Bucket List: Go On A Mission Trip

I actually went on two missions trips over back to back summers.  The first was in 2004 and the second in 2005.

I talked about my first missions trip a few days ago.  We went to Chicago to work with Jesus People USA.  This was a 100% missions trip.  We worked the whole time and only had one evening of free time.  We went to a soup kitchen, visited with the elderly, worked at a halfway house and so much more.  It was a great trip and an amazing learning experience.

The second missions trip was part missions trip part fun trip.  We went to Acadia National Park in Maine.   However, we didn't know where we were going until we got there - only the leaders knew.  On this trip we did a lot of fun things but the missions work was also super fun.  We got to help out with the Central Maine Egg Festival.   As weird as it sounds, it was a lot of fun!  There were games, face painting, crafts, etc.  We were actually featured in the local newspaper - they wrote about our trip and our work with the festival.