Well, I guess I should begin this update by telling you about the mission trip. What an AMAZING time. We had such a great week doing VBS in El Paso. I had a fun time teaching 5th & 6th graders. I was challenged by them. At first, I was challenged because they had so much energy and I wasn't sure they were hearing what I was sharing with them. Then, I was challenged as they learned their Bible verses and comitted their lives to Christ. What a gift from God! They challenged me to work as hard as they did to learn God's word. The VBS was a great time! We had a blast when we took the kids to a water park too. The kids were so much fun. I will never forget the feeling I had as I tried the "Alien Vortex" appropriately nicknamed "the toilet" by the kids. You slide down a slide and then spin around in a big toliet bowl like circle and eventually it drops you into a pool through a small hole in the center. It really did feel strange. I also had a blast in the wave pool as one of the little girls practically choked me as she begged me to carry her deeper into the pool while she rode on my back. There was also the time in the wave pool with Felicia and Trista that had me laughing harder than I have in a really long time. All in all the water park was a really fun experience. Then, there was our day in Juarez. Boy were my eyes opened! We are so blessed in America! We got to repaint the nursery of the childcare center and the entryway to the corps. I got to hold a beautiful baby when we first arrived. I'll never forget that beautiful girl. Her name was Alondra and she snuggled sweetly against me. But, there was a lot of work to do and I couldn't spend all day holding a baby so we started painting. It was beautiful! We began with faded pale yellow walls with the paint chipping off and ended with bright beautiful colors! Bright blue, green, and orange! It was so cheery. Then at the end of the day the corps officer asked us to use our hands (dipped in paint) to make a border all the way around the room so that they could remember the hands that painted the room. That was such a humbling, wonderful request! I have always had a passion for missions and this renewed it and reafirmed it again. I thank God for such a wonderful experience!! I have many other stories from the trip as well as stories about great things that have happened since we've been back, but this is getting too long! I guess that's what happens when you don't even post once a month!  Well, I'll leave you with some pictures from the trip: 
This is the whole team on the mountain in El Paso 
This Oliver, Trevor, Me and Joey goofing around on the mountain 
This is me and my wonderful husband on the mountain | 
