After our second day of travel - by Lexie Weeks

Note that this was written the evening of 7/16, but due to a lack of connection, we were unable post this until this evening...

So far the trip has been fairly interesting. We have seen many odd things from a dead cow to beautiful scenery almost everywhere we have gone we are getting to see God’s work. I am a strong believer that the drive is one of the most important parts of any trip. It gives us the chance to talk and get to know one another and enjoy some amazing lighting storms! The weird conversations and the sass has been flowing since we left the church on Friday morning. We are lucky that the two days of driving have been flying by. Stories from past trips are coming forward and we are all laughing at the weird things our group has done. We have talked about Youth Works and the people we have met through the years. A few things that we have experienced: a dead cow in the middle of North Dakota, people being awake for less than an hour on each drive, a bloody nose, lightning, Ciah got a bloody nose (in the car and we couldn’t stop!) and our leaders got a free meal for lunch!

We pulled into Wendy’s in Miles City for lunch, as we walked up to the counter the guy, Marcus, started asking who was paying and if we had any coaches with us. I told him who was paying and that we were a Youth Group. He began to ask “if they could do that” I was confused and a little worried that he was going to kick us out of Wendy’s. That’s not what happened, Wendy’s paid for our leader’s meals. To have a program set up in a fast food restaurant amazed me. It was such a simple act to do for people who are working with youth but I think it makes a huge difference. I think to see an act on our way to our mission trip was an amazing God Sighting. It is a great way to help prepare for what is to come.

Lexie