Experience Mission Blog

We piled kids and leaders into vans and convoyed it to Fort Popham. An hour later, we found ourselves in the middle of the old fort, seemingly built just for us with lots of places to run around...

Each day we run a kids club with the Salvation Army in the morning, and this week we started another kids club at the Autumn Woods Apartments in Bladensburg, Maryland. At first we were not very sure what to expect.

It will be months and months and maybe even years before the Panama City area can return to its original normal, but there is a resilient spirit that is rising up within its residents.

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of new faces, long and beautiful car rides, loaded grocery trips, Home Depot runs, and fellowship with our incredible Navajo community partners. J.R. and his wife, Mary Lou, pastor House of Joy Church that sits atop Black Mesa, AZ, just walking distance from a breathtaking canyon.

With a surplus of ministries, including soup kitchens, kids’ day camps, and Bible studies, the Salvation Army continues to bring glory to God each day.

Even though it took three years to get him to come to church, just the fact that he came is a miracle itself.

Living life with hands and mind open to where that day leads may just be the most life-giving way to live this life God has called us to.

My team loved me this week because they took my vulnerability--the little piece of myself that I gave to them--and they nourished it. Then they gave themselves back. They asked what I needed; they made kind suggestions; they asked for updates each day; they shared their stories with me; they encouraged me.

Sometimes we will be right in the front, interacting with all the people. Other times we will be behind the scenes, helping others serve. Both are needed. Both are beautiful. Both glorify God.

We know that seeing God’s power revealed in difficult situations begins with the prayers of His people.