The logistical side of things

This summer has definitely been a stage in my life that I am doing a lot of learning and growing. I never would have realized this, and I rarely thought about it, but the amount of work, time, and energy that goes into running a mission trip is mind blowing.

The logistical side of things

Y’all ready for this?

Team Pearlington has truly been tasting Southern culture during Prep Week. We have been prepping a home for inspection so that the first summer mission trip team is able to work on the house. It has been a ton of work!

Y’all ready for this?

Experience Mission joins the Salvation Army in reaching Atlanta youth.

Twins Arnet and Noel Le used to see their friend Trizznie Van every day in the neighborhood.

Experience Mission joins the Salvation Army in reaching Atlanta youth.

Time, love help Baltimore children resist drug abuse

At the Christian Community Center in West Baltimore, a familiar chorus is heard every day across the playground area: "Mr. Tom! Mr. Tom!"

Time, love help Baltimore children resist drug abuse

Community leaders increasingly help determine scope of work projects

EM has started an increased effort to let local community leaders determine the specific projects they need and see what can be done to support those needs, even if they fall outside the scope of a traditional short-term mission trip.

Community leaders increasingly help determine scope of work projects
3 Teams + 7 Sites= 1 Great Trip in Atlanta

3 Teams + 7 Sites= 1 Great Trip in Atlanta

03 July 2009

Our peaceful and well-planned Monday soon turned into a time to put into practice the many things our team has been learning.

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Relaxation, baseball, and an unfortunate event

Relaxation, baseball, and an unfortunate event

03 July 2009

This is week 3, but we do not have any mission trip teams this time around, so the three of us summer staffers have become relaxers/interns at the Root Cellar, probably more in that order than the other way around.

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A different kind of “work”

A different kind of “work”

03 July 2009

Week two is well under way, and I am in the Root Cellar writing this as the newest team walks by the window, completely covered in mud. I do not know why they are currently caked in mud, but they all look happy.

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Blessed beyond words

Blessed beyond words

01 July 2009

Week one of our short term mission trips is in the books, and what a crazy week that it was. We on the Experience Mission team were blessed beyond words by the youth mission trip team that came this week from New York.

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Recovery in Pearlington still taking place

Recovery in Pearlington still taking place

01 July 2009

The restoration project in Pearlington has become a national affair. With the four year anniversary of Katrina making land coming up in August, Pearlington is still in need of volunteer efforts to completely recover.

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An impactful first mission trip experience

An impactful first mission trip experience

29 June 2009

This week in Toko’i, New Mexico, the mission team from Luke Airforce Base near Phoenix, Arizona is awesome! For every person on the team, this is the first short term mission trip they have ever been on!

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All About Dot

All About Dot

19 June 2009

At the beginning of last week, we traveled to a community in West Virginia that had recently suffered a flood.

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Truly a blessing

Truly a blessing

19 June 2009

While in West Virginia, Crystal, Robby, and I want to make sure that we are changing people’s lives through help and relationships, if we do this then a natural change will occur in us as well.

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