Are you on a mission?

It is summer and I'm sure we all know at least one person that is traveling somewhere on a mission trip this summer. We have a friend that is in Corpus Christi right now with World Changers, two friends serving in Japan for 6 weeks, another friend leaving for Ethiopia today, Doug's parents are in China for two weeks, the middle school students are going to Galveston soon and the high school students are going to New Orleans in July. Mission trip to everywhere. Missions focus at youth camps around the country. We hear missions all the time.

My principal last year asked each of us to give her our favorite word and why it is our favorite. I told her mine was mission. I said it was because we as educators are on mission every day to get our kids to the next step, to prepare them for what is ahead, that is our mission in life/work.

The more I think/hear about missions the more I ask myself, am I on a mission everyday? Am I doing my part to be a missionary for Christ right here in Kingwood at work and in everything else I do? Don't get me wrong, I definitely believe there is a place for foreign mission. I believe we are called to go and do in other places but what about our hometowns? I think that as Christians we sometimes look so hard for the "perfect missions opportunity" but yet we forget the people around us that are living without Christ.

This is just what has been on my heart lately and so I thought I would share. :) I hope you are all having a wonderful day! As my parents pastor would say "You may be the only Jesus somebody sees today so make sure they get the right story."

Busy busy....

I can not think of a better way to start my summer than a week a youth camp! It was amazing. I am so excited to continue to watch what God is doing the lives of the youth and the adults. I am thankful for the opportunity to go and hang out with them for the week. I am also very grateful for a husband that is willing to sacrifice a week with me so that I can go and serve. :) I am also looking forward to hanging out with the high school group every Tuesday night this summer for the Amazing Race! It is going to be a blast. Of course I am planning it so it must be great. Every Tuesday during the summer they will receive a text, facebook message and email at 5:30 giving them a clue what to bring and where to be at 7. They are in teams of 3 right now and can grow their team up to 9 people. I can't wait for tonight so we can get started.

Doug's job is still going well. They are getting all the bugs worked out of the software. He is also going to be leading worship at our mission church location, Summer Creek starting Sunday the 27. We are excited about this opportunity. Summer Creek is in the process of looking for/hiring a person to do youth and lead worship. Until they find the right person Doug is going to be leading worship. Doug is taking vacation starting Friday and will be off until next Wednesday. We are excited for a few days to just hang out. We wanted to go somewhere but have decided just to stay around here. There is plenty for us to do around here and this allows us to save some more money to purchase more things for the house.

That really sums up the start of our summer. It has been pretty busy but a good busy!