This past week our church sent a group of 12 teens/adults to do mission work in Leslie County, KY. The county has the highest drug abuse rate per populace in the state of Kentucky!
This trip was unique more than any ever mission trip experience that I have ever taken for the following reasons:
1. Our teenagers gelled and bonded faster and deeper than any other group I have led. As soon as we got back from our trip a Facebook conversation started that had prayer requests and ideas for how we could continue relationships built with the people we encountered! The best and the deepest relationships are forged in the fires of missional living!
2. Our group did a prayer walk in the nearby town of Hyden which had never happened before. We encountered people, prayed for them, and helped people move groceries into their home.
3. Our group prayed for the entire church and laid hands on them after our Sunday Morning service which no other group had done before. Members of the congregation were in tears as they knew that young people 'had their back.'
Our group also accomplished A LOT:
- We planted an entire garden, cleaned gutters, hauled dirt, washed walls, and destroyed kudzu with machetes.
- We did a children and teen outreach where we would pick up children in 15 passenger vans every night. We saw 30 different kids walks through our doors and 3 of them made decisions for Jesus!
- We led the congregation during their Sunday Morning worship service experience. Our teens led through worship, testimonies, and watching elementary kids during Jr. Worship. Our summer intern, Chad Wilson, preached and knocked it out of the park.
The MOST MEANINGFUL and MEMORABLE part of this mission trip though was none of what I just mentioned.
Late on Saturday Night, the pastor and his wife Sam and Betty Baer, invited us into their home which is attached to the church. There we shared stories and sung hymns as a group. The night was a beautiful picture of older and younger generations coming together to sing worship songs, pray, and call upon the Lord for revival. The pastor and his wife did not want us to leave and we stayed almost to midnight. I was touched by the missional and sensitive heart of the pastor and his wife who had labored for 35 years in Kentucky. They were hungry for a revival in their community. I told my wife that when we get that old (which will come sooner than later) I hope I maintain that same spirit. It was a refreshing and memorable night for me!
Our group can not wait to go back next year and to continue the work that was started!
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