So guess what everybody???? I have now officially learned how to spin plates, do rope tricks, face paint, and do balloon animals!!! So I personally think that is really cool... and if you're like my niece and u want to know why I have learned that on my mission trip it is simple. Its a way to get kids attention... and let me tell you... today... we got kids attention. Ohhk... let me start from the beginning... on Thursday, May 25 four people came together and met each other for the first time... well sort of. Mandy, Michael, and I knew each other... but we didnt know the future drivers for our team whose names are Hot dog and Corn dog... hahahaha... ohhk... sorry inside joke of the team. So neway... their names are Rachel and Audrey. Let me tell you... we have figured out that God has a sense of humor. Because He specifically picked the five of us to come on this trip... and we all have completely different personalities... but we all mesh SOOOO well together. So after we had our training at Camp LaVida we headed off to good ole Aiken, SC. We worked at Cornerstone Baptist Church on the bypass in Aiken and helped them with their Vacation Bible School which was the Club VBS Space Quest. This past week was one of the best weeks EVER!!! The people at Cornerstone opened their arms up to us and completly spoiled us!!! Audrey and I stayed with the Scarbourough's... Mandy and Rachel stayed with the Winn's and Michael stayed with the Edgar's. We ate at their houses every night... which was wonderful... and listened to their hilarious stories about their vacations, and learned how to play one of the BEST games ever... its called Farkle. Everybody at FMU... Mandy and Michael and I are gonna teach ya'll how to play it when we get back... cause its GREAT!!! So last week we went to McDonalds once and did Balloon animals and face painting... and then went to the mall and gave out sno-kones and balloon animals and did face painting. Lets just say I made so many Balloon animals that my finger was blue at the end of the day. The actual VBS at the church was great also. Every day the number of kids we had their increased and all of them were wonderful and I'm going to miss them!!! To sum it all up... During church yesterday Mandy and I cried like crazy because we knew we were going to miss everybody at the church... so all in all our first week on the Missions trip was great!!
So yesterday we got in the van and headed on up to Union... where we are now... and where we will be for the next 13 days. We have had an awesome two days working with the people at Buffalo Baptist church. Yesterday we went to theirBible shool with them and sat in their teen class and then played games with them... which was hilarious... cause not only were the games fun... but it was freezing and drizzling outside. Then today we did two block parties. We did one this morning and then one tonight and I think we had about 35 kids total to show up to both of them. The youth at Buffalo helped us with both of them... and both of them were a HUGE success. Then tonight after the block party we ate pizza and went swimming with the youth... and froze... but we had a blast!!!
So all in all I would say these past few days have been very successful. I think that God has planted so many seeds in peoples hearts... and I'm a little sad that I'm not going to be there to see them grow, but I do know that they are going to grow... and I'm so excited that God used us and is using us to do His work. So lets see... some prayer requests are for the Safety of the whole teams... for our energy level to stay up and also for our health. Also pray for all of the children we are going to come in contact with this summer... that God will prepare their hearts and open their minds. Another one is pray for the Churches we will be working with here in Union. Also please pray for the Cornerstone Church in Aiken. Just pray for them that their ministry will flourish because they are a wonderful church with wonderful people!!!
Ohhk... well thats it for now... hopefully ill be on here again with some updates pretty soon... I'll talk to ya'll later!!! : )

quick joke for ya'll... What is a Space Squirrels favorite food????????????

An Astrounut!!!!!