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We had the awesome opportunity to go on a missions trip with our youth group. We drove about five hours to Grand Junction, Colorado. Todd, our youth pastor, and his wife just had a baby so we stayed close to home. Throughout the week we were split into three groups and we all experienced different service projects. The four days we served, my group had the opportunity to clean a homeless shelter, minister to a daycare facility for adults with disabilities, clean Marie’s house (an elderly woman who became blind six years ago) and organize Second Chance Thrift store (which benefits the homeless shelter we worked at.) Travis’ group worked at the Salvation Army in town and sorted through a HUGE , never ending, always growing pile of clothes. They sent some of the totally gross clothes to different countries that needed the clothes too. Todd’s group served lunch to the homeless at the Catholic Outreach and they passed out bagged lunches to some homeless in the nearby park. The week was exhausting yet completely fulfilling. On Friday we drove another hour and half to Moab, Utah. There we went rafting in the Colorado River and experienced the dessert on a Hummer Tour. We had a blast with the kids and have decided we have some of the best youth group kids EVER. The pictures are awesome.

Laura and I thought it would be a ton of fun to throw Todd (our Youth Pastor) and his wife Kaely a surprise baby shower with the youth group. They had no idea! Laura and Eric hosted it at their house and my co-worker from Chaparral made the AMAZING baby cake! The youth group all pitched in to purchase their stroller as a gift. We had a blast playing games and socializing! Kaely is due the 1st of June, however she’s crossing her fingers that their baby girl, Ella, will come early!

The youth group Nina and I are working with is headed to Grand Junction, CO this summer (July 20-27) for their summer mission trip. Nina and I are actually going as well. We will spend most of the time in Grand Junction and at the end of the trip we will be headed to Moab, UT to relax and unwind after a few days of hard work. To help raise the cost of the trip some of the kids are selling coffee thru Ugly Mug Coffee. Each item sells for $10 and $4 goes straight to the church. If your looking for a coffee, tea, or hot chocolate fix and want to try something new, take a look at what were selling. I’ll pick up the cost to ship it to you. Click here to see the PDF of what were selling. I would recommend the Southern Pecan. If your interested shoot me and e-mail: travis@twotimesfive.com.

Fundraiser ends at the end of June.