Mission Adventure 2010--Daily Journal

Day 8, Wednesday, July 14th

Mission Trip to Towaoc, CO
Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation
July 7-July 20, 2010

Latest update: 07/25/2010.

Team Members: (from JUMC) Paul Rogers, Teresa Rogers, Jim Starkey, Connie Starkey, Tammy Sue Moore, Paul Hoffman, Anita Hoffman, Steve Mann, Gary Buss, Becky Buss, Debra Beehler, Micah Rogers, Mariah Rogers, Caitlyn Wenger, Sarah Miller, Augie Farwig and Maggie Farwig.

Team Members: (from Sunnycrest UMC in Marion, IN) Ronda Huston, Angel Rea, Jack Wood, Connie Wood, Heather Huston and Lizzie Wood.

Day 8, Wednesday, July 14th

The Church at Towaoc after completion of the front steps.

The Church at Towaoc

Vacation Bible Fun photos from today.                        Hugs are always welcome.

Photo from Day 7  Photo from Day 7

The Ute children thank "The Crew" for their construction work.

Photo from Day 7  Photo from Day 7

The Youth dancing away!                                        Connie & Heather teaching class.

Photo from Day 7  Photo from Day 7

Children painting their "Mystery Sticks"                  Gary teaches the "secret" of the "Mystery Stick".

Painting Mystery Sticks  Gary Teaching How the Mystery Stick Works

The Mission Adventure Team learns about making pottery and then paints some of their own.

Pottery Demo  Learing About Pottery

Painting Pottery  Painting Pottery

This evening we attended a "Pow-Wow" at the Cortez Cultural Center.  Believe it or not, in the first photo, the building is actually flat but painted to appear three dimensional.  Amazing!

Cortez Cultural Center  Pow-Wow Photo from Day 7

Pow-Wow Photo from Day 7  Pow-Wow Photo from Day 7

Pow-Wow Photo from Day 7  Pow-Wow Photo from Day 7

Pow-Wow Photo from Day 7  Pow-Wow Photo from Day 7

The day was hot as usual but humidity was much better than Indiana. Temperatures have been in the mid 90's all week.

As we do each night, we end our day with devotions.

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