ROAD RALLY '09

The Sunland Region Collegiate Ministries have three big events throughout the year where all of the campuses and their students get together and participate in a big group event.  During Fall Quarter we have what we call Road Rally.

(Click on Video for a feel of our road trip. Any "related videos" following are not associated, just placed up by msn.)

Road Rally is a weekend where all of the different Nav ministries road trip and meet up in one location to do some community service and have times of fellowship and worship.  This took place on a weekend in October.  We packed up 9 of our students into a 12 passenger van and took off for Sacramento.  It was about a 10 hour ride!   The road trip was a great way for our group of students to bond.  We played games on the way up like guessing games like 20 questions and other games like Mafia.  It was a hilarious and fun time on the way up.

 

We arrived at about midnight on Friday to the school that we were staying at.  This is also where we had our day of community service.  The school was an inner city school with an extremely high percentage of students without dads or both parents.  We slept on the floors of the Gyms at the school.

 

The school and our cars had to be monitored by Police throughout every night because of the high crime rate and gang activity in the area we were staying in.  On Saturday we were tasked with multiple big projects around the school.  The projects ranged from leveling the track field, repainting and replacing the nets on the basketball courts, to landscaping the grounds of the school.  All in all, it was a huge job and project for the 100 or so volunteers we all had.  We helped with many of the different projects, but our first project we took on as a school, and that was to take on the basketball courts.   We scraped off the old paint and shine, took off all of the old nets, repainted all of the basketball courts, and put new nets on as well.  There were about 40 nets in all!   Throughout the rest of the day our grouped helped other volunteers finish other projects and spent time with a lot of the students from the school. 

That night we had a time with the students and their parents of encouragement, sharing, and fun.  We had a big dinner with all of the volunteers, students, and parents.  It was a lot of fun.  Later on in the night we had a time of worship, prayer, and teaching.  This was another great time of learning and bonding for our students.  After all of the scheduled events we had a few giant games of mafia with people from all of the different Nav campuses. 

The following day we had another time of worship and prayer as a large group with all of the campus ministries and their students.  After many goodbyes with new friendships made, we packed up again and headed back down the road to San Diego.  It was one of our students birthdays that Sunday, so we all went out to LNL Hawaiian BBQ when we made it back home.  The weekend was a phenomenal time and such a blessing to our group and also the school we served at.  Many of our students who had not met before now have become friends.  It was also a great example of service and giving up a weekend for the students to experience. 

Here are some more pictures from the road trip and service work at the school: