Grundy Mission Trip: Final Update!

This is our last update from Grundy Mountain Mission. It has been such a special trip. We aren't ready to leave tomorrow morning. Thank you all so much for your prayers. We have been strengthened by them for sure. We can't wait to get back and celebrate and share our experiences with you all, but until then here is an update form one of our students:

Hi everyone! I’m Beth Noble and I had the opportunity this week to go on the mission trip to Mountain Mission School in Grundy, Virginia.  This week has been an awesome experience full of all kinds of work projects, fun, and a little bit of sleep.  Tonight during our group time, we gave out “awards” to people that we saw God through this week.  It was a great way to finish up the trip and what would I mission trip be without a few tears, right? So looking back at the week I really think I saw God not only through all the people on our team, but through the kids attending the school here.  They live here with no phone, no Facebook, they only get three meals a day (no snacks), they don’t get to see their families very often, and they still are filled with such joy.  They go everyday without the things we feel we can’t survive without.  They welcomed us with open arms and they showed us so much love all throughout this week.  They became good friends to our whole team no matter our age.  They truly have a love for God and it shows in daily interactions with them. 

Also, I saw God through our team.  We had a bunch of younger kids come along with their families and some of our students helped out a lot with taking care of them, which was really neat.  Some of our high school boys took the leadership roles in the work projects by helping out with the lifting and harder work.  Like every trip, not everything went as planned.  Some people got sick, some got hurt, but they got up every single morning and went out with a smile on their face and got the job done.  Not only was the job done well, but they went above and beyond expectations despite how they were feeling.  There were a bunch of ways God’s love was shown throughout the trip and I am so thankful I got to be a part of it.