“Serve-ivor” Haysville: the reality Mission Experience

 

SUNDAY (Live Finally)

 The official “Serve-ivor” and winner of this weeks reality Mission Experience is ASHLEY.  She has decided to donate the $500 to www.love146.org, it used to be called Justice for Children International.  This organization helps to free children from sex trafficking.

 

OFFICAL “Serve-ivor” Winner

(From the Tribe “Hamba”)

 Ashley

 

SATURDAY

The “Serve-ivor” participants are ready to come home!  After one last service topic, lunch, and shared memories of the week “Serve-ivor” will come to an end 4:00pm at FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (7465 S Meridian St.   524-5884). 

Eligable “Serve-ivor” Participants

(Final Tribe for the Live Finally Sunday, July 12^th)

Tribe “Hamba” Karla, Ashley & Tanner

 

FRIDAY

The last full day together at “Serve-ivor”.  The service topic was “Thanks”.  How can each of us express “Thanks” to those who need to hear it?  What do you have to be grateful for?  (update on the days events coming soon).The votes were cast, the final tribe has been selected.  Because of a tie Tribe “Hamba” consists of three members Karla, Tanner, & Ashley.  The winner and official “Serve-ivor” will be selected from this tribe tomorrow. 

 

“Serve-ivor” Participants

(Tribes for Saturday, July 11^th)

 Tribe “Tjanara” Betsy, Ema and Jacob

Tribe “Doulos” Alex, & Sydney

Tribe “Servo” Janine & Morgan

Tribe “Hamba” Karla, Ashley & Tanner

Thursday

One day closer to finding out the final Serve-ivor. Today breakfast was prepared by the lady sponsors (mmmm biscuits and gravy). After breakfast we headed to the Union Rescue Mission (homeless shelter for men). We were shown the facilities and told what they do. We helped with some of the daily chores as well as the things they don’t have much time to concentrate on. When we returned the students were given there immunity challenge. They were given 1 hour to collect toilet paper and bars of soap or money to purchase such items for the rescue mission. Tribe “Doulos” won the challenge with 460 items. The group collected a total of 648 items…Praise the Lord. Tribe “Diener” was dissolved at tribal council, sending Jacob to Tribe “Tjanara” and Morgan to Tribe “Servo”. Then they were given there award challenge. Each student that was willing to give up and important item was given a chance to draw an envelope. Inside the envelope was either a story or the Serve-ivor logo or both. Students with the logos got to go to the Donaldsons for a Bed and breakfast. The rest spent the night out doors under the stars (no tents) and remain at least 10 feet apart and no talking till sunrise. Congrats to Jacob, Sydney, and Janine for winning the award challenge.

“Serve-ivor” Participants

(Tribes for Friday, July 10^th)

Tribe “Tjanara” Betsy, Ema and Jacob  

 

Tribe “Doulos” Alex, Ashley, Karla, & Sydney

Tribe “Servo” Tanner, Janine and Morgan

 

 “Serve-ivor” Participants

(Tribes for Thursday, July 9^th)

 

Tribe “Tjanara” Betsy & Ema 

 

Tribe “Doulos” Alex, Ashley, Karla, & Sydney

Tribe “Servo” Tanner & Janine

Tribe “Diener” Jacob & Morgan

TUESDAY

It is Tuesday and we are moving camp yet again.  Each tribe had to draw a responsibility for the day Tribe “Tarnautojas was responsible for fixing breakfast, Tribe “Tjanara” got to cook & serve up dinner, and Tribe “Doulos” is in charge of the fun evening activity.  For breakfast we were blessed with an abundance of donuts from “Noah’s Donuts” (THANK YOU, Noah’s!).  Then it was time to get to work.  We headed to the Salvation Army Thrift store to help sorting, stocking, and organizing clothing and other items.  The theme was clothing.  We served there for several hours then the challenges began.  To earn a reward that could help them during the immunity challenge tribes competed to get ALL their dirty laundry cleaned, folded and repacked.  The tribes spent a couple of hours in the laundry-mat thinking of creative ways to speed up the laundry process.  Tribe “Doulos” won the award challenge and received $20 to purchase clothing to donate to the Salvation Army.  The immunity challenge was a clothing drive; the goal is to come up with the most clothing items in an hour.  Tribe “Tarnautojas won by a land slide.  They were able to connect with families whom already had bags, baskets, and boxes of clothing ready to be donated.  (Thank you for all those who donated clothing!).  Decision Council was different tonight.  Tribe “Tarnautojas was given the power of change.  All “Serve-ivor” participants had to give up their tribe & color, participants were then reassigned a tribe.

 “Serve-ivor” Participants

(Tribes for Wednesday, July  8^th)

Tribe “Tjanara” Betsy & Ema

Tribe “Tarnautojas”  Tanner, Morgan, Jacob,  & Janine

Tribe “Doulos” Alex, Ashley, Karla, & Sydney

   

Tomorrow brings three same tribes with completely NEW faces!  We will be focusing on helping the Environment.  Keep your eyes open to see us around Haysville work outside in the community.

 

MONDAY 

Today the theme for the day is Hunger.  We will be going to The Lord’s Diner to help serve dinner to 300-400 people in need of a meal.   Shortly after getting ready for the day the tribes were given there immunity challenge. The challenge: to see which tribe could fix the best breakfast in 15 min. with the supplies given to them. Again  Tribe “Tjanara” Betsy & Morgan won the challenge for the 2^nd day in a row.  Afterwards we went to the Department of Environmental Services, to obtain our food handlers card (BORING, lol). Next we headed to The Lord’s Diner. We were shown around and given details about what they do and how the process works. Along with about 30 other people we helped serve food, dessert, water and tea to 424 men, women and children.   At the decision council Tribe “Tjanara” unanimously decided to dissolve  Tribe “Palvelija" Sydney & Janine. Sydney became part of Tribe “Tarnautojas”  along with Tanner, Karla, and Ema. Janine then became part of Tribe “Doulos” with Alex, Ashley, and Jacob.  

“Serve-ivor” Participants

(Tribes for Tuesday, July  7^th)

 

 Tribe “Tjanara” Betsy & Morgan

Tribe “Tarnautojas” Karla, Tanner, Ema & Sydney

Tribe “Doulos”  Alex, Jacob, Ashley & Janine

 SUNDAY

“Serve-ivor” has officially begun!  The theme for the day was Kindness.  The first order of business after dividing into tribes was an immunity challenge. The five tribes were each given $10 and one hour to make the greatest impact in the community expressing kindness. Each tribe rose to the challenge, but in the end, Tribe “Tjanara” emerged as the winner.  They purchased Life Saver brand lollipops and delivered them door to door while sharing a “live saving” message. Later that night at Decision Council, Tribe “Tjanara” voted to dissolve Tribe “Criado” Ashley & Ema.  The members of Tribe “Criado” turned in their colors and drew new colors.  Ashley became a member of Tribe “Doulos” Alex & Jacob and Ema joined Tribe “Tarnautojas”. Following the immunity challenge the “Serve-ivor” participants traveled to the Haysville Healthcare Center to share Kindness with the residents.  They spent an hour conversing with the residents and playing games like Dicey Bingo and Uno.  After returning to the church they shared their thoughts of the Kindness service project during Worship as well as thanking God for His kindness through a time of prayer.   

“Serve-ivor” Participants

(Tribes for Monday, July  6^th)

 

 Tribe “Tjanara” Betsy & Morgan

 

 

 

 

Tribe “Tarnautojas” Karla, Tanner & Ema

 

 

Tribe “Palvelija" Sydney & Janine

 

 

 

Tribe “Doulos”  Alex, Jacob & Ashley

 

  

Coming Soon: July 5^th-11^th, 2009  

You can stay up to date on the progress of the Tribes, the service, and the experience.  Each day we will have updates on the participants as they grow in faith, love, and service while fiercely competing to Out-serve their peers.  Come back and see the ways God is being glorified in our community. 

“Serve-ivor” Participants

Tribe “Tjanara” Betsy & Morgan

Tribe “Tarnautojas” Karla & Tanner

Tribe “Palvelija “ Sydney & Janine

July 5^th – 11^th, 2009 

The rules of this experience are simple: average teenagers are taken out of their comfort zone. Divided into teams, they participate in service challenges every day, the winning tribe gets to trek to Decision Council to vote one of the other tribes to be dissolved (members rearranged to other tribes). Even though they must learn teamwork and serve together there will only be one “Serve-ivor”, in this experience every participant must learn for themselves, and be responsible for his/her actions and growth.

The experience is simple: grow in faith, love and service.  The goal is to Out-serve, by winning immunity, thus being responsible at Decision Council to vote for a tribe to be dissolved. However, the participants must be careful about which tribes they relocate - because you want to be a part of the smallest tribe remaining; however, the fewer people in your tribe the more work per person to compete against larger tribes.  At the end of the experience, the larger tribes vote for one of the members of the smallest tribe in the finals to win *$500 dollars toward the Christian charity of their choice and become the official “Serve-ivor”!

”Serve-ivor” is an experience of adaptation, participants must adapt to their surroundings to the people they are working with, and the people they are serving.  “Serve-ivor” focuses on God, people, and the social commentary that surrounds them. The experience revolves around how these participants can grow in faith, love, and service while fiercely competing to Out-serve their peers.  They will have to learn to decide who gets the glory.   

*amount may vary depending on the funds raised.

Mission Experience Application click here