Weekly Wonders

This past week has been an extremely humbling experience for me. 
Johnna, Alison, Claudia and I went on a mission trip with our youth group. 
Now most people when they think mission trip think about out of the country trips, or working in soup kitchens. While both of those activities are great, that is not what we did. 
Our youth group went to Panama City, stayed at a Christian beach resort and every day we went to the Boys and Girls Club. While we were there we would play with the younger and older kids ages ranging from 6-16. We also worked outside the building cleaning up trash, trimming trees and bushes, and cutting vines off of  fences. 

Working with these kids was so much fun! We played dodge ball, basketball, colored, ran around playing tag or hula hooping, We did anything and everything that they wanted to do. At least three of the kids there accepted Christ Jesus into their hearts; it was amazing. 

I learned a lot there, first and foremost being that sports are definitely NOT my forte. As much as I tried to play basketball among other athletically inclined games, I ended up getting hit in the face with the ball more times than I care to say. 
One of my favorite experiences, was when a 9 year old little boy came and showed me his favorite book which was a New Testament Bible and proceeded to read me the Lord's Prayer. It was one of the sweetest things I have ever seen. 

It was also really great to grow closer with my youth group, being able to speak into the lives of the younger ones in the group was a fantastic opportunity! 

Friday we went to Shipwreck Island, a water park. It was tons of fun roaming around with Johnna and our friend Sarah; we went on the same ride at least 5 times just to talk to the lifeguards who had great senses of humor. 
Overall, I was thrilled with the experiences I had on this trip.

During the time that we were away, my dad fixed the refrigerator's water thingie and the rest of the family went bowling without us. Or as Emma texted Johnna, "boiling".

I'd like to take a moment to say goodbye to Pascal who passed away last week due to food poisoning.(he ate something he shouldn't have.) Goodbye.

Tonight my parents went with some friends to watch Guardians of the Galaxy. Johnna and I were slightly put off by this because we wanted to watch it also, but alas adults like to go out with other adults, go figure!

Until next week, thank you for reading!