My Thoughts.......On youth mission trips
As many of you know, I've gone on two youth mission trips with my church youth group. They are amazing, not only do you get to serve others, you get to worship the Lord, be surrounded by other people who love God just like you, and you get to become really close with all of your friends.
This past mission trip nine of us youth went, and three adults. One being my youth Pastor, the others being one of my guy friends parents (His mom being my small group leader).
The car rides are probably my favorite part of the mission trips. It was about a six hour drive from our church parking lot, to the church where we'd all be stayin' for the next week. :D (here comes a funny part) We had all our luggage in the back of our twelve passenger van, it came up to just about the same height as the back seat. And apparently to the guys in our group, it was very comfortable. We took mostly back roads, and some county roads, but they were never very busy. When we were on these roads, our youth pastor would let us un buckle and then the guys of course, would all cram into the back and all us girls (Five of us, four guys) would cram into the back seat, rear facing.
We sit and talk for hours on end and the conversations will always be on my mind. We're all really close now, it's amazing what a simple car ride, and a simple five day mission trip will do to you. We'd work from nine in the morning to four in the afternoon. Serving others is so amazing, and when you get to do it along side of your close friends, it's fun! You joke around, get dirty and just have a blast with each other. You meet new people and make friendships that will last a life time.
So let's see, for one week out of your summer you sign up for a mission trip. What will you probably be doing is laughing and having a great time with friends, worshiping God in a place that is so amazingly perfect, getting to meet new friends. Is that so bad? NO! It's amazing! (I use this word a lot) So, I definatly say to all my readers out there, take just one week... one week off of your summer vacation and spend it serving God, I can promise you, you will have fun.
So, that's all for this week, come back next week for the topic, My Thoughts.......On The video, LIFE=RISK
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