I know it's been a couple weeks since I've blogged on here, so here's an update. The missions trip was AWESOME! We first drove all night & morning Saturday to Denver, Colorado and spent a couple days there at a church that we support (Metro Baptist in Aurora, CO). Our missions group did most of the Sunday evening service, singing specials; my pastor gave the sermon as well. Then we drove all night & part of the morning to Montana where the week would be spent (Pryor, Montana on the Crow Indian Reservation). We basically worked for the missionaries, with the guys remodeling the house that the missionaries are going to be inhabiting in the future. The girls did kitchen duty and various other chores. During the week (Tuesday-Thursday, at least) our missions group and the church held a VBS for the local Indian kids. There were over 100 different kids that showed up that week, and 9 total got saved (PRAISE THE LORD!). Of those 9, I was able to personally lead 3 boys to the Lord; something I've never done before, and it was VERY exciting. So we accomplished the main goal of our whole trip, which was to see other people come to know Christ as Savior.

During the week we stayed at a hotel in Billings, which was about 30-45 minutes away from the church where the missionaries were. On Thursday night we said our goodbyes to the missionaries for the last time, and Friday morning we left Montana for home. On the way we stopped at Mount Rushmore, which was really cool; I got lots of pics and some souveniers. Then we continued home and arrived back in Columbia, Missouri around 2:30 Saturday afternoon.

Overall, it was a truly awesome time. I learned alot spiritually through all the sermons and devotionals, plus getting to show those 3 boys how they could accept Jesus. And it was also a lot of fun being able to help out and do the different activities.