to see photos from Shenandoah: [url]http://www.encounterrevival.org/shenandoah-baptist/[/url]
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