Sunday July 5

This morning we went to one of the seven Mars Hill Churches in Seattle. I was really excited because this was one of Mark Driscoll's churches. we didn't get to see him, but it was still a good message. The pastor, Bubba Jennings, based his message around Matthew 16 when Peter claimed Jesus as the Son of Man. We also talked about how Peter later denied Christ and how we do that in our own lives. Some people from our group were unhappy about the style of worship and how the church spent their money. Aside from that, I enjoyed it.

After we went to lunch at a taco place, we came back to SPU for some free time. I did my laundry and took a short nap. Around dinner time we headed down to the only building on campus with air conditioning. Ironically, it was the same building with the parking garage that we stayed in. This time we stayed inside though. We went down there to share some more testimonies. We eventually came back to the dorm to finish testimonies though.

We kept sharing them for a while longer. Again, they were all powerful, and a few were pretty tear-jerking. When we were done with the testimonies for the night, Tom stepped up to say something. He apologized for not being around and being so busy some of the time. The reason for this was that his daughter became really sick not too long ago and found out that she probably won't live much longer. His wife took their daughter to California to say goodbye to some of their family. It was really hard to see how much Tom has sacrificed for us to be here. He found out about the diagnosis a couple of weeks before the project, and he still went through with it. All ached and wept for him and his family. We prayed for them for a while, but it's still hard knowing what he's going through.

Once we finished praying, we had a cake to celebrate Nick's birthday. Altogether it was a really good day despite lots of emotions and frustrations.