Three Weeks Later

I just got back from a three week mission trip to Southeast Asia.

KIDDING!

It’s been three whole weeks since my last blog entry. Where does the time go??? My last entry was on the heels of our Spring Break event for the Junior and Senior Highers. Since then, I’ve either been sick (again, with my whole family) OR been in major “go” mode, getting things off the ground for our upcoming mission trip to Colorado and Mexico this summer (not kidding!). Looks like around 20 of us (youth and adults) will be making the journey south of the border in July. I’m VERY excited about all of that!

I’ve also been working on creating a blog for that mission team. It’s going to be (I believe in faith) THE place to go to find out the latest greatest info about our team’s preparations. Here’s a recent entry:

OK, so Saturday’s team serving day with The Coastlands campus fam was out-of-control F-U-N!!! I LOVE what the Interns and Residents have done with their Saturday cleaning responsibilities. There is A LOT that has to get done EVERY week in order to clean the building/grounds and prepare a place to welcome our church family and guests into our church home each weekend.

I am convinced that there are few serving opportunities that are as fun as Saturday cleaning. If you don’t believe me, try it yourself sometime! =) I am grateful for the time our team spent with the campus folks. We can learn a lot about the heart of serving when we do it with people who are walking in it day-in, and day-out.

After a yummy pancake and sausage breakfast, we ventured over to the “Secret Garden” by the front lawn for several games of high-speed Dodge Ball. Then we journeyed back into the building and split up into teams to clean. I think we may have finished in record time, as our Dodge Ball games took a little (lot?) more time than planned! We finished around 12:30 and enjoyed a cheeseburger BBQ lunch courtesy of Michael and Priska and the campus family.

Thanks to everyone for your great attitudes and willingness. You are a GREAT team. Don’t think for a moment that what you gave on Saturday doesn’t matter. IT DOES! And it is preparing your hearts for our soon-coming mission trip.

Until next time…