For my final official spring break ever.. I got the opportunity to go on one of our 2 Baton Rouge Dream Center mission trips! These trips were considered our Axis youth mission trips for this year, and I got to be a leader on the first trip! This trip was smaller than the 2nd team given that only private grade schools and colleges were out that week. However, it was still amazing to have the opportunity to see some of our youth serve in outreaches and work with one of the churches were in association with, Healing Place Church.  I have quite a handful of friends there that I have made from past trips to Swaziland so it was amazing to get to see a lot of them back in the States.

We did about 2 outreaches each day we were there. One day we even went down to New Orleans to help do some construction on a church being put up in the St. Bernard Parish. We did some of the simplest things such as handing out water on the side of the road to going door-to-door around the Dream Center handing out candy and praying for people. The feeling of being able to brighten someone’s day or even change someone’s life will never cease to be amazing. I completely loved being able to serve along side people who have a heart for helping others and advancing God’s kingdom. My life this past year and being a 2nd year intern is far different from my life as a 1st year intern where I actually got to do more outreach opportunities. This trip definitely made me look forward to Africa even more, because I know in Africa the main purpose of what I will get to do is reaching people with God’s love.

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