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Mission Impossible!

1) Have you ever been on a mission trip, as a participant or adult chaperone? What was it like?

I love mission trips! This will be our first summer since 2006 with no mission trip, and it seems really weird. We've only gone as chaperones, at least on overnights. We head west to The Medium-Large-ish City once a year for a day doing cleanup/repair/whatever on "skid row" there. Beast also used to work with Habitat B.C. (before child...and our move to the exurbs where there isn't much of a Habitat presence).

2) What is the worst thing that happened to you/your group on a mission trip (or retreat, or camp, or Habitat for Humanity experience, or something like that--hey, this is YOUR Friday Five, so you get to play it how you would like.)

Well, last summer one of the kids was diagnosed with mono on Day 3. That sucked. Being bitten by fire ants in Mississippi wasn't a blast either. I can't think of anything much else horrible. Three years ago, the kids had a great time eating bugs, slugs, and other critters during our weeding project; that same year, one of the girls got hit square in the jaw with a lacrosse stick.

3) If money were no object, where would you want to go to help and serve? What would you do?

I'd love to go to Africa. Yes, I'm insane. And it's doubtful I will, due to a lot of external forces at work in my life.

4) What would be your advice to someone who will be sleeping in a gym with 20 other people for a week?

Bring a fan, a hole-free air mattress (and pump) and earplugs. Tylenol, too. And a Bible, naturally!

5) Any parting thoughts, stories, or questions you have around the whole theme of Mission Trips?

Go! It's not all about the work. It's all about the people you'll meet, the stories they have to share, and the sprouts you find growing within you. Even with fire ants, rain, 100-degree temperatures, craptastic shower facilities, and moldy church basements, fun will be had.