A Weekend of Urban Ministry

It's been another crazy weekend of urban ministry.  Our basement flooded again on Friday during a huge storm in the East End of Pittsburgh, but it turned out to be much less damage than last month because our brand new water heater didn't break and we hadn't started repairing things from last month's damage so we didn't lose much.  We did get to spend a romantic Friday night scrubbing and bleaching our basement floor from the sewage water... always fun!  The weekend got much better after that, though, as yesterday we took three LAMP mentees to the lake to go boating and tubing.  We all had a blast!  Today was the LAMP BBQ after church at North Way Wexford, and we had a great turnout of LAMP mentors and mentees.  The kids all loved playing in the church's youth room, and it was great to connect with the mentors who do so much incredible "behind the scenes" service through mentoring.  Mentoring can sometimes feel lonely because it mostly happens in one on one relationships, so it is good to gather together periodically to support and encourage one another.  Now, I just need to rest and enjoy my family time tonight because tomorrow evening we're taking a bunch of friends and LAMP kids to a Pirates game.  This is shaping up to be a full summer!