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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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

**** 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 [...]

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 [...]

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.
   

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 [...]

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 [...]

We spent a lot of time with the Salvation Army last week at their state-of-the-art Belkin House location on Homer St. in downtown Vancouver. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday mornings, a smaller portion of our team showed up at about 7:15 to help serve breakfast to their residents and then help prepare lunch for the [...]

Wednesday morning began bright and early with 6 of us heading of the Salvation Army for their chapel service. As a part of our work with SA this week, we volunteered to lead their weekly service for the residents. Many faith-based shelters offer something like this as a part of their resident agreement or services. [...]