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Emotionally there's been a lot of ups and downs this week. Tonight I sit in our staff lodging room at the Sandy Bay Primary School and reflect on what God has done. I sit in the dark as the teen guys from Browncroft Community Church serenade the ladies with love songs. The current song is Edwin McCain's "I'll Be". Leading a team of 67 people sure has been a challenge, but it has been an experience i'll never forget. Nelson Jenkins is one of the most passionate youth pastor's i've ever met- I tried to recruit him to come work for PPM. He has the heart of someone who simply loves people, but especially youth- and has a desire to see them grow. I got feedback from Nelson today about their trip. He said they'd return, but only go on an international mission trip every three years. He also said he wished there was a bit more service work the team could have done for a couple of the days. It was a task trying to keep everyone busy and really jus...

Well it's Thursday morning, July 2nd. It's the dawn of my biggest challenge as a leader yet. I await Browncroft Community Church from Rochester, NY. The team consists of 67 students and adults, 43 females and 24 males. They arrive today at 1:27 pm. The simple goal for today is to get the team in safely and get them settled into our temporary lodging site, the church of Fletcher's Grove. We'll only stay at the church for one night. On Friday afternoon we'll move all of our stuff over to the Sandy Bay Primary School, right down the road from the church. That will be our lodging facility for the week. We will be ministering at two different churches in two different communities. There's another church up the hill in Montpelier where we'll help with construction and do some sports outreach with young people. At the Fletcher's Grove Baptist Church we'll also help with construction. There's a third construction job at the Sandy Bay Primary School that ...