Hi I'm Jordan! Today our group split into two, one went to Quest Farms and one went to Lord's Legacy, both groups that serve adults with special needs and take care of them. I went to Lord's Legacy, and at first we cleaned houses. At the first house, Katie and Tim led the group in who cleaned what and I got to clean the bathroom with Andrea! The next house, Julia and I led, and we got the house done really quickly. Then, we are lunch in the driveway and played games. When we were don't, we got to go to the Adult Day Training, which is where the adults learn things like in school and get to do activities. While they finished the lesson for the day, we cleaned the fridge and the closet. FINALLY it was time to hang out with the residents! I first met this woman Mary who was pretty quiet but I eventually got her laughing when she said her favorite food was shrimp and I freaked out because I love shrimp too! Then I met Tammy, whose birthday it was. We all signed a paper for her and then Kristan told her I could sing and Tammy wanted me to sing. We first sang My Lighthouse and then Oceans, where our entire group sang and we danced and held hands with Tammy! It was really special. Then I met Kim, who was singing along. I sat down with her and we were chatting and Kirstan and Tim came over too. Kim told me that everyone in the place was her best friend and that her favorite part was being there and everything about the place. She told me that they pray a lot and we asked to pray with her and I got the honor of praying with her, it was so cool!! She then looked up at the sky and pointed to the clouds and said "Look, that's God up there!!" This day made a huge impact on me and I could talk about it for hours on end. I hope I get to do something like that again, because I feel like those people make a huge impact on me and teach me to appreciate life a lot more (:
-Jordan Kelley
Hello there, I'm Luke Buzby! Today my group and I went to Quest Farms and hung out with the special needs people that were awesome! Some people were painting with them, playing monopoly, playing outdoor games, or puzzles with them. Luke and I started off doing a puzzle with this one guy named Grayson. He was super cool, he kept taking about how his girlfriend was there with him and how they're super happy together. We told him that that was cool and that it's good he's treating her well and everything. I later on left because I'm terrible with puzzles. I went to play with some Yahtzee with some people. We got super hype when someone rolled a Yahtzee. Dan just hopped in and he rolled three ones and he needed two more to get Yahtzee and then he got snake eyes and all went crazy for the Yahtzee. So we ended up having to go and we all hopped into the van and we were waiting for about 30 minutes listening to music and jamming out. And the people who told us where to go told us they were going to be a little late. So we continued to the farm., We arrived at the farm and were later noted that they were not going to make it and to come back. We came back and Dan, Rob, and I all played uno with this girl named Cara. I decided to go and interact with someone else. But Dan quickly called for me and I saw that Cara and Rob were writing down bible verses. She then asked for us to write down songs that we liked and that she could listen to. We gave her so many songs that we could think of. It felt really good to know she actually cared, and to see the smile on her face and everyone else's face. It made me think that it's he little things that make people like them happy and I'm grateful to know that we made her day.
~Luke Buzby