Cody's Reflections

“The mark of a great church is not it’s seating capacity, but it’s sending capacity.” -Mike Stachura

I have been on numerous church missions trips throughout my life and on each one, something amazing has happened. On the last missions trip I went on, I realized that missions trips are more than a trip that you just walk away from at the end of the week. It isn’t a vacation or a cross-cultural experience. A missions trip is exactly what it sounds like, a trip with a specific mission. God has provided us with the resources necessary to do a trip as such to India and that is what I am most excited about, a chance to serve and minister to people in need.

The children that we will be helping out with in India have been orphaned for believing in God and even though I have not even met them yet, I am amazed at their faith and dedication. Even though we are going to minister the kids, I have a feeling that we will learn so much from them.

There are going to be a lot of things that I will struggle with in India, the fact that there is no hot water and that our showers will be taken using buckets. Also the prospect of waking up at 5 in the morning every day slightly unnerves me. With that being said, I think that this lack of simple commodities will help me to understand what these children go through on a day to day basis and will help us to integrate with them.

Finally, I would like to thank everyone that supported and contributed towards this trip.

Cody is a grade 9 student at South Island School.  He plays rugby on his school team and volunteers with the A/V ministry at Community Church.  Cody has been on several mission trips, including our last mission trip to the Philippines.