Jr. High headed to San Antonio

The past few days Olivia and i have had a chance to go to san antonio for the yearly jr. high mission trip.

on the way we stopped at the WHOOP stop-- a total aggie gas station. behind us is a replica of the aggie bonfire at the whoop stop.





WHOOP stop!



we stayed at alamo heights umc which if you've never been before is HUGE! we stayed in the youth area part of the church.

 we worked at the methodist mission home in san antonio. the methodist mission home does adoption services and schi-- southwest center for higher independence. we helped with their new outdoor area. we pick axed, dug, and successfully tore out a huge tree stump that looked like seven trees had grown together.

we had a lot of interaction with the schi students which was awesome! on monday we got to meet the the special olympic usa championship softball team!! only a few of them are in the picture though.

Each day at lunch we ate with the schi students. a majority of the students were deaf so the first day it was kind of hard to communicate. but it turned out that on tuesday we took a sign language class before lunch so we were able to communicate better. it is a tradition to get a sign name but a deaf person has to give it to you. i got one and i learned my name in sign language.


This trip was an amazing experience and i will surely go on lots more mission trips!!!