Wired construction team rocks!

This group of young people filled this 20-yard dumpster to the rim at Love In Action.

Young people nowadays, all they do is play video games and sleep. They wouldn't know hard work if it hit them upside their heads. Aren't those the prevailing thoughts about teenagers?

Well, the group of young people we were blessed to spend last week with experienced very little sleep at Wired and definitely no video games were played.

Instead, they put in six long hours Monday-Friday at Love In Action working in the heat and humidity of our south Alabama summer. Before coming to LIA by 9 a.m., they were having Bible study, worship and prayer. Then after working all day, they had worship services each night, followed by more Bible studies. That's why it's called, "Wired tired."

The goal for last week was for the construction crew to demo two suites at Love In Action. Goal accomplished. They quickly demoed suite 1, and then spent four days clearing out suite 6, ripping out a kitchen, and removing flooring. All of the debris was tossed into a 20-yard dumpster. By Wednesday, it was almost filled to the top.

After finishing the work early on Friday, they moved downstairs to suite 4 to organize the food we had just brought in a week earlier from our food bank.

They worked non-stop until boarding the bus Friday afternoon. They did break for lunch and Bible study each day, two very important parts of each day.

The work they accomplished would have taken us a very long time to do. I seriously doubt we would have accomplished it by the end of this year.

Now, as the Lord provides, we will be able to renovate those two suites to make classrooms for discipleship classes, an area for larger meetings/gatherings, and a karate dojo. That's the part that caught our young friends' attention.

Our goal is to teach self defense for free to women who are homeless and live at the House of Ruth. Some of our volunteers want the training as well. Bro. Dan Levy is an 8th degree black belt and has taught self defense for decades. This well be a very unique ministry that could literally save some women's lives.

Thank you Wired youth and leaders. Y'all rock!

Thank you also to our long-time volunteer, Robert Pedrick, for leading the efforts and showing the youth what needs to be done. Robert was sure enough tired by the end of the week. He started working before the youth arrived and well after they left. For someone in his 70s, Robert doesn't let any grass grow under his feet. We love you, Robert.

Wired 2019 youth simply amazing

Wired Ministries evangelism team that was with LIA during Wired 2019.

Wired Ministries construction team that was with LIA during Wired 2019.

Any adults who worry about the next generation only needs to be involved with Wired Ministries to see the future of the church is bright.

Each year we have a group of youth who spend the week with us at Love In Action. This year we had two groups. One was a construction team and the other an evangelism team. Both groups were amazing.

The construction team worked hard in the summer heat to demo two suites for us. Their hard work sets us up to be able to start renovating those two suites, which will help us expand our ministries.

The evangelism team showed a lot of spiritual maturity as they ministered to and loved on the homeless and those living in poverty. Whether we were in our coffee house, at a homeless camp, or in a motel parking lot, these young people shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ through word and action.

Three people made decisions for Jesus and we experienced a first, an impromptu wedding in a motel parking lot. The youth served over 600 plates/bags of food, and prepared and gave out special bags of treats for children.

I will write more blogs about Wired 2019, and focus on each group in different blogs. I will also write a blog about the incredible impact of Wired Ministries on Love In Action.

It was the best Wired Week ever for us. I believe that shows the effectiveness of Wired. As the students attend Wired year after year, they are growing in Christ. It's not just Wired. There's a lot of great work being done by youth pastors and leaders throughout our community and region that is producing fruit. Add the amazing impact of Wired Ministries, and there is fruit that remains.

I've never felt better about the future of the Body of Christ in the Wiregrass than I do right now after an incredible week with about 30 amazing youth.

Love in Action's Game-Changer Project

Love In Action is excited about Wired Ministries' Game-Changer project. Wired Ministries brings students from local student ministries together every summer to be the hands and feet of Christ by serving on a ministry team composed of students and adult leaders from different churches in the community.

During the day, each ministry team will do various service projects and have a Bible study with their team. At night, every participant comes together as one body of believers to praise, worship, and thank God for what He has done in and through them each day.

We are excited to have two teams from Wired at Love In Action this summer, June 24-28. One will be an evangelism team and the other a construction team.

This year Wired Ministries is doing a Game-Changer initiative, which involves 10 local ministries, including Love In Action. Wired Ministries asked each ministry to research and develop their own Game-Changer project and submit them to Wired Ministries to review and ultimately approve. These projects will allow each ministry the ability to provide on-going ministry opportunities focused on sustainable change within the community.

Above you can watch a video of Love In Action President Ken Tuck talking about our Game-Changer project. You can view all of the Game-Changer projects by clicking here, https://wiredministries.com/pages/game-changer

You can donate to Wired's Game-Changer initiative online at their website, https://www.serquest.com/Organization/id/988