Dia 3 empezo como los demas. Un desayuno para alimentar nuestros corazones. Todos listos par aver que los espera este dia. Aveces pensamos que no tenemos ningun impacto. Pero hoy fue un dia diferente. Trabajando con diferentes grupos es duro recordar a todos. Hoy yo mire a Jesus en una nina. La conoci ayer y … More La Paz
Day two of mission work introduced new relationships with the children that will last throughout the rest of the week. Vacation bible school was more organized and more efficient than the day prior. Getting to know the children was probably the best part in my own personal opinion. However, a challenge with this is the … More Children of the Dab
Dia Primero- We made it to Costa Rica!! As I discovered last year, the first day is always the most difficult, as routines and plans are still being formed as we go on through the day. Of course we started it off with the rice and beans, and then headed to the workplace. As we … More Happy Place
This past week, I helped out on the 5th grade mission trip. In case you didn’t know, there weren’t just 5th grade missioners there; St. Thomas from San Antonio was there, too. Their group was a little older: mostly late-middle to early-high school. Overall, this was an amazing and rewarding experience and we truly did … More Mission: Nigh on Impossible
My mother has a shadow box coffee table that she’s had since I can remember. It has a glass top and is lined with velvet. As with any shadow box, this one houses family keepsakes like medals from school contests, class rings, honor society pins, and a bracelet I received as a toddler. It also … More Stewardship Through the Eyes of Youth
Today brought an end to an amazing four days of service. My work group finished painting the outside of a lovely elderly couple’s house, and the other groups finished their projects as well. I’m sad to have to say goodbye to my Missionpalooza friends and to the service work we’ve done, but I’m happy to get … More A Love So Deep
I am awakened to the sound of flips flops moving across the gym floor, and I move further into my sleeping back to get just a few more minutes of sleep. Just when I think it’s safe, I peek my head out and am blinded by dozens of flashing gym lights. I somehow manage to … More Hill Country Perspective
This year, we are in San Marcos, Texas, for the disastrous floods that happened in 2015. My group travelled to Seguin, Texas, to help this older woman who is in the hospital from a heart condition. Our task was to clean up her yard. We moved multiple things from her front yard, garage, as well as … More Mystery Uncovered
I’m not going to kid you: The little school in Estrada, in which our Cathedral mission team worked all last week, was hot. Add to the spiking outdoor temperature low ceilings, poor ventilation, fifty local kids, and our mission team, and the sum is an often sweltering hot box. Of course, Estrada’s children were accustomed … More Those with whom we travel
Goodbyes are never easy… that is just a fact. Yesterday, we were faced with the challenge of letting go of the children’s hands, driving passed the park full of memories for the last time, and turing off the tiny street that is also known as the town of Estrada. As simple as that, our work … More His Love Endures Forever
