This past week, I had the pleasure of going with my church, Tucapau Baptist Church, down to Talladega, AL for our 2012 Family Mission Trip! We had a amazing trip. God did mighty things in and through us! While there, we stayed at Mt. Olive Baptist Church. A special thanks to them for providing us with such a great place to stay for the week. And we met so many amazing people along the way! I know now that God really wanted me on this trip and I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to go. So glad I'm apart of a church that is so mission minded! Thank you TBC! Warning: Lots of pictures ahead :)
"Circling Up" for prayer Saturday morning before we left!
Our room for the week. My air mattress slept quite well :)
And my sweet, "young" roomies: Rebecca, Me and Hannah
Sunday morning worship at Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Our men's construction team hard at work
They were helping build a house for a precious family in AL.
Sweet girls: Sarah and Brooklyn
Salome being very creative while at Subway before we got there on Saturday. :) And below is sweet Eva and another pic of Salome and Reagan.
Becca and her mom, Paula
Getting a pic with our new friend Jeff, who attended Mt. Olive.
We went and checked out the National Forest one afternoon and went on a small hike while there. Pictured above is: Barry, Brooklyn, Sarah, Rebecca, Paula and I'm taking the pic!
Making salvation bracelets with some sweet babies!
Fun Club Time! Each morning from 9:30-11:30 we had our fun clubs, similiar to VBS. We had games, crafts, lessons, music and snacks! Paula did a great job organizing the fun clubs.
Our Am-az-ing "cooks!" We had a big breakfast, lunch and dinner (and dessert) every.single.day.! It was sooo good! What do we say to the cooks?....Thank you Cooks! You guys are great.
Even some of the kids got to help.
Eva and me!
Silly girls!
Christian all wrapped up!
And our favorite game on the trip...Dutch Blitz. It gets quite rowdy occasionally ;)
Barry and Christian
And the hard working men heading back to the work site after lunch.
We had a Girl's Night doing manicures and pedicures.
The finished product!
We all had to take our turn doing kitchen and bathroom duty, even Pastor Eric, who did a great job! :)
Ice cream night!
Love these ladies: Ms. Jo Lynn and Mrs. Helen hard at work making salmon patties!
Wednesday and Thursday, we went and visited a couple of nursing homes in Talladega. We talked and sang songs with the residents. It was such a blessing for me to see the way our children interacted with them. Christian and some of the older kids were going around asking "Do you want a hug?" It was precious. And the residents just loved them! We had a great time. They even asked us to come back on Thursday and of course, we did.
We also got to visit in the Alzheimer's unit. It was amazing to see the residents singing along with us and to hear them remember and talk about their past.
haha...no words!
What an amazing trip! "To God be the glory, great things He has done!"
Mt. Olive Baptist Church-Talladega, Alabama
~" And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him" Colossians 3:17~
