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I haven’t talked about it a whole lot on my blog, due to the busyness of the quarter, but tomorrow I depart with 14 other INN people to North Carolina for one of our Spring Break Mission Trips!

We’ll be spending a week in Hayesville, NC, working with the Hinton Rural Life Center, helping out with a couple of different housing projects they have going there. The Hinton Center serves families in rural North Carolina by offering affordable housing projects. We will be working on a variety of things during the week, from clearing land, digging ditches, helping put together foundations, and even helping people move into some of their newly finished homes.

I am co-leading the team, with Becca, one of the interns. We are taking 13 students, from freshmen to "super"-seniors. They are a great group and are very excited for the trip. Finals are over and they are all packing this evening to meet at the airport tomorrow morning to depart.

Last year I had the opportunity to "live-blog" from the heart of Vancouver, BC. I have decided to leave my laptop at home this year (a huge decision for me), but I will be taking my trusty moleskin journal and doing my best to write about the experience. Then, when I get back, I’ll post some of those reflections here, so I can share the stories of the trip. We’ll also be taking video of the trip and with any luck, I’ll be able to post some of that here too.

Please pray for our safety this week, as we travel, work hard, and spend time in a new part of the country. Please pray that our team continues to grow close, for the opportunities we all have learn about each other this week, for the chance for God’s work to be done in us as we serve others. Mission trips are often very significant experiences for me and for students, so please remember us this week as you respond to the joy of Easter and the hope of the new Spring.

Thanks for all your support. I look forward to sharing this trip with you all.

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