Mission Trip

Ok, so I leave for a mission trip this Sunday to Duluth, Minnesota, and I can already tell things are going to get BAD. First of all, I'm gonna be in a van for 6 hours with 11 people, and the church van is only supposed to hold 7 people. Second, I have to get up at 8:00 in the morning. That's still considered the middle of the night for me.



So last week we got commisioned for the trip. It was basically just where the pastors said a blessing during the early church service at 7:30 outside. That means the grass was still dewey, and I was wearing sandals. Wow, that was cold. Anyways, after the commisioning (if that's a word.) the high schoolers left for Kansas City. They were doing this thing called Iraqi Children where they sent school supplies to Iraq. To send off the high schoolers, everybody honked the horns in their cars. (If you're wondering why I was outside to get commisioned and everyone was in their cars, it's because there is a church service you can go to at my church where you can just park your cars in the church parking lot and turn on your radios to a station, while the pastors are doing the sermon on the stage next to the parking lot.) I just really hope we don't get honked at while the middle school mission trip leaves.



While we're in Duluth, I think we're going to do stuff like work at homeless shelters (since 15.5% of the population lives below the poverty level), work at thrift stores, work at elderly centers, and volunteer at children's programs. Here's the daily schedule below.

Breakfast- 7:00- 8:00
Devotions- 8- 8:30
Depart for Ministry Sites- 9
Shower/Dinner Prep Time- 3:30- 5:30
Dinner- 5:30- 6:30
Evening Activity (like visiting the Maritime Museum and Canal Park, the World of Wheels, and spending an evening at Park Point)- 6:30- 8:30
Evening Programming- 9- 10
Prepare for Bed/Lights Out- 11- 11:15

Oh yeah, did I mention we're going to stay in a hotel??? I don't know what the hotel is yet, but I hope it's really cool.

Okay, well I'm going to go, because I need to pack. Bye!

~Kim~

P.S. If you want to do a mission trip like this, talk to your pastor or youth director and go to www.youthworks.com