Once again we had the chance to go on the spring break mission trip with our church's college ministry. 300 students went, and like last year, the trip blessed all of us as much or more than the people we saw.
The trip is a great mix of ministry and vacation for our family!
Admittedly I was a little tense thinking about our family of five going when Mac was only 7 weeks old.
I had to give over stressing about logistics and remind myself I'm not in control -- funny enough Mac was the easiest child to handle on the trip! :)
Admittedly I was a little tense thinking about our family of five going when Mac was only 7 weeks old.
I had to give over stressing about logistics and remind myself I'm not in control -- funny enough Mac was the easiest child to handle on the trip! :)
The college ministry has been going down for five years during spring break, as well as sending students down for the summer to do projects and Bible school. It was precious to see them reconnecting with people they'd met previously. A huge praise was several new believers in the community as well as people raised up to begin discipling within the community. The students constantly challenge us, and this trip was no different as we heard their conversations from reading and studying as part of the trip John Piper's Don't Waste Your Life.
This year Kirkley really started realizing why we were there and wanted to be a part of everything.
She helped her daddy deliver lunches to the 20+ work sites around the neighborhood...
Helped paint on a project for a few minutes here and there...
And played in a box leftover from supplies...
Jay was a little trickier to have on the sites but found his niche with a hammer :)
We totally had too much fun dressing him up for a pic! :)
It will be fun to see these boys gain a deeper understanding of the trip in coming years.
Right now they're just happy fighting over the measuring tape!
Mac was in attendance at all times, doing his thing as we visited work sites...
Walked the neighborhood...
Or hung out at the block party...
Yay for the sleeping baby stage! We can do anything at this stage -- as long as he's fed, he's happy!
The kids love hanging out with the college students. Kirkley had not forgotten last year's trip and started asking me in the fall when we were going back to the beach house with them.
The trip isn't all work -- we got some great family and beach time as well...
We got our first pic as a family of five on our night out to dinner!
The kids soaked up the beach despite the chilly water!
And we made record of Mac's first beach trip...
Mac held the fort down -- no mistaking which house was ours with the hammocks galore!
We all loved the hammocks by the end of the trip...
Our whole family was blessed in so many ways to be a part of this again!
"Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young,
but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching."
1 Timothy 4:12-13
"...the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,
and to give His life as a ransom for many."
Matthew 20:28
"Let your light shine before men,
that they may see your good deeds
and praise your Father in heaven."
Matthew 5:16
that they may see your good deeds
and praise your Father in heaven."
Matthew 5:16
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