Seattle: Episode 1

It's like star wars or something :)

(I took this picture through a telescope! Cool, eh?)

So hello everyone!! This is Deanna, or "Dee Dee" or "Doozie" or whatever you call me, and thanks for stopping by my newly made blog! I have never done this before but I decided to start one because of the mission I am on this summer in Seattle, Washington. I am making one for the reasons of:

1-being able to update my supporters of this mission
2-being able to write long winded things and no one can tell me otherwise
3-to show you what God is doing in this city so you will know how to pray for it/me/the rest of the people on the mission here

I will make this first post short because I have SOOOO much to say already, even though I've only been here for 5 short days, I have learned and experienced so many things. Here is a general overview of what I have done each day so far:

Saturday: arrived here and got to know the rest of the Crusaders and the staff on this mission
Sunday: went to a church that is run/attended by past felons and drug addicts. also, we got a LITERAL underground tour of this city. very rainy day.
Monday: orientation with the Department of Corrections and got an overview of who is in the department, what they do, and how it affects the community. we also got a first-hand look at crack pipes!
Tuesday: this was our first day visiting a prison. McNeil Island prison is medium security and only has men. we also got to interview a panel of four prisoners which consisted of a murderer and a man who used to deal Meth.
Wednesday: ride-alongs, or "shadowing", members of the DOC in Seattle. I got to witness one arrest and several house visits (for those on warrents)
Thursday: ride-alongs again, this time in Tacoma, Washington. I talked with a social worker in a medium security prison and visited other important places that I have already forgotten.

I also learned that Washington is the least "churched" state -meaning it has the least amount of people who attend churches. God is definitely working in the United States.

So I will leave my update at that :) Please let me know how I can be praying for you!

God Bless

Dee Dee