Jerusalem Farm Pic #2

Jerusalem Farm Pic #1

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Jerusalem Farm Photo Album #2

What a powerful and productive week we just had hosting Jesuit High School Sacramento! Thank you all for coming way out here to serve others! Safe travels an we hope to see you again sometime!
Posted by Jerusalem Farm on Saturday, June 6, 2015

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Jerusalem Farm Photo Album #1

This has been a great project with students from Arkansas and Jesuit HS California! New drywall, insulation, paint,...

Posted by Jerusalem Farm on Friday, June 5, 2015

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Back from his Christian Service Immersion

Traveling back from spending the week in Kansas City for his Christian Service Immersion, we picked Jack up at the airport about 9:30 pm. The flight landed almost 25 minutes early. Watching the group collect their luggage and say goodbye, they seemed very bounded.

Jack spent the week putting new drywall, insulation, paint, carpet and crown molding in a home and working in the garden. I am going to post a couple of photo albums and individual pictures over the next week [Album #1, Album #2].

The group spent Saturday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium watching the Texas Ranges play the Kansas City Royals. The Rangers won the game by the score of 4 to 2.

Off on his Jesuit Christian Service Immersion

Up at 3:30 am, we got to the airport at 4:30 am. Jack is traveling to Kansas City for a week with a group of twelve other Jesuit students (including Jason) plus faculty leaders Joe Potulny and Paul LeBoeuf for his Christian Service Immersion.

The group will be spending the week at Jerusalem Farm. This service-retreat is focused around four cornerstones: prayer; community; service, and; simplicity. Service has a emphasis on home repair. This includes the construction or repair of wheel chair ramps, decks, roofs, siding and painting.

We went to a presentation of all of the different immersion options last October. The parent meeting for the Kansas City immersion was held in January.

Jesuit Christian Service Immersion

Sharon, Jack and I went to a meeting for Jack's Jesuit Christian Service Immersion program. This summer, Jack will be traveling to Kansas City for a week with a group of twelve other Jesuit students plus faculty leaders Joe Potulny and Paul LeBoeuf.

The group will be partnering with the community at Jerusalem Farm to assist struggling neighbors in Kansas City. The boys will be living simply and giving of their time and energy to help others primarily with home maintenance and repair. The Jerusalem Farm community is led by an alumnus of Jesuit High School.

Jerusalem Farm is a Catholic Intentional community located in Kansas City, Missouri, built on the four cornerstones of Prayer, Community, Service and Simplicity.

Christian Service Immersion Information Night

Sharon, Jack and I went to the Jesuit High School Christian Service Immersion Information Night. There were presentations on each of the twelve different service immersion trips planned for Summer of 2015. They also talked about the application process for immersion candidates.

Trips in development include:

• Bay Area (San Jose, Menlo Park, Salinas), May 31-June 5
• Chiapas, Mexico, dates tentative May 29-June 6
• Guatemala (International Samaritan), June 6-14
• Kansas City (Jerusalem Farm), May 31-June 6
• Los Angeles (Skid Row), June 14-20
• New Orleans (St. Bernard Project), May 31-June 6
• Nicaragua, May 28-June 6
• Portland (L’Arche and St. Andre Bessette Parish), June TBD
• Sacramento Urban Immersion, May 31-June 5
• Spokane (L’Arche and Free Rein Therapeutic Riding), June TBD
• Spokane Indians, June TBD
• West Virginia (Nazareth Farm), June 14-20 to be confirmed