Hello, The ministry trip so far has been great. We are working on Janelle and Diane's house. We starting by priming the house. It is great to see how the group is bonding and becoming friends. I love knowing that what we are doing is making a difference in people's lives and influencing them. We are all working very hard and making tons of progress. Sincerely, Jadon PS I Love You MOM!!!!!!!!!!!! ps they are ROOTbeers Goodbye (just kidding HI all readers), Today we primed two houses. The trip has been good so far. I have been getting a lot of sleep. I fell asleep before the lights went out. It is really cool to know how much what we are doing means to the people. It is cool doing something for someone that they can't do themselves. I was nervous a little going this far away from home at first, but it has been pretty good having some of my best friends here. It is nice that I can just be myself here and not feel judged. Sometimes at school I can feel like I am being judged. HI mom! Leslie (aka Colby Jack) Hello, The trip has been fun even though we have not done that much yet. The worship time is fun in the morning. It is really involved with all the jumping and other things. You really feel like you can just be yourself and get into it. We met Janelle and Etta and that was really fun. Helping paint the houses was fun. It is really fun working with other people. It really feels different when you are working with a group to help someone. During our devotional time, we actually stayed on topic. We read a Psalm together that talked about straying from God. We started talking about the things we are grateful for and talked about the stuff that can distract us from God. We talked about how peoples lives are getting messed up because they take advantage of what they have and they aren't grateful. It really reminded us to be grateful for what we have. Sincerely, Lauren Smith