My trip to Kansas City

    This summer me and Samuel went to Kansas city on a mission trip with our youth group!  It was one of the best summers ever!  We worked a block party at Grace church Assembly that was for all of the children who lived in that area and it was amazing! There was a water slide, we made balloon animals, we had face painting, and we had a bouncy house for the little kids!  In the evenings we would have all of that plus we were giving out groceries, making dinner for everyone, having giveaways, and on the last day we had a basketball tournament for all who wanted to make a team and play!
    Everyone loved it!  We also did service projects while we were there. Some of them were: Taping a whole school so that other people wouldn't have do it and just go right in there and get all of the painting done.  We went to a friend of the pastor of the church we were working with, and we painted his porch.  We did a lot of mowing and cleaning at different places, and then we did some cleaning at the church.
    It does sound tiring, but trust me, it was all worth it when we saw how happy everyone was!  Our goal on this trip was just to simply love others on this trip just as God loved us!  The block party was amazing!  (Did I mention it was amazing?)  Everyone loved it!
   We were putting smiles on everyone of those little faces that were there!  The kids LOVED the water slide!  At the end of the week, just to have a day where we can all relax, we went to Worlds of Fun (which is an amusement park there in independence) and we had a great time!  It was an amazing trip! We have accomplished so many things! We have overcome so many fears, and made new relationships that wouldn't of happened if it wasn't for World Mpact!  I just can't wait until next year!!!!!!!
  Here are some pictures that we got on our trip:

Working at the water slide:

We put bubbles in the slide to make it even more fun!

I learned how to make some animal balloons:

Here we are helping to set up:

Here Samuel has paint on his face to make him look like he has been cut with a balloon sword. (The little kids were playing swords with him)

Here are a couple of pictures that we took from when we were canvasing: 

 

Here are some of the girls during our fun day:

Here we are during our prayer time:

Here we are on our last night.  We all drew a name and said a complement about that person:

Here is the whole team who made this happen:

Great job guys! It was one of the best summers ever!