Back in California <3

Last night a little after 10pm, our plane touched down in Sacramento after a long, long day of flying and chaotic layovers. We have returned from almost 2 weeks of ministry in Trinidad, and while it was a good trip, I am very glad to be home!

I will write more (and post more pictures - we as a team have literally over 3,000 photos total!) but wanted to update our ministry supporters - thank you for your continued prayers and it was great to sleep in my own bed after 11 days sleeping on the floor with foreign, ominous looking insects :) But I do so love Trinidad and look forward to planning another trip there in 2011.

We had the world's greatest team - no fighting, minimal complaining - it was total bliss having the ones we had with us. It was a bit of a challenge working with Missions International, the group that hosted us. It was really disorganized, left me more than a little disheartened, and I definitely have a lot to process and think/pray about. HOWEVER, everyone on the team really stepped up and we had a fantastic week long VBS with the Trini children at a local church there, danced in some churches, and best of all - we got to go back to the Chickland Wesleyan Orphanage we had visited two years before. It was simply amazing seeing how much the children had grown and having a wonderful reunion with the older ones who remembered Courtney, Kelly, and I.

We also got to see some great things when we weren't doing ministry, including going to see dozens of baby sea turtles hatch on the beach in the middle of the night. God's creations are incredible - and in this particular instance, totally adorable!
















I will post photos of the complete team, the VBS children and the orphanage in the few days.....please pray for all 13 of us as we process what we saw, felt, experienced, and as the ministry gets ready for the children's performing arts camp showcase, Artbeat 2009, and Cinderella Reimagined auditions, oh my!