Missionaries In Action

I asked Alyssa to write about what she did on the week-long Associational Mission trip. Melinda and Alyssa were the only two from our church who went this year and it was Alyssa's first trip. The rest of the group was made up of Baptists from the Northwest Missouri area. I am so proud of Melinda for stepping up and being a Christian role model for young women and I'm so proud of Alyssa for taking a step of faith and "just going for it" as she follows God's gentle nudges. _______________________________________________

I went on the mission trip this year with Melinda. We went to Madison, Wisconsin and we stayed at Midvale Baptist Church. At the church we had a vacation bible school and a block party. For the vacation bible school Melinda taught the first and second grade class and I helped her. Also two other girls from St. Joesph that helped with the class, Emilly and Ellie. On our mission trip we also had three block parties that were for the community. For each party, we went around different neighborhoods and passed out fliers for the event. As we passed out fliers we also collected food items for people whose houses had flooded. Later in the week we delievered all the food to a different church where they were passing the food out to the people who needed it. That church was also washing their clothes and had showers and bathrooms availble to the flood victims. On our trip we also toured the capitol building and went to a zoo. I had a lot of fun on the mission trip and I want to go again next year!