Mission Trip

It feels weird writing my first blog post since February. But, I thought I'd post about the mission trip I just went on anyway. So we left Friday, July 8th and we really weren't prepared like we should have been. Mostly because my youth leaders' daughter just got married the month before we went so they were busy with that & we were busy with other things. Even still, we should've been prepared. We had a day camp from Monday-Friday. Monday, 32 kids showed up. Good number, in our mind. We were expecting less. Tuesday, somewhere between 60-67 kids! They doubled. We were so excited. We had at least 8 salvations throughout the week. It was awesome! Quite a few parents showed up for family night too! That was surprising knowing a little about these kids home lives, and being called mommy by some of them. But the main thing we learned is how blessed/spoiled we really are. We were in a building with no air conditioning for 4 hours a day for 5 days and complaining about it when some people live like that all the time. We went in between breakfast & lunch for 5 1/2-6 hours and thought we were starving, when some people get 1 tiny meal a day if even that. We really are blessed to have a home with AC/heating, beds to sleep in, food to eat, etc. Some people don't know when their next meal will be. Think about that. Don't take "little" things like that for granted. Are we truly thankful for what God has given us?