Teen Missions

Again, this summer we decided to go down to FL in the blazing heat & volunteer at Teen Missions. Micah and I were down there for three weeks (the entire duration of Super Bootcamp) and then Ryan joined us for the last week of our time. Micah and I worked in the Munchkin Missions program. This is the childcare program for staff children. The first week I worked with Micah's age group (1-3 yrs) and then I was transfered over to the middle group (4-7 yrs) for the remainder of my time. I always enjoy working with these kids and we try to take every opportunity to do field trips & swim, as a way to keep the kids sane in the intense heat & humidity. Once Ryan showed up he had the opportunity to teach a block laying class. He really enjoyed this because be loves to interact with the kids.





Some of the kids in the "baby" Missions class (ages 1-3 yrs).


I had the opportunity to see off some of the kids that we knew who were goin on a team. This is the Jamacia team & the girl in the middle front row is from my church up in Portland. She was doing amazing!! She had a really positive attitude and always seemed to find time to do her hair and makeup, which is usually nearly impossible.


Micah & I during one of the evening rallies...you have to have a really big screen to see it, but we are both drenched with sweat (don't you wish you could smell it too? ;-)


Jessica was going on the Phillipians team this summer. She went last year and was crazy enough to return.





These are some pictures from the "middle" Munchkin class (ages 4-7yrs)



This is Zach (Jessica's brother) who is headed off to Sibera for the summer. He is showing off his arm to us, 'cause he was pretty proud of the war wounds that the mosquitos left on his arm. It was healing by this point but it still looked like he had had a pretty bad bout with chicken pox.



Our church in Colorado sent 4 kids on teams this summer, which we were really excited about. Jeff, our head pastor, came to see of his son (far right). Jeff is an FTM himself from the early 80's & TMI changed his life. He is here speaking infront of the evening commissioning service about the kids from his church & how TMI changed him.


Finally, Ryan's cousin Brooke. She is leading a preteen (ages 10-13) to Belize this summer. We enjoyed getting to know her team and encouraging her as she lead her first team with TMI.

The rest are just for fun....I couldn't figure where to put them: