Wow this place is really amazing. We have two projects- painting a house and building a wheelchair ramp. I chose to do the wheelchair ramp and it’s sooooo much fun! Everyone is hot and sweaty and its hard and wonderful and tiring and rewarding. I loooove it! I am extreeeemely proud because I dug a [...]

Wasps!
We have spent the week  with wasps.  I can tell you, on a normal day I would run like a rabbit far, far away from any sight of wasps or hornets.   This house is covered….covered.    I don’t know if it is the fact that I am trying to be brave for the youth, just to [...]

Middle School Blog
We arrived safely at Reelfoot Ministries. The bus ride was really fun. I, of course, drove the loud bus, while Carolyn got the very, very quiet bus. Arg. Upon arrival, we changed our clothes and immediately went to our mission site.
 
My team worked to paint a house. We just scraped and prepared [...]

Okay so we have been having a super fun time. The float trip was incredible sarah and i were canoe partners and we did really well until we flipped but fortunately we tipped in a shallow area and didnt lose anything. Today was the horseback riding and it was great i loved my horse. Tomorrow [...]

Well we survived the canoe trip with only a few tips and battle scars. Today we went horseback riding. It was amazing and the horses were beautiful. We had great scenery! ;) we will be meeting up with mike to rehearse. tomorrow mission work! We’re all having fun!! ~carolyn

We arrived safely at Shannondale and our little home is very nice and air conditioned!! We have been to dinner and are now going to Grace Community Church where the choir has been asked to do an impromptu song. Tomorrow we are off to the float trip. More to come!
Carolyn

Well, its 8:45 am and we are all “chillaxin” waiting for worship to start. Its funny how all the stories (memories) start as soon as we stand still. I think everyone had a wonderful time, with both the mission and the fun parts.
Having mixed feelings about going home. SO ready [...]

I cannot even tell you how proud I am of these students. They have encountered so many obstacles and didn’t freak out or get upset, but just rolled with it. We arrived in elmhurst on Friday to really heavy storms. We got to the church, went out for supper, got back and began getting easy [...]

so we had to paint the whole outside of a two story house today and we first had to scrap the paint off the house and than paint it well to get to the high stuff on the house you had to get on a latter and i don’t like hights at all but i [...]

Today was our final full day of our mission work. I have to say that the experience of working with our young adults has truly been inspiring!!! I have had the privilege and honor of working with all of them at some point during the week. Each and everyone has worked tirelessly [...]