The first NY Spring Break Homeless Ministry Mission Trip is in the book and everyone agrees we ought to do it again next year.


It was a great trip in just about every way you would want to measure it.
Homeless ministry objectives? Amazing
Expose kids to what God is doing in NYC? Yep
Group bonding? Tons of it.
The whole New York touristy experience? Every chance we got.
Let the Girls get their "shop" on? Got boring pictures to prove it
Stay up late playing games? Oh yeah.


One of the best things you can do to make a mission trip successful (or any trip) is take good chaperons. Don and I hit the jackpot with ours this time. Wayne Currie and Steve Leger were GREAT adults to have on this trip. They were good with the kids, on the ball, willing to do anything to make the trip better and maybe most importantly, flexible. Rigidity is not a great characteristic for folks on a mission trip, where schedules get readjusted and changed, plans must be reassessed, and things aren't always as promised. Steve and Wayne showed they could go with the flow and play it by ear when needed.
Plus they're both funny.


Tried to let kids post one day from NY but had trouble with connectivity. I'll try to get it up now that we're back.