Kelly over at Kelly's Korner Blog is hosting a "Show Us Your Life" Mission Trips blog carnvial today. She usually hosts blog carnivals about your weddings, your baby showers, etc., things that I've yet to experience. However, I'm excited because I get to participate today and link my blog on hers so that other bloggers can read about my experiences!
My one and ONLY mission trip so far was to Sabeneta, Dominican Republic. I experienced so many "first time jitters" like, um... applying for my very first passport, flying for the first time, going out of the country, etc. But I had SO much fun.
One of the things that made this mission trip so fun was that I got to travel with people that I enjoyed being around: my co-staffer and Associate Pastor, Matt, my friends Neil, Amanda and Ben and another pastor in our area, Justin. These people made the trip interesting, hilarious and helped me make some of the best memories of my life thus far!
Here is a part of our group (minus Matt) with the Missionaries Jose and his wife, Yoannia and their babe Isaii (far left) and those two adorable twin girls and their brother were with their mother at the house church we attended one of the nights we were in the Domincan.
I experienced PLANTAINS...
and GOAT. yep... I ate it and it was pretty good! 
The only time on the trip that I was in a state of panic was at the market. People bring EVERYTHING (from bananas, to cows and pigs, shoes, underwear, jewelry, etc.) and they sit it all out on tarps and beg you to buy. It was such a sad experience.
This is Amanda and me whenever we were about to leave the market. See the smile of relief. Actually, this was right next to these men who kept saying things to us in Spanish, and was also trying to sell LIVE birds. Their poor legs were tied together... talk about pitiful!
One of the main things we did in the D.R. was prayer walking. We walked to all of these different neighborhoods and prayed for the people in houses, listened to the missionaries share the gospel with them in Spanish, played a little baseball and basketball, and just tried to share God's love with so many people. The main barrier was that we couldn't speak Spanish. However, we all serve the very same God- no matter what our language may be- and sharing His love is what we are called to do!
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