OKAY SO I WENT TO MIAMI, FLORIDA ON A MISSION TRIP ON JUNE 26 AND CAME BACK THE 5TH OF JULY. THE FIRST DAY WE DROVE DOWN TO TITUSVILLE AND CHECKED INTO OUR HOTEL THEN WE WERE OFF TO THE KENEDDY SPACE CENTER. WE TOOK THE TOUR THAT TOOK FOREVER AND THEN WE ATE AT THE LITTLE CAFITERIA AN THEN EVERYONE SPLIT UP TO GO TO DIFFERENT THING. ME CODY DIAMOND AND SARAH HUNG OUT THE WHOLE TIME AND WE WENT TO THE LITTLE ART THING AND TO THE "RIDE" TO THE MOON. IT WAS A SIMMULATOR BUT IT WAS NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED. THEN WE WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL AND EVERYONE WANTED TO GO SWIMMING IN THE POOL. WAIT A MINUTE...WE STAYED TWO NIGHTS IN TITUSVILLE BUT I DONT REMEMBER WHAT WENT ON...ANDWAY THATS NOT THE IMPORTANT PART. SO I GUESS IT WAS THE 29 THAT WE DROVE TO THE HISPANIC CHURCH RIGHT NEXT TO LITTLE HAVANNA. WHEN WE GOT THERE THEY LADY SHOWED US WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BE SLEEPING AND EVERYTHING. THEN WE WANTED TO DRIVE AROUND AND EXPLORE MIAMI A LITTLE. SUNDAY MORNING WE WENT TO THE CHURCH SERVICE THEY HAD AT THE CHURCH BUT WE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THEM SO THEY GAVE US TRANSLATORS. ON MONDAY WE SPLIT UP INTO TWO GROUPS AND ONE GROUP WENT TO HLP WITH A BIBLE SCHOOL WITH HOMESTEAD OPEN HOUSE MINISTRIES AND THE OTHER WENT TO A CHURCH IN LITTLE HAITI. I WAS WITH THE LITTLE HAITI GROUP. MONDAY MORNING WE HAD NO PLANS FOR WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, WHERE WE WERE GOING TO DO IT, AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO DO IT. WE KINDA JUST WENT WITH THE FLOW THE FIRST DAY. WE SPLIT THE BIBLE SCHOOL UP INTO THREE GROUPS. PLAY TIME, ARTS AND CRAFTS, AND MUSIC. SO OF COURS I WAS THE ONE DOING PLAY TIME. WE JUST PLAYED ALL KINDS OF STUFF THERE. THERE WERE ABOUT 20 KIDS THE FIRST DAY BUT THAT NUMBER GREW EACH DAY. THEY KIDS WERE ALL BLACK, HATIAN, WHATEVER YOU WOULD CALL THEM. THERE WAS NOT ONE SINGLE WHITE KID SHOW UP AND I DID NOT SEE ONE WHITE KID IN THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE CHURCH WAS IN. THE KIDS THAT WENT TO THE BIBLE SCHOOL WERE RANGED FROM 5 TO ABOUT 16 YEARS OLD. THE YOUNGER KIDS I THINK GOT MORE OUT OF IT. THEY HAD NOTHING, THEY HAD SMILES ON THEIR FACE THE WHOLE DAY THEY WERE THERE. IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD THAT I WAS THE ONE MAKING THEM SMILE. THEY WERE THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING WE DID FOR THEM. TWO LITTLE GIRLS WANTED TO PLAY WITH THE BEACH BALL THE WHOLE TIME AND EVERYTIME THEY SAW THAT I WAS NOT BUSY OR TAKING A BREAK THEY WOULD COME AND ASK ME TO PLAY. OF COURSE I DID AND THOSE TWO GIRLS FACES LIT UP THE WHOLE TIME. IT JUST SHOWS HOW MUCH YOU CAN DO TO MAKE SOMEONE ELSE HAPPY. THE WEEK WENT BY AND WE DID THE BIBLE SCHOOL MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AS THE WEEK WENT ON, EVERYWHERE WE WENT WHEATHER IT BE TO THE STORE, TO THE BEACH TO THE SHOPPING AREA, YOU ALWAYS SAW HOMELESS PEOPLE, PEOPLE HAVING NOTHING BUT THE CARDBOARD UNDERNEATH THEM. ITS SO SAD, AND YOU WANT TO HELP THEM BUT YOU CANT. WHILE I WAS THERE I LEARNED TO BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT I HAVE AND TO ACCEPT EVERYONE NO MATTER WHAT COLOR THEY ARE. I MISS THOSE KIDS AND ALL THE PEOPLE I WORKED WITH. ALSO THIS MISSION TRIP MADE ME A LOT OF NEW FRIENDS IN THE YOUTH GROUP. IT WAS A AMAZING TRIP!