Day 1+2

Hello hello,
My name is Dani. I am a male who happens to have a girl name.

I apologize to those of you wondering what the heck is goin' on ova here, but I haven't been able to get on the internet too long.

That said, I will sum up what has been done over the last few days, omitting our drive here, and starting on our first day.


Sunday was Spring Forward, if you haven't already felt the effects of one less hour of sleep. We began with attending a service at the 2 Rivers Bible Church, the place where we are partnering with to get into the community.

This church is remarkably similar to the church I attend in San Antonio, TX; a small/big church with that same style of music with that same feel of a youth room. Not too many kids attended the 9:00 AM morning devo--like I stated before, it was Spring Forward.

After a bit sermon listening and donut eating, we prayer-walked through the town. This is what I learned:

There are a lot of haunted buildings.
People believe the devil has just as much power as God.
Witch craft is heavily practiced.
This is one of the oldest surviving colonies (originally owned by Spain).
There are still old remnants of segregation still around.
FYI I'm part African American. Pray for patience on my part.
The part of town in need is dominantly African American called The Hill.
If it is still standing and if it has a roof, people probably live in it... even if its about to fall.
There are about 25 churches in the entire town.
Not many of these churches seem to do something about the poverty (probably because there is not means at the moment).
There are a LOT of horses. I don't think you understand how many there are.
And chickens...
Lots of chickens.


This is very unique commutity, as you can see. It is extremely small (about twice the size of my old high school population of 3,600), so everyone knows everyone. Because of these circumstances, it is not every realistic for a whole bunch of Austinites to come in and change the place for the better.

MAYBE you will see a change in a month... if you REALLY work hard, 2 weeks. We have one. We aren't able to stay. You know how much that sucks? You want to do something for people all over the place, but you are stuck with the realization that we are not Jesus, and we can't change an entire community in just a week.

But there is light. Because this is just the beginning of many trip. And there are good people here. A lot of them. They want change.

Todaay talking to Andrew R. (one of my leaders) and I know he was just as discourage as I was yesterday. But beyond that. Beyond our broken plans and our swallowing of our problems and these peoples' problems, we are not done.

We are in devos now. finish later