low country love

summer project starts tomorrow! seeing as i wanted to come down a little early to get the feel of my future home, my mom and i flew in saturday may 21 finally!




we have:

-walked around george washington park(dedicated to george and the confederate soldiers)

-attended a service at st. michaels episcopal church(one of the oldest churches in america; george washington, robert e lee, and rutledge all attended)

-toured drayton hall(very old plantation house that had not been burnt down in the fire of 1861 or vandalized = completely the same as when it was first built in the 1700s along the ashley river.. no air conditioning or electricity either)

-visited the isle of palms(beach resort area about 30 min from charleston.. walked along the beach. very picturesque)

-took a tour to fort sumter(first firings of the civil war were shot here! i was SO excited for this and it didn't disappoint! we also saw dolphins while boating back to the harbor)

-carriage ride through historic downtown(amazing stories behind almost every building!! very beautiful restorations to all the houses! great oral history lesson given by the amazing guide aboard the palmetto carriage company!)

-cooking lesson/class at the charleston cooks kitchen(we made pecan encrusted catfish, potato/pepper hash, and a cupcake sized coconut cream pie **pie was delicious and oh so cute)



all these things have been fun and frivolous. i totally enjoyed the tourism aspect of charleston thus far, but i have talked to several workers(drayton hall and fort sumter tour guides) in depth, and i can really tell God needs to revive this city.



charleston was once known as the holy city in america. on almost every street there are vacant church buildings or they are being used for other purposes than to further God's kingdom. I know the group I am apart of cannot change the entire city, but I know God can. He can and hopefully will use the influence those I and my fellow projectors work with along with the outreach we do. with God all things are possible.


again, to reiterate, i have enjoyed the site seeing and cultural observations i have been able to have had these last few days, but i am ready to officially start our mission project tomorrow afternoon! i am so excited to finally meet and start to get to know all the other college students and leaders involved on project. i'm excited to see what God's will for charleston is this summer.

please continue to pray for charleston, revival in our nation(with help from churches, other college students/ministries, radical christians etc), God's will around the world(for his name to be preached to all nations and for safe travel for those taking it!)

thanks again for staying with me on this somewhat long post, but i hope you enjoy "living vicariously through me"! i should be uploading pictures from the past couple of days to facebook soon so that you can have images to go with my words!!

let his will be done,
kwhite