An Intern on a Hot Asphalt Roof

There is a book by an author named Lemony Snicket called 'A Series of Unfortunate events.' This last training week has a couple days which could accurately be described by this title. on Tuesday  the 26th, I severely sprained my ankle while playing a game called steal the bacon with the youth group. On Wednesday, Justin and Taylor dove for the same Frisbee, after a ride to the ER and a couple hours, we ended up with Justin having 3 stitches over his eye, a nose broken in four places, and a concussion. Taylor got six staples in the back of his head. This left Justin and I out of action the next day, and I on light duty for the next two days. Justin then was barred from the roof for the upcoming team week. Essentially, the two of us were unable to help prepare for the upcoming team week, and we were down one  roofing intern (My ankle healed enough to work on the roof by Monday.) So, one of the major prayer requests this week is continued healing (we all seem to be recovering well.)
The Projects this week included a roofing project at the Dempsens' home on their home and on the clubhouse where they run an after-school program for kids in the community. At the same time, we were continuing a painting project there at the Dempsens'. The other crews were working at the house of a single mother on a roof-and-paint, and the youth group from the community was working on a shed at the Yarbroughs'. it was a long, hot week, but we ended up finishing the shed right on time, having only half an hour of work left on another, and finishing all but some cosmetic work at the third site.
Kids club went well this week too. Wednesday was the fourth of July, and kids' club is canceled every fourth of July for two reasons: one: very few people come. Two: we become targets for bottle rockets. Instead, we took the team to Toppenish to watch the fireworks display. Friday we had water games due to the heat (mid nineties.) Jesse and I both ended up utterly soaked. It was fun and entertaining and the kids laughed incredibly hard. It was great to see them laugh. They can be so somber when they show up.
There has been a focus this week on the family aspects of the teams. The teams that came this week included a group from Kentucky, a group from Covenant Presbyterian in Issaquah, and a group from True Light in Seattle, a mainly Asian church. On the night of the fourth, we were also joined by a number of the youth from the community. So, we had about 1/3 white, 1/3 Asian, and 1/3 Native Americans. We had some confused looks from people driving by when they saw a group of people that mixed all together playing, laughing, and watching the fireworks. The pastor from Kentucky put it well, I think, when he brought up the  passage about every nation coming together to worship the Lord. he called the fellowship this week a little foretaste of what heaven may be like.
Prayer requests: Healing for Justin, Taylor and I, Health and safety as temperatures soar this coming week (100+ the next 5 days), and passion for Christ that is seen by the community.