Posted by Sherri Odell
As I was heading to the party, I ran into the music director at church. He said, "I hear you're going to the packing party tonight. What IS a packing party, anyway? That must be a girl thing."
A girl thing??!!!
Nah....it's a mission thing.
A packing party is when you gather up your spare suitcases - and you pack them will of your donations and supplies that you're taking with you. For medical missions, you pack up all of your medications and medical stuff; for construction trips, you pack up your tools and painting supplies; for school/orphanage trips, you pack up the toys and school supplies.
Tonight - we packed up soccer balls, backpacks, painting supplies, pencils, paper, glue, and scissors. We'll be doing construction AND working with children...so we have a little bit of everything.
I think we had just enough space left in one of the suitcases to pack up some extra snacks. Cuz' that's important, you know. Something from home that is familiar - to take with you to the unfamiliar - just to provide that little bit of comfort and peace of mind.
In my case, that would be chocolate. I'm taking chocolate. Yum!
So - I'm packed. The supplies are packed. And now it's just a matter of time - waiting until we leave, bright and early Saturday morning.
Can't wait!
Peace.
This is great peeps! I'm so excited about getting to read about your adventures. Now I can quit bugging Jeff on his blog---NOT!!
ReplyDeleteYou guys have lots of fun, do good work and spread the Word. Your friends at WCC will be praying for you all. It just won't be the same around there with so many of you gone. You will all be missed. Be safe.
Clearly Bartman hasn't been on a mission trip taking TONS and TONS of stuff to KIDS! I was impressed ya'll were done as fast as you were, but I guess Kearney was packing at a different time. Russia took FOR-EV-ER to pack this year...with TONS of overweight bags!
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