Mission.

July 17, 2008

On Sunday I left with fourteen other people to go to Nashville Tennessee on a mission trip. it took 8 hours. We stayed in dorms. To skip the small stuff, the first day we worked at a warehouse and stacked stickered and restacked beef stew, treet,(also known as spam). We worked from 9 to 2. The next day we worked at Y.E.S. it stands for Youth Encouragement Services. It really changed my life. All because of 51 kids ranging from 1 to 13. One girl, Sabrina, really changed me. I don't think I've ever had such a close friend that age. 9 years old and i could have a conversation with her that made sense. well kind of. we worked with kids on homework and played with them. The Y.E.S building is in the worst neighborhood in Nashville filled with drug dealers and crack houses. They told us domestic violence was everywhere and many of the kids there had to live with it. Another girl about 5 years old, named Passion, her parents are drug addicts. she lives with a foster parent three doors down from her parents. it was really terrible to hear all of it. but it was so great to be able to help these kids even in small ways and start friendships with these kids. i encourage anyone who reads this to go on a mission trip, no matter what you do, it will affect you.
anberlin released a new song today. www.myspace.com/anberlin. pictures? ill put some up.

-There's more to living than being alive