Experience Mission Blog

To serve and dignify the community we engage on a mission trip with means humbling ourselves and going beyond the 'hero' mindset.

During the course of the seven weeks that my team and I spent hosting this event, I witnessed countless connections formed within the community, but one felt closer to my heart than the rest.

This wallpaper stood out to me first because it created such a contrast compared to the construction happening all over the room, but also because I was struck by what a powerful prayer it had become in the midst of the brokenness that had enveloped this family’s daily life.

While the team came to do the physical restoration projects, God used it as an opportunity to show his goodness and his plans for restoration for His kingdom

I know God orchestrated these relationships in a special way to strengthen His community and bring families together.

They find friendship, love, and, acceptance at this ministry because they are at a safe place where they are seen as unique children of God.

The relationships built between the teams and community each summer are so vital because they change the way we think about mission work.

There was none of the stress or awkwardness you would expect from bringing 12 people together for the first time to spend a week together. That's what is so cool about being an EM Alum.

Finding 100lbs of rice, beans, and bottles of oil is quite the scavenger hunt.

In some areas, you could smell the mold in the air, and the smell grew stronger as we walked past piles of ruined personal belongings on the side of the road.