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Blue Skies Update #2

By Blue Skies, Mission Trips

Day 2 – We spent the entire day at the beach with the Blue Skies families, it was incredible.  There was fishing, boogie board riding, pool fighting, bird feeding, sandcastle building, LEGO creating, sea shell finding…and most importantly relationship building with each other in the indescribable beauty of God creation!

Anthony, 19 yrs old, catching a saltwater catfish (see picture below)

Anderson, 15 yrs old, catching 2 lady fish at the same time! (see picture below)

A quick testimony from Katherine Mullins:

It would be impossible for me to fully describe everything that I have seen and experienced in the past few days. Let’s just say it’s only Tuesday and it’s been the absolute BEST week ever for me. While me and my mom have been hosting a family of 5, it’s been a blessing to get to know the family’s story as well as getting to know the other 8 family’s at Blue Skies. Having the privilege this week to teach the Blue Birds babies class during H2O, I had the opportunity to get to know Mattaow. Mattaow is a very sweet boy and absolutely loved my sunglasses (he dropped one of his toys so I went to go grab it and hand it back to him.. when all of a sudden my sunglasses hit the ground. Somehow Mattaow managed to stretch while being buckled into the toy and grab my sunglasses. He instantly put them on his face. While I was turning back around to hand him his toy he had the biggest grin on his face and I immediately realized they were my sunglasses and just had to capture the moment!) Proverbs 139 – “You are a child of God, You are wonderfully made, dearly loved, and precious in his sight. Before God made you, he knew you… there is no one else like you.”

Blue Skies Update #1

By Blue Skies, Mission Trips
It was a fun filled day at BlueSkies, where we have the privilege of serving families who have a child with Cancer.

We met all the families last night, as they arrived, but really got to know them today.We started the day off with Chapel with the families, where we talked about resting in God, and reminding them that “You’re the one that Jesus loves”…all while over looking the beach and eating donuts!

After Chapel, Pastor Brent and Amanda spent time with the parents allowing them to have a safe place to connect and share their stories.  Meanwhile, their kids connected with all our volunteers in the pool, playing sports, and doing LEGOs.

The afternoon turned into a pool party with a huge water gun fight, followed by Italian night with Red Carpet welcome. Then it was off to the beach to see God’s glory on display with a beautiful sunset.

It was a fun day and the group is starting to relax and connect, and the families are experiencing rest and love.

Tomorrow we head to the beach for a full day with all the Blue Skies Families.  Please continue to pray for them, their journeys are hard, and hope is sometimes lost…but God is pursuing them and He is not finished!

Pictured here is Ziggy, a 9 year old with Leukemia, and his brother Lahni, first time ever at the beach, and loving it!

Peru Team Update #6

By Mission Trips, Peru

Hola Mis Amigos!!!

We came…We saw…We Machu Picchu’d!!!

What an incredible day!!!  This morning started with a 4am wake up call and some unhappy students.  It’s almost as if waking up this early is unnatural for them…

We had a beautiful drive through the mountains and into the Sacred Valley.  We had a 2 hour bus ride to the train station.  Then we quickly jumped on the train and rode through the beautiful mountains to the city of Machu Picchu.  Then we hopped on another bus and took that to the main entrance of MP.  We split into two groups and got to tour the Incan city on top of the mountains.  It was a little rainy and overcast, but it was still beautiful.  After our tour, a group of us hiked higher up to the Sungate…pics to follow.

Our day ended with some much needed dinner at a pizza restaurant in the downtown area and then the long ride home.  It’s off to bed and then we will begin the journey home.  We can’t wait to share all that God has done!

Team Alpaca!