Indy is right around the corner!

Alright folks, this is it! In a few short days we'll depart for our mission trip to Indianapolis! I am very excited that 13 Youth (and four adults) have chosen to make this journey. Some of you (Youth) have been on one or more mission trips before, so you pretty much know what to expect. Some of you are mission tripping for the first time, so perhaps you don't know what to expect.

Picture this, we will spend a week "camping out" inside a local church in the heart of Indianapolis spending every waking moment together! We'll help prepare meals, clean our space and play games together. There will be Youth there from other churches and states, we'll get to make new friends. We will worship together everyday, briefly in the morning, then for a longer time in the evenings.

Every morning we'll pack our lunches, then pile into separate vehicles with our work groups and make our way to our destinations. Each day will be a new adventure. We might be working with the elderly, or animals at an animal shelter. We might be leading a Vacation Bible School or making food for the local food bank.

There will be so many opportunities to help, but also opportunities to see God at work. As Christians we are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus. We are called to be His hands and feet everyday, and I know we try to do this in our everyday lives, but it's easy to get complacent. That's why we mission. That's why we will be pulled out of our collective comfort zone and given a task, or tasks, that stretch who we are. We will find out what we're made of, and what our friends (old and new) are made of. And we'll see that we are not alone in our walk with God. People from all walks of life, geographic locations and socioeconomic backgrounds will gather together to serve and be served. We are all connected be the One True God we serve.

Philippians 2:1-4 (NIV)

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

I am so excited to see all that this trip has in store for us, I know we, together with God will do awesome things!

Blessings,
Rob