The ways that you push and pull and gently but firmly get me to come out of my comfort zone.
You're pretty cool, and I'm so glad that I've got you in my corner.
Yeah, that was our mission trip this year.
Laughter, tears, frustration, pain. . ..oh the pain. . . .
HA!
The pain was actually nothing in comparison to years past, before my back surgery.
I'm just griping.
I actually tried really hard on this trip to hold back on the complaints. It's hard, and I know it's annoying to other people.
Oh well. I'll just keep praying about it.
Anyways, on to the trip.
What a trip! I had almost no clue what we were doing on this trip, work-wise and play-wise. It is VERY HARD for me to let loose and go with the flow. I like to know what the next step will be.
However, I think I did a really good job on this trip.
First two days of work, the Winter Garden team worked on clearing out brush on the side of a Baptist church in Glen Burnie, MD.
Wednesday and Thursday we teamed up with Ocala UMC youth and worked at two women's shelters in inner city Baltimore.
We also passed out flyers door-to-door for their upcoming Vacation Bible School.
Oh, and I painted a couple of murals.
Hadn't really planned on either one of these pieces. I have however decided that every time I go on a mission trip that I will be bringing a box of paints and brushes and a sketch book. If a mural is in God's plan then He'll give me the inspiration and the skills needed to complete it.
That's how I go about every work of art. I try to tell everyone that this is a gift given to me by God and I will use it for His people, however that might be.
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After our work on Wednesday we took a trip to the inner harbor of Baltimore.
From top to bottom:
USS Constellation Inner Harbor, riding the Water Taxi to Ft. McHenry, a tug boat outside of Fells Pt, Ft McHenry sign, hiking up to the fort, walking along the rampart pathways, inner harbor entertainment.
On Friday we took the Metro down into Washington DC and visited some monuments and museums.
From top down:
Lincoln Monument (with a sorority centennial celebration in front of it. . .lots of DELTAS), Lincoln himself,
Vietnam sculpture, Vietnam memorial wall, the nurses of Vietnam sculpture, and the WWII monument (which I'd never seen before).
It drizzled rain on and off almost the entire time we were in Baltimore and DC.
No matter.
All in all it was a GREAT trip.
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