Summer Hangout!

Calling all Middle Schoolers!

We're having a summer hangout at the White Family's home located here:

Here's the address for you GPS'ers:

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It's from 12-2pm so come out for some fun and games and some food. Bring a snack to share if you like!

Summer Calendar and Yak: Day 3!

Wednesday:

Today we switched from kids club to work projects. We got in the car and were soon at our work sites. We were the second group to paint this week. It was really fun trying to paint up high; the ladders were a bit wobbly. No fears though, we were all safe with the help of our ladder buddies. Our evening activity tonight was a trip to Imperial's Garden a farm that's nearby. It was a really fun experience to just walk down the fields and eat cucumbers and peppers. Can't wait for tomorrow!

-Lizzie

Our groups switched roles today with mine working on the house our other group had started. The homeowner's name is Monica and she was really sweet. I think we can finish up on our last day tomorrow, our group was all over it today. Our opposition will be the temperature which will be in the 90s. This will be fine for most of us, unless you're stylish like Spencer and need to paint in a pinstripe suit...

-je

P.S. Here is our Summer Station, this is a calendar of our next few months! Please check it out, there should be something to do each week. A hard copy will be mailed to you this week but if you ever need to check it out online a link to it is on the right hand side of our webpage (www.hccfuel.com).

Summer 2010 Station Cal

Yak: Day 2 and 3

Monday:

Yesterday was so much fun! Devo time was nice and peaceful. I'm gettiing to know more of what it's like being a mission worker and helping people for them and not for summer spending money. I was lucky to hang out with a bunch of kids at "Kids Club" yesterday. Playing games and watching a skit for Bible stories. Then for our night activity we went to Wapato and listened to Cory and Philip (Native Americans from the Yakama Tribe)tell about the Yakama Native American culture and history. CLub was fun, I really liked the songs we sang.

-Mav



Tuesday:

Today was epic! Some people finished painting houses and my group finished our half of Kids Club. Kids Club was amazing because the kids that come are like the Energizer Bunny! We also had many theme songs such as "Sweet Caroline", "Don't Stop Believing", and "Fruit Salad" (an incroyable song by the Wiggles). We all are looking forward to serving more people tomorrow!

-Five Oh (Daniel)



Our students are doing awesome! It's been great watching them play with those kids, giving them piggy backs for hours and hearing about the work crews painting and interacting with the families that live there. Today we also went to a retirement home and our students were able to spend the morning with the residents there, painting nails and playing games. Another bonus Today was that Chandler made it over from being stuck in Panama after the High School Mission Trip! Funny to think that 24 hours ago she was over 3000 miles away. Tomorrow we switch up work duties and two of our groups will start painting houses and one will head over to Lions Park for Kids Club!

-Jen

Yak Mission Day 1

Today was really fun. My car rocked out to Disney and the old Gleanings CD. At the rest stop some of us played Ninjas and had fun hanging out. Being back at Yakama is really fun. It brings back so many memories from 2 years ago. I am really looking forward to working with my friends, getting to know people, and learning about serving God.

-Maddie


The students were awesome today and the drive couldn't have gone smoother. Lots of meetings and mixers as we got to know everyone from the other three churches. Our group is being split into three different teams. Two of them will be doing the Kids Club program at the park and the other one will be painting! Lots of excitement, praying it lasts all night long and motivates them to get up in less then 7 hours to start our day! God is good!

-Jen

Yak Mission Trip Info and Pack List!

First off we'll need copies of all forms including our Registration/Medical Release/Commitment Form as well as Youthworks Youth Covenant and Release form as well as a copy of your insurance card!

These forms can be found on the right side of our www.hccfuel.com website.

We will be commissioning during the 9am service This Sunday so if you can make it please do! As you arrive you may drop off your bags neatly inside the Ed. Building and can also drop off the rest of your paperwork (we can make copies of your insurance cards then as well) and take final payments.

After the service you'll be free to head home or grab lunch, just be back by 1pm so we can head out!

At the drop off, Jen will have info cards with address's on all the places we will be staying and contact info of all the adult leaders so please remember to pick them up (we'll also keep some at the front office).

Here's the Info Letter that was passed out at our last meeting:

Parent Info Letter Mission Yak 2010

And here's the pack list:

1. Clothes for 7 days and 6 nights. I can't stress enough about packing LIGHT! Luggage space will be tight so please pack conservatively.
2. Work clothes for 2 days in painting (including closed toed shoes). If you have nothing you wouldn't mind getting paint on I suggest a Goodwill run!
3. Sun Block, chapstick, Hat, Sunglasses. If you are the least bit sensitive to sunlight, keep this trip fun by not getting burned! Temperatures will be in the 80s and 90s with very few clouds.
4. A light jacket or sweatshirt for the evenings.
5. Swimsuit (One piece only!) and towel. These will also be used to shower in. We will shower like last time at the local pool next door. Shower shoes (cheap flip flops) are recommended.
6. Toiletries as well as any medications.
7. Sleeping bag, pillow, sleeping pad. The sleeping pad doesn't have to be much (cheap foam ones can be purchased at Big 5 or Target) but the floors at the church can be a little hard!
8. Bible and Pen!
9. Spending money. This is optional, there are tshirts there for sale where the proceeds go to a good cause as well as a little corner mart we make field trips to for some snacks during the week.
10. Flashlight
11. Water bottle (or even better, a Camel Pak)
12. Camera (optional)

What works best is usually a big duffel bag with everything (sleeping bag, etc) inside.

What not to bring:

Personal Electronic Devices like iPods/gaming (things that use headphones) due to them being Anti-Social, Weapons, Drugs, Alcohol, Pets, Expensive Personal Items, bad attitudes, or miniature statues.

Cell phones can come but we ask that they are left with leaders to keep distractions to a minimum.

We will be attempting to update our blog everyday as well as our twitter feed which can be found in 3 locations:

1. The right side of our blog at www.hccfuel.com
2. www.twitter.com/hccfuel
3. by texting "follow hccfuel" (without quotation marks) to the phone number 40404. By doing this all of our tweets will be texted right to your cell phone! We will text travel/location/photos, etc. (And to turn them off text "Leave hccfuel" to the same number.)