Mission...

I've had the good fortune to attend a church trip with each daughter recently. I can tell you that these trips are the type where you get more out of them than you put in. Incredible quality time spent with my girls, great friends - some longtime friends and many new ones, and God.

The first trip was in August. I attended the middle school mission trip to San Antonio where our group of 20+ adults and middle schoolers worked with Blueprint Ministries restoring homes of elderly and impoverished families. Our group was divided into teams based on the needs at each house and the skills of the workers. We were essentially the "scrape, tape, paint" team! The home we worked on had already had work done all summer - new roof, siding replaced, new front door, etc. Our job as the last team of the summer was to completely repaint the home. The homeowner chose the color - a really nice blue gray color with white trim. On the last day, we actually had the opportunity to talk to one of the family members. He told us that he had pulled a chair into the front yard to sit in, because it was the first time he wasn't embarrassed by the condition of his home. If that isn't a powerful testimony, I don't know what is. It was a humbling experience.

We got to top off the week with some fun at Fiesta Texas!