middle school mission trip 2009 - day 3

Day 3 took us back to Vinton for 1/2 a day to work on the Vinton trail. This was the hardest day for us so far as it had rain some in the morning which made everything very wet and hard to work with. We cut a path through a the trail that was flooded out last year. I did get to use a chain saw but having to move all of that wood after we cut it up was hard. The other 1/2 was a long trip down to Kolana where we had a great time seeing the cheese factory (some of the kids had never tryed cheese curds before - can you say squicky), then to see the beutiful contry side and a wonderful meal. If you would like to see a slide show of the day click here or the picture above.

middle school mission trip 2009 - day 2

On day 2 we went all the way to the city of Bell Plain, IA. Where we meet grandma and her daughter Mel. Grandma had her basement flooded out when the flood hit last year. About 2 weeks ago she finally got her basement ready to get stuff back down in it but had no way to move all that stuff or clean up her beautiful gardens - that was until we came and gave her a hand. Click on the pic above or just click here to see a great slide show of our time at grandma's house.

middle school mission trip 2009 - day 1

Now that I have access to the internet I can start down loading pictures from our awesome middle school mission trip. The first day we had a chance to work in the city of Vinton, IA where we stacked over 6 tons of paving bricks on pallets so the city could then reuse them for their brick city roads. You can click here or click on the picture above to see some of the work and time we had together.

Middle School Mission trip 2009 - updates coming

Been at the middle school missoin trip and haven't had internet access until now. Will have Days 1-4 up later on tonight - stay tune.

6th grade summer trip 2009 Day 3

Well the day started out at Oarchard Hill Church in Cedar Falls, IA with a great services and then out to one of our sponsor's parents farm. We got to enjoy some games on the bus, wonderful food, and playing at the farm. If you would like to see a little slide show click here or the picture above. Great 6th grade summer trip.

6th grade summer trip 2009 Day 2

Day 2 of the awesome 6 grade summer trip is over and everyone (except a couple of sponsors & me) are sleeping hard. We had a great time at the Lost Island Water Park where almost everyone got sun burnt, ate a great meal, and had a little cake for one of our girl's b-day. It was a little cold (with a lot of wind) but besides that it was a perfect day. If you would like to see a slide show click here or click on the picture above.

6th grade summer trip 2009 Day 1

Well the day is done and what a great time. The kids really knocked themselves out (in fact they are all a sleep - ah quiet what a wonderful thing) at the Northeast Iowa Food Bank and everyone back home at NCBC should be very proud of them. We had a fun trip up to Waterloo, Ia with duck tape created characters that would fit in the sponge bob theme, we worked with all kinds of food and drinks at the food bank, got a chance to play outside in almost rain, and had a great time with the annual "great pillow fight." Click here or click on the picture above for a slide show of our day.

Round 2 of our summer trips - 6th graders ROCK!

Today starts our next middle school summer trip for NCBC - this time we are taking our great group of 6th graders up to Waterloo, Ia. We will help at the North East Iowa Food Bank, stay at Orchard Hill Church, enjoy Lost Island Water Park, and have a great time at one of our sponsor's family farm. It's going to be an awesome trip and I hope to have daily updates on this blog again. Stay tuned.

7&8 grade summer trip 2009 Day 4

What a great summer trip. Click here or the picture above to see the final pictures of the trip.

7&8 grade summer trip 2009 Day 3

Well the day is done and wow what a time at st louis six flags. It took us all of 5 min to park and we actually had to wait 25 min before the open the park (we've never had that happen since I've been the middle school guy at NCBC). The kids and sponsors road more rides than ever before because the lines we slow short. To see a slide show click here or click on the picture above.

7&8 grade summer trip 2009 Day 2

Well the trip to West County Community Church and the St Louis Zoo is over and what a great time we had. We really got a chance to be a part of the body of Christ in a different place than NCBC. With the pastor almost doing a back flip off the stage it was quite an interesting message. Then the St. Louis Zoo was just awesome and very big. All of us (including me) really didn't know what we were stepping into but we had some great memories. Enjoy a little picture show by clicking here or on the picture above.

7&8 grade summer trip 2009 Day 1

Well the day has ended and the kids were just awesome. Some of the pics are of us having fun at Jellystone park (great place), on the road, & working in the gardens. Just click here or click on the picture above to see some of them. It was a great start of our trip.

The day before

It's the day before our summer trips. Got a lot fun filled days ahead with middle school kids - check this out.

4 days - 7&8 grade summer trip
3 days - 6th grade summer trip
6 days - family vacation
4 days - Kids camp

I'm starting to add pictures for the trips. Click here (or on the picture above) of some of the pre-trip stuff we have going on.

Here we go!

Blogging again

After a very long time I'm back at blogging again. For the 3 of you (hi mom) that are still reading this we have a number of posts coming. Summer trips are here and we will have a lot of pictures to put here for family to see. Be checking in regularly to see all the great pics.