New York? Why not!

So last week I went on a last minute mission trip. Well last minute for me that is. I had a friend who ended up not being able to go on her mission trip to New York with a church here in town. We both know the mission pastor there so she asked if I could take her place. They said sure so off I went! Thankfully the tickets hadn't been purchased when we switched places.

Now New York city is nowhere near the top of my list of places I would like to do a mission trip to let alone visit. But when God moves you move with Him. There were definitely moments where I thought "and this is why I'm on this trip" and moments where I thought "why on earth am I here?". I believe that mission trips are not only filled with growing moments for those that you are ministering to but also for yourself.

On this trip I had a lot of moments where I learned. Like the first one is when you go to the east coast area of the states during a summer month and you have asthma, don't forget your inhaler! That one was made known as soon as I stepped out of the air port and into the thick thick air. Now most of my other learning was really about mission trips in themselves and I'm sure there are reasons that God has taught them to me.

On this trip we actually had quite a bit of free time. We were mainly there to help an after school program and had some training time before hand. My absolute favorite moments though were when we were with the kids. The staff that were there were pretty awesome as well. The ministry that we got to work with was amazing. And for pretty much that fact alone I am glad that I went. It made all the travel issues, breathing problems, and other "growing" situations worth it.

I have this feeling that sometime in the future God might ask me to lead mission trips. From all the wisdom that I have gained from past mission trips I know that I will need help, but I also know things that I would do and wouldn't do. And because of this I think it might just be fun to plan a trip out for others.

Who knows what the future may hold. For now here are some fun pictures of my trip. Oh and also if you think it might be fun to do a trip with me let me know!