One of my favorite parts of the mission trip was forming new relationships with our high school students that I did not know as well and also with the students and small group leaders from Quest Community Fellowship. After painting each day, our team along with small group leaders, staff members, and students from Quest would go out to dinner as a group and then do some team building activity afterwards to begin fostering new friendships.
To end each night of the trip, our team would come together to debrief the day. This included sharing the high's and low's from the day, any interesting conversations we had with others, or something that God was teaching us at the time. We would sing a few worship songs and then discuss a select topic from our devotion that day. Finally, we'd close our time together by having one-on-one's with someone from our small group. The students really looked forward to this time together because this is where they shared their story with one another, their joys and struggles, etc. I can't say enough about how important this element of the trip was to the bonding of our students. I will cherish the relationships I made on this trip forever!!
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| Les, the pastor at Quest, getting ready to serenade us. |
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Karaoke Night (as you can tell the Americans had no fear in getting up to sing and dance)
Karaoke originated in the Philippines so there were venues all over for you to do this, even in the grocery store. |
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| Some of the guys joined in on the b-ball game |
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| Miranda with Cecille and Wendyl (one of the nicest couples we met) |
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| Bonding over some bowling |
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| Getting to know some of the students at Quest |
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