Top 20 Pics of GAP year (so far)

20. Sister Boxhead

We wasted a lot of time taking pictures with boxes on our heads but Sister Judy’s is the best

19. The Infamous Porch Cat

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before but there is a cat empire taking over Detroit. This is the emperor cat who reigns from his cozy spot in the porch. No one else is allowed.

18. A wet lunch

You can’t stop the rain but you can give a lunch to make it a little less gray.

17. Dog Driving Truck

When this truck drove past with the dog in the front seat Ryan screamed and then said, “Oh, I thought that there dog was drivin’ that car.” I’m laughing just thinking about that.

16. Gapper Selfie

I just love these people

15. Banana Jenga: best game ever?

Banana Jenga

14. Meet Angenae

This is Angea, we bring her family lunches on Wednesdays. This picture captures the highlight of my week… every week: When Angenae comes bolting out of the house to sit on Sister’s lap and chat with us for a little bit.

13. Because you can never get sick of seeing Angenae:

Her lunch is almost bigger than her. We always ask her if she needs help and she always shouts back to us, squeaky voice cracking at the end of every word, “No, I got it”.

12. Just one more:

Her scar is from when her little sister scratched her, nothing terrible 🙂

11. Awkward Dancing

Ryan is an excellent dancer. Matt tries

10. *Kapow* Jesus is right here.

“Lord, when  did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?” Um, notice the label.

9. Baby Mother Theresa

This hangs on sr. J’s fridge. it is her niece in her Holloween costume

8. Cornerstone Retreats Rock

This is Ryan leading one of the games on a retreat that Youth-works put on for Cornerstone Schools. Cornerstone kids are really the hope of Detroit: respectful, intelligent and most importantly committed to living a Christian life. These retreats were a huge blessing for me.

7. Dennis Caught in the Act

This picture captures Dennis’ sneakiness perfectly (and that of the rest of the Bezalel kids, really)

6. Josh Rock: Master of the Mob

Josh Rock in his natural habitat: amidst a chaotic sea of questions. (I would also like you to notice Darth Chad holding the soccer ball on the left haha)

5. Ryan Does Work

Ryan working his butt off to help revive the last abandoned house in Woodbridge neighborhood where we live.

4. The legendary Andy Jordan at Ribs Night

Andy Jordan, a legend at Youth-works Detroit (along with a number of other Jordan brothers).  This is at Ribs Night, a men’s event put on by Ann Arbor UCO. We brought our Youth group kids and it was an awesome time. Not sure what Andy is celebrating but his fist looks as big as his head in this pic.

3. JANICE!

In case you haven’t read my post about Janice (click here), she is a very interesting person and this captures the moment I first met her in person after hearing about her for about 6 months.

2. Angenae and Camille

Sorry, couldn’t resist one more Angenae pic.

1. Majestic

This picture is just a great moment. Really captures the spirit of youth work in Detroit.