Youth SLAM Trip - Day 1

The Church of the Redeemer youth group is off to its first ever short-term summer missions project. We'll be serving, learning and building relationships on the Yakama reservation in Washington State. We're all really excited!

We left my house yesterday with a team of 8 youth and 3 adults and began our long road trip up to Washington. Last night's stop was in the Bay Area and the drive had several dangerous incidents - two cars flaming on the freeway, an 18-wheeler turned over on its side and another semi that had a tire explode right as we passed by. Praise God, we were safe and all the kids and staff had a great spirit about it. We also got a chance to stop at In-n-out burger =).

In the evening we visited Stanford University and had a great time exploring campus. Even though the youth are all staunch USC Trojan supporters, they admitted that the campus was "alright." Not bad.

Today we're headed up to Oregon. The drive is 12 hours, nearly twice as a long as yesterday. Please continue to pray for safety and good attitudes. My prayer is that our team would have the mind of Christ described in Philippians 2 and be servants of others and each other. Thanks in advance for your thoughts and prayers!

Blessings,
Elliot