Sunday, March 25, 2007
i remember doing mission trips...
and i’d have to get up in front of the church, and in my wavering-cuz-i-get-nervous-doing-public-speaking, i’d have to talk about what we were going to do. sometimes i had to sing special music
but it was always a good experience for me to have to talk about it. i was always nervous about it, but i learned how to get past that and share my experiences with everyone.
then after church service was over, uncles and aunties from the congregation would come up to me and give me warm wishes for my upcoming trip, and i never understood why they were so generous. i didn’t go up there to ask for money - yet, they just kept coming up to me donating for my upcoming trip. i think what they ended up telling me was that they wished they could go on mission trips but they didn’t have the time, so they were blessed by being able to contribute towards my trip.
now the tables have turned and i’m the older person hearing about the mission trips of my students. i teach at a public school, but i still get to hear from my students about their various mission trips, which i think is really cool.
anyways, if you haven’t yet figured it out yet, i’m just really proud of my student sarah who IS going on a mission trip this coming summer. it’s a different forum for asking (which makes me feel really old!) but it’s still sharing her experience with everyone. the other cool thing is that this isn’t her first trip. during the Christmas holidays her family went to new orleans and helped rebuild the damaged city. she also went to mexico on a mission trip with her family last summer… the thing i’m trying to say is that this is not for fun or for traveling, but helping others is a way of life for her.
and i know she’ll have a blast and learn so much doing it! i’m so excited for her!