This is the last day of the 2011 mission trip. As I sit on the bus I this about all the many lives that we have changed as a group. This is my forth and final high school mission trip. I have made so many new friends through these mission trips. They will be in my heart forever! I look forward to spending this first week of every summer with all these amazing boys and girls. I hope as a senior that I have changed some of their lives and that they will do great things next year without all of the seniors. This week I worked on the freret street house. We did a lot of painting. On the last day of work we called our home owner, Ms.Ethel. She was so thankful to have all of us kids working on our house. Although she had never even met us she sounded so happy to hear from us. She kept saying "God bless you for coming and helping me, you all such angels". She was filled with joy. I just didn't understand how someone could go through something so horrible and still be so happy. Over this week I have realized that you can't take anything for granted because in a blink of an eye everything you have worked so hard for could be gone forever. It's hard for me to think about going from having everything I want to having nothing at all. My last mission trip was full of laughs, cry's, smiles, and amazing memories that I will never forget. I love all the new kids I met this year and will miss them all next year, but I know they will do great next year without all the seniors.
-Hailey Green