Shenanigans

This is so exciting! I've honestly been dancing around the tent for the past 10 minutes out of sheer happiness. And no, I'm not talking about the mission trip.  I'm excited because this is the first blog I've ever written.  Even more exciting is the fact that I get to stay up 15 minutes after my bed time and this is the first time I've used a computer in a whole week. But really, this has been an amazing mission trip. Every year I venture on the trip with a small amount of nerves. Each year, I get on the bus worried that something will go wrong--the work will be overwhelming, the people will be shy, the leaders will be too strict. And each year, I'm proved wrong.  This year, like each of my past 2, has given me many gifts.  I've made instant bonds with my teammates and leaders, worked my tail off painting a house, and gotten into trouble plotting pranks with Nelson and Steve Sweet.  I could go into an endless story about the events of the week, but I'm sure you'll all hear the highlights soon enough. I still can't quite comprehend the fact that this is my last year on the high school trip. Or maybe I can comprehend it, but I just don't want to accept it.  I feel so blessed to have been called to serve the Lord with the Sandia Presbyterian Youth.  I hope that all is well with my family and friends at home.  Tomorrow, we're off to Six Flags, where I'll most likely spend the day people watching and lounging in air conditioned food courts, because of my extreme dislike of roller coasters.  Now it's bed time, and time to hope that the boys didn't pull any shenanigans our tents.

Bailey Flynn (B-Fly)