Water Filters for Guatemala

As many of you know, I’ll be heading off to Guatemala with a mission team of 22 students from the INN university ministries, the college ministry I work with. We are very excited for the work we’ll be doing there on behalf of CAM International, working on building projects and Vacation Bible School for the [...]

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Exciting things going on…

This is a crazy week. We’re back in full swing (I feel like I keep starting every email with that tagline: full swing. How lame?) But it’s true, full speed ahead. Here are some exciting things happening this week.
1. Tonight, my Dad is getting officially sworn in as the new City of Mukilteo Fire Marshal. [...]

the INN Mission Trips Announced

We announced our Spring Break Mission Trip destinations last night at the INN. Here is the great video that our amazing interns put together, including the locations.
I’m going on the trip listed first. Now watch the video.

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hayesville – PM

i’ve had a hard time articulating the last portion of our days in hayesville, north carolina. even now, about 3 weeks after returning from our trip, i still struggle to understand what happens when a group of 15 people are placed together by God to contribute to his Kingdom. and it boggles my mind how [...]

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hayesville – Work

it’s sad that i have a hard time remembering when i put on work gloves, knelt down on hard dirt, or used a shovel. but something about the hard, red earth of north carolina brings me right back into the groove. the days of hating to be out pulling weeds or working the earth are [...]

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hayesville – AM

**** This post is the first of 3 posts describing our recent trip to Hayesville, NC, for an INN mission trip. I’ve taken a little creative license, as a burgeoning writer, to expand, develop, and combine elements of the days into a memoir-esque narrative. Enjoy.****
the morning air is crisp. there’s a freshness of spring that [...]

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Spring Break Mission Trip – Hayesville, NC

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 [...]

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Mission Trips – Why go?

Here’s a quick video we put together for the INN last night. Thought it’d be fun to share, as we’re trying to do a little "web promo" with this video, using the INN website, Facebook, and blogs to try a new means of communication.
   

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Neighborhood Mission Learning Day

I just returned from Seattle, after spending the day at Seattle First Church of the Nazarene at the Seattle Neighborhood Mission Learning Day conference. Sponsored by Praxis Mission Center, this was a gathering of church leaders and practitioners sharing about how we live out our ministries in missional ways in our communities. The gathering of [...]

Vancouver – Post #7

So, after a week of driving all over the metropolis of Vancouver, crawling through traffic, smelling the city, what do you think might be the best way to wrap up a week on an urban mission trip? How about some Christian Environmentalism? There’s nothing like the smell of fresh wood chips or manure to wake [...]

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