August 6

Ok I am packing up all my things and getting ready to go. I actually will board the plane in less than 8 hrs.

July 29
Today the mission was open from 4-6 and then we had Bible Study.

July 30

Today we did a theme of water day and took the time to talk about baptizm with the children and youth. There are lots of different beliefs and so today we spent time helping the children to understand what the real symbol was. This evening my team and I went to Denver for our Colorado Debriefing. It was good to get to see all of the other summer missionaries, some that we met earlier in the summer. Then we went and stayed the night in colorado springs with chris' parents.

July 31

Today we were in Colorado Springs, the boys had said earlier in the summer that they wanted to climb Pikes Peak so we went...however Colleen, Chris' mom, Tiffany, Caleb, Jonathon, and I took the train up the mountain instead. This was a lot of fun, but really cold. Since Chris and Colleens' birthday was just last week we had dinner and cake at his moms house before heading back to Greeley.

August 1

This morning we had to be at West Greeley Baptist church because it was the farewell Sunday service. The 4 of us had to sit on the stage and answer some question about what all we accomplished and learned this summer. Afterwards we said our goodbyes and had some cake. We went from here to grab some lunch real quick before heading over to the senior center where we were having another party this time a goodbye party for Chris' and his famly. There was more cake...but at this point I think I have had enough. Then we finished off our day with the sunday service at the mission.

August 2

Today we did Kids Club and youth like we normally would then Spent the afternoon with Deya.

August 3
Today was a free day so I spent the day at home with Deya and the rest of my host family. Then this evening I went to the Rockies game again this time with the Christian Challenge group from Ft. Collins. Poor Rockies lost 10-0 against the Giants.


August 4
Today was the last Kids Club for the summer and I taught. I spoke on the importance of church and how we as christians are supposed to fellowship with other believers. We also tried to stress the importance of coming to church even after we left. Since we were talking about church and the typical day to come is Sunday we made Ice Cream Sundaes after lunch.

August 5
Today we had the mission open from 4-6 but then we had our end of the year party. We had a service and then Chris allowed all of the summer missionaries to come say there goodbyes and then introduced Charlie and Sue the people that would be taking over after Chris and his family leave. Then we had 6 children get baptized. This was a really neat experience to see the fruit of what we had been working with all summer long. Afterwards, we had a pinata and fellowship. We didn't leave the mission til 10pm. This was a hard night for some. The kids really were sad to see us go.

August 6
Today Tiffany and Lee headed out. I spent the day with Mrs. Linda and packing my bags.

August 7
(PART 1)
I am still up and flying out of Denver at 8:30am. If I arrive as scheduled I shall be back home in Austin, Tx by 11:35am.