Just returned home after a long and exhausting 2 week mission trip! 24/7 Florida teamed up with 24/7 Alabama and became the 2008 Flabama Mission Team! We had a good time our first week in Texas staying at an Indian Reservation where we worked together cleaning up a beautiful Indian Campground. We gathered scattered logs, random branches, and even chainsawed our own 40 ft pine tree down!! We created several burn piles where flames reached to the tree tops, don't worry we were careful ;) Watching an enormous blaze created by a single spark, reminded me of how we can be in Gods kingdom. Sometimes the smallest spark, a prayer or a good deed, can spread and catch an entire community on fire for Christ. Although we didn't get a lot of one on one time with the locals, we were able to communicate the love of Jesus through our actions. "Preach the gospel always, and when necessary, use words." All eyes on Flabama when we attended church Wednesday night and were asked to sing hymnals in front of the entire congregation!~ It didn't take too long to realize that singing was not our forte!
Friday was awesome as we got to celebrate my b-day!! After an early morning of crazy surprises, a long afternoon of intense dramas, lunch performance by Chad, Chelsea and the gang, and learning fun Indian dances, we got the opportunity to play some volleyball into the late night hours!! Afterwards, we celebrated some more with ice cream and cake! Turning 26 was a day i will never forget!!
Off to Victoria Mexico on Monday! After 17 hours of driving and 3 hours at customs we arrived!! Most mornings started off at 5 am for prayer and worship. Afternoons we were able to spend time with our mission teams, explore the surrounding area, hike to the river and swim, play card games, converse, and read, and spend some good old quality time with God! Afterwards, we would walk to the orphanage and play with the children! What an amazing time! We were so blessed to have such incredible contacts and meet some incredible people! The Flabama team even got the chance to redeem ourselves as we sang a few songs for the bible students one morning, a few they even knew in Spanish!
This trip was definitely one to be remembered! I learned that when it feels like God isn't speaking to you, sometimes you just may be missing the small things. His promise is that he never leaves us or forsakes us, and just like with Elijah, he won't be found in the wind, the fire, or the earthquake, but rather in a still small whisper.
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