Our time in Indianapolis was amazing. We partnered with Indy vineyard church of Indianapolis, and our contact was a friend of mine from my international race. He is now the youth pastor at the church and is the reason we were able to come be a part of their church for the week.
During our time there, we got be a part of the youth group’s weekly meeting, use an evangelism tool called saturate Indy, join numerous worship/small groups during their weekly meetings, and help fix a swing set for a family their sons. It was a week full of opportunity to serve and be blessed.
So we stayed at the church. The guys slept on the couches in the youth room and the women were in another community room that had couches as well. Super comfortable and spacious space, but after the Sunday service a member of the church invited us to come stay at her house with her and her husband. Our stay at her and her husband’s home was absolutely incredible. It was evident that their home was a house of the Lord. Their were so many areas, inside and outside, where you could find solitude, and they had a room basically dedicated to worship. She would wake up every morning to fix us breakfast, and cared for us so well. Her husband was interruptible for any conversation, and was as generous as his wife with his time and service. And to top it all off, they had one of the best dogs I’ve ever met. She legitimately started pouting the morning we left.
I think the most significant part about it all was that her youngest son had just moved off to college, and after watching how it affected my mother when I first left for the college I had a good grasp on where she probably was in the process. Our team being there to live in community with them and share our faith together was a blessing.
Overall our week in Indiana, like all of our other experiences, was proof that the American church is alive. It was a privilege to be able to alongside their church and be a part of the Kingdom work they’re doing, and be encouraged by their passion for the people of Indianapolis.
