Touching Miami With Love

Intern Orientation week in Miami has been fun and exciting but also tiring for the whole team.  We have learned the ends and outs of TML’s ministry-all the paperwork that goes into organizing camp to making sure we have enough equipment such as tables and chairs for the kids to sit on at lunch. 

 We have also gotten to learn about the area of Miami that TML is located in called Overtown.  We learned how when Miami was first developed in the early 20th century Overtown was across railroad tracks outside of Miami proper in an area called “colored town”. Eventually over the railroad tracks and colored town ran together and the name became Overtown. 

We also held a carnival to get to know the kids in the area and were assisted by a mission team from St. Petersburg, FL.  The team came in and set up games and several children and their older family members came over to TML and played games and talked with us.  It was a lot of fun until part of the way through the carnival it started pouring down rain.  Fortunately we had a couple of tents set up and were all able to stay relatively dry under them.  

Much of this week is organization and getting to know the people on staff at TML.  We have also had an opportunity to eat at one of Overtown’s few businesses called People’s.  This restaurant serves “soul food” in large portions.  We all left full and content with our meal and the hospitality shown to us.  We look forward to the challenges that camp will bring as we start next week and ask your continued prayer for TML and the people of Overtown.