Spring Break

                For my spring break, I am going on a trip to Miami, FL. I am going with Merge, a campus ministry here at ISU. Every year, Merge goes to Miami during spring break to work with Habitat for Humanity to build a house for a family in need. I have been on three mission trips in my past years of high school, but I have never been on one like this. Usually, I would be working with children for like vacation bible school type activities. I have never been on a trip like this to build anything, so I am very excited to finally have this experience. I am also excited to visit a different city in Florida; I have family in Ft. Myers, so that is the only area of Florida I have never been to.

                At 10pm on Friday night, 40 of us college students will be packed into 15 vans and headed on the road! That night and all the next day we will be driving. Saturday night, we will stop in Clermont to spend the night. On Sunday, we get up to go to church. Then we have a cook out, day on the lake at this nice old lady’s house that has offered us a day of fun before we go work. After a few hours of boating, we will head back on the road until we reach Miami. We thought we might have to stay in a church basement, but we lucked out and got a renovated motel instead.

                Monday is a beach day, then the next 4 days are reserved for working. We will be working all day, but at the end of each day, we have some sort of fun party or activity planned to end the day.

                As I said before, I am very excited for this trip, and I cannot wait to get to know everyone in the group better!

                Happy Spring Break! 323