Impact Summit

October 2, 2026 | 7:15 AM | Lutheran Church of Hope

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Lutheran Church of Hope Ames volunteers experience mutual joy while interacting and playing with local students during recess at a school in Abaco.
Impact Team: Abaco

From Painting to Prayer

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Ellie and Mycah Weaver

The Kairos team took on a full day of impact, painting a local home, reading with students at CAPS, and delivering essential food distribution bags to families. Hearing the challenging life stories and witnessing the unshakeable faith of the local community deeply moved the team. Read the full daily reflection from sisters Ellie and Mycah to see how a day of hard work and intentional prayer beautifully revealed God’s love on the island!

To start off our Friday morning, five girls got the opportunity to go to the CAPS school and read with the students. The rest of the crew started a new project painting Davia Dean’s house. After a few hours of trimming on the house, everyone met at the CAPS school to have lunch and play with the students at recess! This was an awesome opportunity for everyone to interact with the students and put smiles on their faces!

Lutheran Church of Hope Ames volunteers experience mutual joy while interacting and playing with local students during recess at a school in Abaco.
A Many Hands Kairos team volunteer smiles next to a young student during a reading mentorship activity at Central Abaco Primary School (CAPS) in the Bahamas.
A Many Hands Kairos team volunteer smiles next to a young student during a reading mentorship activity at Central Abaco Primary School (CAPS) in the Bahamas.
A Many Hands Kairos team volunteer smiles next to a young student during a reading mentorship activity at Central Abaco Primary School (CAPS) in the Bahamas.
A Many Hands Kairos team volunteer smiles next to a young student during a reading mentorship activity at Central Abaco Primary School (CAPS) in the Bahamas.

In the afternoon, we finished the trim on the house, and we will be handing the project over to another group to finish up painting the siding. To wrap up our day, we had the opportunity to deliver distribution bags for families in need. This was a very eye-opening experience for us as we got to see different living conditions and listen to challenging life stories from the families we visited. We also had the opportunity to pray over the people we delivered bags to. Seeing their trust in God and positive attitudes despite the challenges they face was incredibly inspiring and reminded us of the importance of faith, compassion, and serving others!

Many Hands volunteers scale a ladder to paint the exterior trim of Davia Dean's house, participating in community-led hurricane recovery efforts in Abaco.
Two Kairos impact team members hold a green 'Many Hands for Abaco' food distribution bag and water jug while delivering essential supplies to local families.

Ellie and Mycah’s experience today: 

We had so much fun today and made so many memories while serving others. Being in the Bahamas’ hot sun while painting was such a fun, sweaty experience! Getting to spend time with the kids was definitely one of the highlights of our day. Their smiles, laughter, and excitement brought us so much joy! The girls loved braiding our hair and showing us their favorite hairstyles. Delivering distribution bags to families was also a very meaningful experience for us. Hearing their stories and praying over them really showed us strong faith and positivity, even through difficult situations. Today truly reminded us of God’s love!  

The Many Hands Kairos team gathers on a beach in Abaco for a morning devotion and stretching session, moving away from cultural distractions to focus on experiential faith.

– Ellie & Mycah

Impact Participant

This profile represents the collective voice of our Many Hands Impact teams. The reflections shared here are written by everyday individuals, from students and parents to local community members, who have traveled to Haiti and Abaco to experience the mission firsthand. They are not full-time staff. They are volunteers stepping out in faith to be love in action. In these posts, you will read raw, unpolished stories of personal transformation. Our guest writers document the shared humanity discovered while working alongside local leaders on safe structures, education initiatives, and community development. Impact trips are designed to change the participant as much as the community they serve. Through their words, you get a front row seat to the exact moments people discover their purpose and learn to live with intention.

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