Listening for the True Story

Our mission trip is in 24 days!

The True Story

During our last team meeting, we discussed what our time will be like in San Diego. What will be the same? What will be different? Sure, we will miss having our own bedrooms or eating the food we are comfortable with or our family or... WIFI! But we are looking forward to the new situations that God will put us in.

One of these new situations may be meeting and talking with people that we aren't comfortable with. Maybe someone from a different cultural background or age range. Maybe someone with life experiences that we cannot relate to (being homeless or being poor or being discriminated against). But looking at and judging people based on their appearance or putting a label on them isn't helpful and if we do it, we will miss the encounter that God has for us.



Just like people probably didn't believe Mary and Joseph when they said they would be parenting the son of God, we often make snap judgments about people and don't remember that maybe there is more to the story.

So one of our goals going into this trip is to listen for the true story. Whomever we meet on the trip, we want to be open to what they have to tell us about themselves. And maybe God will let us experience something amazing if we do.

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Thanks everyone for your generous support. What we are looking for more than financial donations at this time is prayer support. Please let us know if you would like us to send you updates when we are on the trip.

Prayer Requests

  • For health in the weeks approaching our trip. Many of our team members are helping out with the Way Awesome Kids Club and are pretty tired from their long days. 
  • For the team members to bond and learn to care for each other, especially those who haven't been able to attend some of the meetings
  • For each team member to have regular devotion and prayer times and open his/her heart to God

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