KNOW TRUTH YOUTH RALLY

The Know Truth Youth Rally was a complete sucess. We had about 60 kids show up. We talked about what truth really is and why we should not be afraid to talk to people about God. The class I taught was called Behind the Scenes. I taught about Elijah's insanity for God in 1 kg 18. I also talked about how we find peace in our life. I believe that this is a subject that we misunderstand time and time again. We believe that our lives should be perfect at all times and that we should not have to ever find peace at all. The truth that we should all remember is that peace comes through our redemption in Christ (Rm 5:1). Praise God!

Mexico City

The Mexico City trip was a great trip for Nancy and I. We have

Burlington Church of Christ and a really good friend to thank for this opportunity. Nancy and I had not been on a mission trip for quite some time. It was a needed trip that opened our eyes to so many things that I had forgotten over the years. While we were in Mexico City we handed out food to the homeless, cleaned up parks, handed out fliers, cleaned the church building, and encouraged the church. The Aimers also experienced a new culture that introduced new kinds of foods (that some times made them sick), rides on metros and buses that were extremely quiet (unlike americans). I believe the Aimers learned so much while we were there. They had to speak to people they did not know and that frequently could not understand them. We were all put out of our comfort zones and had to try many new things. What a great opportunity that opened up the eyes of the aimers before they got to there fields.

New Orleans

Sweating!!! The before and after. This house had a layer of about 6-8inches of mud under all of this stuff.
Wow what a trip! I have never seen so much distruction in my life. Everything is destroyed and hardly anything has been done. It has been eight months and people have barely scratched the surface. I had such a hard time understanding why so little had been cleaned up. Many thoughts crossed my mind while working on all of these houses. I was constantly trying to understand what it would be like to be in there shoes. I knew that I would hate to be doing this by myself. Going through all of my possessions which were totally destroyed. Seeing old pictures that were discolored from the water and finding things which were precious to me would be hard. I felt sorry for the elderly people who were unable to work and couldn't come back to there homes. I had all of these thoughts constantly running through my head and knew what we were doing was awesome. I would remember this for the rest of my life and would never forget the people we helped. May God be glorified in their lifes.