Hey everyone, I know it's been awhile since I've posted but that's because...... I WENT ON MY FIRST MISSION TRIP!!! That's right, 11 people and I from my home church followed God's leading to New Jersey, where Super Storm Sandy destroyed hundreds of people's homes last October.
We had an awesome time serving the Lord, growing closer to each other, and more importantly growing closer to our Savior!
Days 1-3 consisted of fully insulating, cleaning, and re-flooring a fellow believers home which had been destroyed.
Day 4 consisted of the opposite: we tore out EVERYTHING from a house...sheetrock, insulation, floorboards, tile, bathroom...they had it, we gutted it. It was sad to see, honestly. Especially since they weren't saved. Until later.... :)
IT WAS SO COOL!!!!! The homeowners accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior after witnessing how our teams worked together, loved God, loved each other, and just blessed them by helping them.
How awesome is that? Please pray for Edward and Nancy, and welcome them to the Kingdom of Heaven. :) I can't stop smiling and praising Jesus!!! I had the privilege to hand Nancy a Bible, and that was so special. The look in her eyes made the biting cold, the dirty messes, the terrible smells, and the exhaustion all worth it. God is good all the time huh?
Over the next few days I'm going to be posting the things God taught me as we did devotions as a group every day. I hope you learn from them as much as I did.
Sorry if this post is a tad bit scattered but I get so excited thinking about what happened this past week and my thoughts get all jumbled....haha I hope you can decode everything enough to see the joy filling my life from this trip.
God bless and blog soon