Three Reflections on LiT for Thursday July 26

            Hello my name is Leela Gibson and I am a member of Elect Saints Evangelical Lutheran Church. I am 18 years of age; and I currently attend DeVry University. I can describe myself as this big ball of energy that can light up the room.  I am an open-hearted individual that see people for who they are from the inside.

            The way I envision LIT was that we would be doing a lot of hard labor, and also helping around in the Trenton area. I also thought we will be meeting all kinds of people that are in need. Also to understand that there are churches here to help with open hands.

            My experience so far with LIT has been different, but also good. The reason I say different is because you get to meet new people, but I am not use to being as relax as I am working for a paycheck. There has been so many times that the heat made me think of giving up. But I also remember that I am working for GOD.

                                                

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Hi, my name is Rachel and I go to Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Princeton Junction. I live in Hamilton New Jersey and currently attend North Park University in Chicago. I joined LiT because church is what I want to do with my life, and it sounded like a good way to gain experience beyond participating at my home church. I’m also having fun getting to know the others, and have made several new friends with whom I hope to keep in touch.

I came into LiT not really knowing what to expect. Despite having lived near Trenton my whole life, I’ve never spent any significant time in the city or with the people.

So far in LiT, I’ve had to exercise several of my particular talents, mostly in playing the piano both for morning devotions and at VBS. Over the course of those two weeks, I had a couple kids come up and ask me to teach them how to play, and even successfully taught one to play ‘Twinkle Twinkle’. Seeing kids wanting to learn despite having difficulty with it was, as a musician, very heartwarming.

I am looking forward to spending time with my fellow LiT-ers, and using my gifts to help support the ministries in Trenton.

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Name: Melissa

Age: 20

Church member of: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

Birth Information: I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but raised in New Jersey.

Why I joined LIT: I joined LIT because I wanted to reconnect with my faith. I also wanted to be more involved in Trenton.

What I plan to learn or experience: I hope to have a better understanding of the City of Trenton, since it is our capital.

My experience with LiT so far has been a different experience. I am meeting people I never what have thought I would meet. I wasn’t sure what we were going to be doing or what I should expect. Even being here everyday, I still don’t know what to expect, but that makes everyday much more exciting.  For example, Vacation Bible School at Elect Saints was an eye-opening experience that would be dynamic and different each day.  I loved working with the kids, especially with the younger ones.  They were hysterical, constantly making us laugh.

Everyday when I go home, I feel both physically and emotionally tired, but to me that’s not a bad thing. If I go home tired, it means I worked hard that day, and that I’ve done something to help.