Day 2 on The Res

Hey everyone it's Alanna! Hope you're all enjoying Jersey weather while we spend our days working in 80+ degrees. Today after enjoying breakfast, made by our five star ninja chefs, Molly and Douglas, we headed out to the church on the reservation to begin today's construction. During construction, we finished shoveling a mound of dirt into wheel barrels for the foundation and we set the framing for the roof of the porch. Today, we learned that sunblock is a must, we can hear Nick and the squeak of the wheel barrel from across the lot, white shirts don't stay white, and Merri needs to be aware of falling objects (she's okay by the way). After construction we headed to the ARM property and separated into our two groups for the bus ministry, 8 on the bus and 7 in the van. I was in the van and listened to Matt, Cole and Aaron's rendition of Switchfoot. We picked up children in the neighborhood of La Bamba, considered one of the worst neighborhoods because of the high suicide rate. An array of activities were assisted by our team members such as memory verses, crafts, sno-cones, basketball, and roller skating. I talked to this one girl named Christina who was a cousin of a 5 year old girl named Legend who was hit by a drunk driver and killed last year. Christina had shared with me that the site where the bus was stopped will be made into a park this summer in memory of Legend. Also, there are signs and t-shirts promoting #teamlegend across the reservation against drunk driving. It broke my heart to see the staggering number of roadside memorials. God's definitely been opening my eyes.  Please be praying for the families affected and for the soon to be park. 

Hello it's Daniel. I won't repeat what Alanna said but the people who were on the bus invented a new game while on the way to pick the children up. It was named bobble ball and it's pretty stinking epic. Finally I learned one Native American word and it is Dagot'ee which means "hello" so ehhhh yeah pretty awesome. I please ask that you pray extremely hard for the children we are working with because their living conditions I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy, but don't be fooled God is here in Arizona and is working in major ways through the organization of A.R.M.