MISSION:POSSIBLE

This is my first blog post and I am exhausted from the weekend. That being said, this post will be scattered and messy, but I knew if I didn't post it now it wouldn't happen. 
     
 The past five days I have been staying at my church, Valley Church of Christ, for our annual mission "trip", MISSION:POSSIBLE. During those five days, we camped out at the church building, eat together, and serve the surrounding community together by helping people at there homes by painting, building decks, doing yard work, roofing, putting up siding, etc. This was my fifth year being involved in MP and it just may have been my favorite one yet.

MISSION:POSSIBLE changes lives.

 Seeing a transformation in a person in just five days is such an incredible thing to witness and I believe it is safe to say that every single person who was involved in MP was touched and changed in one way or another. 
The spiritual energy high at church this morning was just awesome!

 This summer I have been blessed with the opportunity to be the Youth Intern. With that, I put together games and activities for the middle schoolers and teens to do each evening. Seeing the youth really pull together and have fun and work hard together was such a blessing to me. They are such a fun, caring, hilarious group and their hearts to serve and have fun while doing it was an encouragement to me and I am sure many others.  
(almost all the teens)




I truly cannot describe how amazing and fun these past 5 days have been. Working with and loving on the Burton Community through Mission:Possible was such an awesome experiance and I cannot wait to do it again next year. The relationships that were built and the lives that were changed will never be forgotten. 

 Old friendships grew stronger. New friendships were formed. Community was built, and the Holy Spirit was ever present. 
If you would like to learn more about what Mission:Possible is check this out.
http://www.valleycoc.org/mission-possible.html

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