Missions Trip

So...i haven't updated in a little bit, but decided i wanted to write about the mission trip i went on. it started on Wed night after church service (about nine). Unfortunately, i wasn't able to get there till after work, about ten-ish. it was rather fun though, because i was able to talk with the girls. they all asked me how Aaron proposed to me, when the wedding is, and how we met, etc. it was rather adorable. oh...and i got a ton of "You look just like Drew Barrrymore!! She's sooo pretty!!" it made me laugh. i'd say we finally all got to sleep around eleven or so. i slept horrible that night because i was on the wonderful hard floor of the youthroom.

Thursday morning, we were all up by six-thirty, and eating breakfast. it's rather entertaining seeing jr/highschoolers that early in the morning. some of them were really *really* happy and awake....others were very very out of it. and we had one leader who....is very much a morning person. she greeted us with bright and cheery songs. it was rather fun. we had a debriefing of what we were going to do that day, which consisted of yard work for the neighborhoods. i had to work my regular shift that day, which meant twelve hours of waitressing. whee!

i came back that night late for the rest of the trip. friday morning went much the same way as thursday morning. waking up early, eating breakfast, assigning cars, and then driving down to San Juan Capistrano. we did a ton of yard work for a home for abused women. it was an amazing experience. they needed so much work done, and we really blessed them above and beyond than what they were expecting. it was interesting for me because i tweaked my right wrist (pinched something) and it wouldn't stop shaking, so i ended up wrapping/splinting it. it became a hard lesson for me, in that i had to let myself rest and not work as hard as i wanted. everyone was really kind and amazing about it, making sure i had jobs i could do, but not hurt my wrist. then we drove down to In N Out, got dinner. I got a brace for my wrist, and then we headed to the border. hehe...we got lost a couple of times, it was rather entertaining. friday night, we did a late-night taco run. it was so much fun! we then crashed that night, ready for some work in the morning.

On Saturday, we all hit breakfast around seven and heard our jobs for the day. I got put with the paint-mixing crew, which was a lot of fun. matching mystery colours into pretty ones for houses etc. it took us most of the morning until lunch. we had sandwiches and then got assigned new jobs before we went into town around three or so. before we went into town, we all had a couple hours of rest where a lot of us took showers etc. what was rather fun was the guys all picking on each other in the room, because us girls were sitting out in the foyer area and could just hear yells etc. it was fun. then Aaron grabbed one of the extra mattresses and tackled them with a mattress. after all of that, we went into town and shopped around the park area. an outdoor market full of senoras and senors, selling trinkets, etc. i had fun talking with them, and buying stuff. i got a really cute red dress, a bracelet, and a hair thing. after that, we drove back from the border. it was all in all, a great weekend. though we were all very worn out.

i think the most God taught me over that time was to rely on others, and not try to work myself so hard that i would be worn out. it was an interesting lesson to learn that i've been taught before, usually in ministry stuff. i think it's the mary vs martha lesson. i had a lot of time to think, pray, and just meditate on God, relationships, and all that. it was over all, a very good experience.