Last Post Before We Leave

Wow. 24 hours from now, we will be well into our airplane journey to Oaxaca. Can’t wait to be on the plane… better yet, I can’t wait to be there!

A couple of things:

First, team members… check your e-mail today. Randy sent one last reminder e-mail that may affect your packing.

Secondly, a reminder on the plan for this week. Time and wi-fi access permitting, I will post an entry each night, including tomorrow night. At the very least, I want everybody to know tomorrow that we have arrived, but I’m fairly certain there will be some funny airplane/airport stories to share. We are two hours ahead of Pacific time, so if you check the blog in the late-ish evening, you may be able to catch the new entry. If not, it’ll be there in the morning. Feel free to comment on entries, too… it would be fun to have a bit of interaction.

Thirdly, share the blog address with anyone you think might be interested about the trip. We want people to join our adventure, if only in a small way through the blog.

Also, in case you’re curious, here’s a look at a typical day while we are there. If you want to pray for specifics during the day, this would be a good cheat sheet to go by:

7:30 a.m. — Depart for work community
8:00 am. — Arrive and begin working
Noon — Lunch break
12:30 —  Back to work
3:00 or until a good stopping point —  Return back to hotel
*After this, we have free time and will eat dinner whenever.

These are some approximate times, but it gives you an idea of our three work days (Tuesday through Thursday). Friday is the day we’ll hand out food baskets and that will be a loose schedule, I’m sure. Remember, we are going to be two hours ahead of Salem time.

Well, that’s all I got. Preparations are almost complete and we’re about to do this thing. I can’t wait. Have a great time celebrating the 4th and I’ll write you guys next when we’re in Oaxaca!

-Lee

Homestretch of Waiting… Less Than 24 Hours!

Another guest blog from Makara:

Alright dearest friends, family, and random blog readers

We’re a little under 24 hours from our trek to Oaxaca! Everyone I have talked to is packing, re-packing and just SO excited! I really don’t think any of us are going to sleep these next couple nights.

There’s no such thing as a stereotypical mission trip. Although they all share a goal — to serve others — the sheer number of locations, organizations, and people to help means that there’s always a different trip to experience and a different way to help people while sharing the gospel. I truly believe God has such amazing things for us to learn through this trip, and through the incredible people we will meet and create life-long relationships with!

I can’t believe I went from saying Let’s go already… to Here we go already! Blessings all.

And they were calling to one another:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory.” Isaiah 6:3

~Makara