Today we traveled to Charleston, Missouri, where we worked with Shining Light Ministries. Rev. Dean Wallace leads this ministry to the rural poor children and their families in this small town two hours south of St. Louis. Also there was Pleasant View Baptist Church from Clarkesville, Tennessee. They are leading a sports camp during the day and nightly revival services. We sang in the evening service, which was outdoors.
On our way to Shining Light, we ate at Lambert’s Café. It’s a fun place where they throw rolls to you from across the room. The portion sizes are HUGE! Janet Darden was served a salad the size of New Hampshire. 
For this trip, we learned a stomp band (trash can band) piece that we could in turn, teach the children at Shining Light. This was our first time to ever do this, and boy, was it FUN! Our students at TGBC loved it, and the children and youth at Shining Light loved it as well. We used a song by Lecrae (Go Hard) that calls for a strong commitment to Christ. We used trash cans (metal and plastic), five-gallon buckets, metal trash cans and metal pails, in addition to shakers, cow bells, a djembe (African drum), vibra-slap and drum sticks. The chaperone stick band was awesome. Our students did an amazing job interacting with the children. There were lots of hugs and fun play.
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