Mealtime with our host family.
Even though our church didn't have a group going to help flood victims in Houston this one particular week, John said to me one day, "Let's pack up and head down and do our own mission trip as a family." Not really knowing where we would stay, or if things would go smoothly with our kids, we moved forward with our plans. Of course, in God's timing we saw His perfect provisions enfold before us--a family from our church that had just moved down to Houston would host us and we could work with them!
This fantastic family of 5 (Robert & Miriam with their 3 little daughters) had just found their Houston home in December and had moved there in January. We were blessed to be their 1st house guests and they made us feel right at home in every way! Joel, Ellie, and John had a blast getting their hands dirty with the much needed demo preparations on the house for the next team of 15 to continue on in the next step of restoration. We all enjoyed getting to know our host family better, praying together, and thank goodness our kids had other kids to play with during some mighty wet days! Our mini outreach as a family was a very positive experience and we would definitely encourage others to go for it! You don't have to have it all together to make an impact, make life-long memories, and share God's love. He takes our imperfections, sleep deprivation, and challenging personalities at times and weaves His amazing grace, kindness, and divine strength into something glorifying to Him and eternal.
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