Grand Prairie

This last week was rewarding but very tiring. Our mission trip to grand Prairie went well. The VBS we helped Sunrise with grew from about 30 kids to 95 by wednesday, our last night. The theme was Bee Jesus, and we showed clips from the Bee Movie every night during our bible lesson. Originally our T-shirts featured a Bee and font that "borrowed heavily" from the actual movie. This upset a few of Dreamwork's lawyers who gave us a cease and desist warrant the friday before we left. We scrambled to get the shirts changed and finally came up with something that looked pretty good. This was the beginning of a busy week. I got to stay with my parents this week in Irving which was both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because I got to be home and see my family for a little bit each day, I have missed them this summer. The downside to this was since we stayed in Irving and all of our work took place in Grand Prairie we didn't have any where to go in the afternoons while everyone else was resting at their host families homes. This made for a tiring week of waking up at 7 or so, doing our morning activity (passing out flyers, playing at a waterpark, helping Pat Everroad with her house), eating lunch, doing our afternoon activity (going to the mall), trying to find something to do with the rest of the afternoon (7-11 double gulps and hotdogs, Snacking at Sam's, upgrading phone plans at AT&T, hanging out at Target), VBS, then a late dinner. We'd get home about 10 each night and fall asleep shortly after a few rounds of NHL Hitz on the x-box. The trip was very rewarding, I enjoyed seeing the youth serve and use their gifts on this mission trip. I also enjoyed getting to spend time with Jason, Micah, Scott Haile, and Ryan Binkley. All of these guys came out of Southmac and are now doing what I plan to be doing in a few years, it was a blessing to spend time with them and learn.