Our church does a fantastic job with youth ministry. Aiden and Court have both jumped into being part of our church (with no pressure from us!) because there are a ton of youth and the leadership is vibrant and engaging. In the summer, there are lots of different mission trips that our church goes on and they even offer mission trips for the middle schoolers. Talk about earning an extra place in heaven right? Taking a bunch of middle school knuckleheads on a plane and into Austin, Texas for a week to work outside sounds pretty dreadful to me. Aiden and Court both wanted to go earlier in the Spring (when we paid the money) but as we got closer to the dates, Aiden was having reservations. No one he knew was going; he was going to have to miss some rising 9th grade bball workouts; Austin was in the midst of a heatwave; they had to arrive at the airport at 6am, etc. Court was a little nervous but still excited to go because there were a bunch of other 6th grade boys going…which was another reason Aiden was NOT excited to go. We had no contact with them for the week but when they got back, they both had an amazing time. That was Aiden’s word: “amazing.” Who knew that weeding a community garden in the Austin heat could bring you closer to God? Scott and I are so grateful for stumbling into a church that helps make our kids better people.
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