Happy Friday, friends!
Today was supposed to be another #TrueFictionFriday feature which I have been working on this week. Unfortunately, the file flat out disappeared from my computer 🙁 I hoped to finish it up on Thursday but it was no where to be found. Grrrr! Since I don’t have time to rewrite it, I’ll have to postpone the piece until next Friday. Sorry!
However, I do have a post to share that I wrote for my church’s blog! You may have heard me mention heading off to Brazil with a group from our church last month. It was my first overseas trip and I absolutely loved it!
Have you ever taken a mission trip or gone somewhere with the purpose of serving others (like Habitat for Humanity or the Peace Corps)? I’d love to hear about it!
Thanks for your patience with my computer problems. TFF will return next week 🙂
I stepped off the plane in Brazil with three hours of sleep and a set of cankles as large as my luggage. Swollen feet and very little sleep were the common denominators among our group of eighteen from The Paradox church in Fort Worth, Texas. Once we wrestled all our luggage into
the 90% humidity, sweating profusely quickly became another.
These first impressions of Brazil quickly faded as we traveled through the sprawling city of Rio de Janeiro which cozied up to the Atlantic ocean and puddled around the base of sculpted mountains. The city itself was a jigsaw puzzle of old and new, deserted and decorated, juxtaposed on narrow, winding streets. [continue reading HERE]
Mission trips are one of those things everyone should experience once, if possible. I’m glad you were able to go and had such an amazing time.
Thanks! I agree! Had to wait for the kiddos to gain their independence LOL.