Official pick up time!

3:30p. Please be on time. Just come!  We are on our way. 

Friday!

We are up and ready to accomplish the day. First building clean up then we depart. We will stop for lunch along the way. I will post here what time we will be back. Most likely by 4p if not earlier. 

A few things will really help me (the adult leaders are exhausted and tired). 

1. Don't leave or try to leave before the van is cleaned 

2. Don't be late picking up. 

3. If possible can a parent wait with youth waiting to pick up because I have to return the uhaul.

Looking forward to a safe trip home! 

On our way!

Thursday!

Finishing out Thursday has been good! Our youth have realized te big connection between serving others and realizing how much thy are worth to Jesus. So blessed to see them grow in to who God is calling them to be. AMEN. 

So excited to give our best on our last day! The youth have been writing encouraging notes to one another through out this week. I thought about my first mission trip 17 years ago. I still have the encouraging notes others wrote me. Words change us. And we have been changed for the good this week! 

Looking forward to making memories today!

Below Will and Ryan serving food. They were asked to do it. They just stepped in!

Playing basketball! Finally today the weather feels great!

Wednesday morning!

Well the week is wrapping up well. Second day at the nursing home. Playing some dominos, bingo, and coloring. 

Tuesday!

Hanging out at the nursing home this morning! 

It was crazy hot today. We survived though! Phot scavenger hunt tonight in downtown charleston then some ice cream. 

New game we learned call Ga Ga ball. Or ya ya ball. Whatever it is. It is awesome. Plus I have won four times in the 15 minutes I have known about the game. Yes I am still awesome. 

Having some fun tonight!

Good Moments!

Some good moments from today!

Good morning!

We are up and ready to conquer the day! Well at least half of us. One of our teams had breakfast prep. 

Always a good way to start our morning with devotionals. 

Read along with us...

John 3:16-18

1 john 2:2-6

Mark 2:1-12

What we will be doing!

We are excited about the week. We will e splitting into two groups. One group will be working with Outrageous Sports Camp and the other with boys and girls club. Looking for the great thing God will do this week. 

Pray for us. Pray that God will help us through our nervousness. Pray that we will live into our ministry well. 

More to come! Now sleep!

We are here!

Getting settled in! It is a sea of air mattresses and sleeping bags. On another note just realized two of our air mattresses and sleeping bags got stolen last night out of the van. Good news is that there is a walmart near. Finding out our teams for the week soon and then dinner. 

Looking forward!

I am looking forward to the new experiences that we will encounter this week. 

As I read psalm 25 this morning the words "teach me" stuck out. Every moment is a teachable moment. It is a moment where our experiences can change and shape us. Literally they can change our lives. Every mission trip I go on I think of my first time on a mission trip. It taught me and changed me. Looking forward to God working great things in the life of PGUMC YOUTH. 

And we are off!

Mission trip

I am very excited about Charleston, West Virginia! I hope you are as well. There are still unknowns with all the information we might have about the trip. 

Not bad unknowns but good ones. 

We can't prepare for all the good moments that will come out of this trip. The lives that will be changed through this experience. The relationships that will be built through this experience. I can't wait for the stories to unfold! 

Our theme for our mission trips this summer is 'Going gLocal.' It is an intentional reminder that we are all partakers in mission together. We might be in different places in the country and world but we all serve the same purpose. 

Please commit to praying for us and staying connected this week! Pray for big moments. Pray that we might be empowered to do even more locally through this experience. 

Blessings, 

Jason