Hey there boys and girls of all ages and abilities. We’ve been hard at work here going through waivers and photos and wanted to share some of the good news and highlights from our 15th annual Expo in East Tennessee!
So, here’s what we know. This year’s outreach at Briarwood Ranch was at a different location with a different logistical structure but God was still there permeating the event with his presence, touching lives and meeting needs as only he can do. We’ve seeing God do some amazing things at our Expos and this year was no exception. From our wonderful volunteers at Shady Grove Church and New Freedom Missionary Baptist Church who helped the tent crew get things set up the night before and everything else set up in less than 2 hours on event day, you could see God working through the hearts and minds of his people to bless others in Jesus’ name. :)
Of course, as we’ve discovered in our 15 years of ministry God always blesses those serving more than they expect and His economy of blessed to be a blessing and blessing one another from volunteers to participants and participants to volunteers was seen throughout the day. It was especially encouraging seeing the way the Briarwood staff were so excited and accommodating throughout the whole process as God connected us with some wonderful Believers wanting to see God’s work done there that day.
For the numbers people, I can tell you that we raised the less money than last year, but we also spent less money than last year. We served over 200 more participants than last year with 130 less volunteers than last year. We also had around 300 vehicles dive thru the park, gave out around500 of this year’s Expo anniversary t-shirts along with tons of animal food, hand wipes, 15th year celebration goody backpacks and sack of lunches.
I’ve uploaded about 50 pictures to the website that you can view on the East Tennessee Expo page located here: Expo in East Tennessee – Access-Life
Everything has also been posted on social media so you can check things out @accesslifeinc, too.
Hope you enjoy this year’s photo collage and website pictures and THANK YOU to everyone who prayed, gave, networked and served, So, excited about our 15 year anniversary celebration event and know that Leanne would have been pleased. :-)
