Ok so I went on a missions trip this summer and it was awsome! I went to Northen Ontario to one of the native reserves called Deer lake to do a VBS (Vacation Bible School). There was two teams one that went to Weagemo lake and one that went to Deer lake we traved most of the way together but we had to split up and go to the diffrent resevers. When we got there and the kids saw us they wanted to play right way. When I saw the love and joy on their faces when they saw us it was like nothing Iv ever seen before. We had two days before VBS started time to hang out with the kids and some of the teens and get to know them a little bit. After just one day I felt like I had known those kids forever, They would tell you everything some stuff that would break you heart just to hear you wanted to cry but you felt like you had to be strong of them. Some of the kids would tell you about how thier parents drink all day and they dont pay atention to them. Alot of the older kids like the teens would have cuts on their rists and it was so painful just to see it! One girl that really got to me was Tayler. it was the day before we had to leave and like 8 of us me, CJ, Shannon. Charlotte, Tanya, Dylen, Matty,and Kayla were still at the church the others were with the teens. We had some of the kids in the church with us and Tanya started to cry because she didnt wana leave the kids, soon after we were all crying and the kids started to cry, and it was getting pretty late so I asked Tayler "shouldnt you get home wont your mommy and daddy be worried?" and what she said to me is something that I will never forget. She said "I dont have a Mommy any more and my Daddy dosnt care!" This time I couldnt hold In the tears and I just stared balling my eyes out! Then I hugged her so tightly and kissed her on the head and tould her that "I love you so much and nothing in the world could ever change that and I said "do you know who els loves you more then anything?" She look up at me and said "who?" I tould her "Jesus loves you and that darlin will never change". she held me even tighter and cryed I cryed with her. Soon after her cousen came to pick her up and we walked the other kids home. We walked back to the church and we were still crying so hard. The others came back to the chruch and saw us all crying, and I was on the flor crying and Mona came and sat beside me and said "Kaite look at me hunny you know what this is? this is what love feels like." I hugged her tightly. My heart left like it was falling apart. she tould me it was gona hurt. and she prayed with me. This is something that changed my life forever, and now there is not one day my heart still breaks for these kids. These kids are like my own we all call the our kids to because we love these kid like mothers love their kids and if anything happend to them my hole world would fall apart. Before I went on this trip I was haveing some thoughts that God wasnt real like I knew he was but I wasnt 100% sure but that change oh man did it ever change heres why........well charlotte one of the girls on my team got sick and we really needed her because she was one of the main charaters in our play we did every day for VBS. She was so sick she was throwing up and her stomach hurt so much she was crying, Mona was up stairs with her and the rest of us were down stairs and Nathan said hay why dont we go and pray for charlotte. So we all went up stairs and started praying for her and it was so amasing what was happening their were people yelly and screeming Satain leave this place some were speaking in toungs. I was on the flor praying and talking to God I dont really know what was going on I couldnt move it was like I was in shock or something then charlotte got up and started walking she threw up 2 times and was fine. It was amasing really no words to put to it. I was still on the flor on my nees God was telling me I love you and I want you to know that and I want you to understand that im here even when you dont feel me and when things get hard im here now you know that I am here you need to go and tell other people how much I love you and love them. Mona came over to me and was telling me something but I dont remeber what she was saying all I could hear is God telling me that I need to tell others. I felt like I couldnt breath at all and that I couldnt move the one thing that I heard Mona tell me was what do you need to do Katie what do you need to do I tryed to tell her but when I said the words nothing came out it was like I couldnt speak. I didnt understand what had happend I still really dont. All I know is it was the work of God and he heeld charlotte. Before I went on this trip Paster Ben tould me that this would be life changing and I really didnt understand that untill I went on this trip besauce on man is it life changing. If you ever wana go on a missions trip and someone tells you that its life changing just trust them it is! I promise you that and I promise that it WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!! One more thing I promise that where ever you go there will be kids that just wana love you and play with you, well you will fall in love with those kids!