Nashville is a little quieter a place now that our “graduated seniors” are officially college freshmen and are off learning their way around their new college campuses! Their summers were varied and busy and the beginning of a new chapter in their lives. Before she left for Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacy Lovell wrote the following paragraph describing the graduated 12th graders summer mission to Ecuador.
On June 8th, the graduated seniors of the class of 2009 met in the Nashville airport to head off to Quito, Ecuador. This trip was a fruitful experience for each of the 19 youth and 3 leaders on this trip. We began our journey touring the city of Quito but quickly got down to business on a church/school called Argilia Alta. Here we painted, welded, dug, mixed, lifted, and played along side some of the most amazing people any of us had ever encountered. For some these amazing people were members of our own church, for others it was the astounding men and women working at Argilia Alta, and for others it was the boys from Casa Gabrielle. Regardless, each of us got a glimpse this week of the kingdom of God and what true community looks like. We are so thankful for this opportunity we have been given so now we might be able to continue spreading the kingdom wherever our paths might take us in the years to come in college.
We wish ALL of our new freshmen the very best in this upcoming school year and look forward to welcoming them home as their schedules allow.
