i'm baaaaack!!
hey guys(and girls!!)i've had a really busy two weeks so i just thought i'd let you all know about them!! i got back from my grandmother's on saturday night and left again at 6:30am on sunday morning. we went on a road trip this past week. it was our summer mission trip and we usually go to mexico for it but it is so expensive that we decided to do something different this year. we had no clue where we were going....AT ALL!! it was all a surprise. on sunday, we went to lyndale, texas and helped lead worship with them. that afternoon, we did our first service project which consisted of several things...such as picking up trash, handing out flyers, etc. i didn't do this because my dad and i went to go surprise my papaw and grandma with a visit. it was so great to see them. then on monday, we went to vicksburg, mississippi and painted a community center for them. on tuesday, we went to mobile, alabama and did several projects there as well...we cleaned out rooms, mowed lawns, washed cars, etc. on wednesday, we had a free day. we went to panama city beach in florida and rode on the captain anderson's party boat. we got to ride the boat for an hour, swim on a private island for an hour, and then coming back, we had a dolphin tour. it was so fun!!! i loved every bit of it!! then on thursday, we went to columbus, georgia and went to an army base called fort bening. its supposedly one of the biggest bases in the country. that day, we went around the base and looked at all the stuff that the soliders do to train for wars and whatnot. that day was pretty much just teaching us to respect our country a whole lot more, it was really cool. one of the things we watched was some soldiers diving out of an airplane and they go really close together b/c they have a drop zone that they have to make it in. some of the soldiers got tangled together in about 2 jumps after we left and they didn't get untangled in time to hit the ground. last we heard they weren't moving and so if you wouldn't mind praying for them, i would really appriciate it. on friday, we went to memphis, tennessee and we helped with the police station to help crime-proof some houses for two elderly ladies. it poured on us and we all had so much fun in it. however, because of the large amount of rain, we weren't able to finish up some of the other houses and we were very upset about that. a local tv station in memphis wanted to hear our story so they came and interviewed us and that was going to be on tv that night. it was so cool. then today we came home!! all in all it was an amazing trip and i wouldn't change a single thing about it. i hope you're doing good and i will hopefully talk to you soon!!