Taylors View of Mission trip
Posted by Matt Loberg on June 30, 2010 under General | 
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The bus ride was quite interesting…haha. But it was good. 
We bonded quite nicely. We arrived to Loveland full of energy and more than ready to meet new people and serve God. However…though we were outgoing and tried to talk to the other groups, some seemed a little…shall we say…reserved, or stuck up, at the first impression. Grant it, our bunch is very energetic and, rather, crazy, which may have been a slight turn off. But we vowed not to let their reserved attitudes affect us and just agreed to work harder to reach out and make new friends. It didn’t take long. By the end of the night, we had new friends from southern Minnesota, St. Louis Missouri, and Colorado Springs, Colorado The following days brought myself to an assisted living home in Loveland that is quite nice We have done aerobics with the elderly, visited with them, played “balloon volleyball,” made ice cream, and more there. It hardly seems like we’re working at all. And, in reality, we aren’t. The people in my crew are 4 others from Minnesota and St. Louis, but none from our own group. We have laughed harder together and bonded more than I thought would be possible with 5 people who hardly know each other. Our nightly chapels are focusing on the prodigal’s son story. We’re learning some very important lessons through these things. In all, it’s been a swell trip. OH YEAH!! And last night (tuesday) we took a trip up to Estes Park in the mountains. It was absolutely beautiful, though, unfortunately, a few of us got motion sickness…including myself. But while there, we went to eat at a nice pizza place (which was absolutely delicious!) and then did some shopping at the few small shops they had there. The evening was a lovely vacation amongst our week of service. When we got back to camp, it was like we stepped back into reality after a short dream. It really is amazing.
We bonded quite nicely. We arrived to Loveland full of energy and more than ready to meet new people and serve God. However…though we were outgoing and tried to talk to the other groups, some seemed a little…shall we say…reserved, or stuck up, at the first impression. Grant it, our bunch is very energetic and, rather, crazy, which may have been a slight turn off. But we vowed not to let their reserved attitudes affect us and just agreed to work harder to reach out and make new friends. It didn’t take long. By the end of the night, we had new friends from southern Minnesota, St. Louis Missouri, and Colorado Springs, Colorado The following days brought myself to an assisted living home in Loveland that is quite nice We have done aerobics with the elderly, visited with them, played “balloon volleyball,” made ice cream, and more there. It hardly seems like we’re working at all. And, in reality, we aren’t. The people in my crew are 4 others from Minnesota and St. Louis, but none from our own group. We have laughed harder together and bonded more than I thought would be possible with 5 people who hardly know each other. Our nightly chapels are focusing on the prodigal’s son story. We’re learning some very important lessons through these things. In all, it’s been a swell trip. OH YEAH!! And last night (tuesday) we took a trip up to Estes Park in the mountains. It was absolutely beautiful, though, unfortunately, a few of us got motion sickness…including myself. But while there, we went to eat at a nice pizza place (which was absolutely delicious!) and then did some shopping at the few small shops they had there. The evening was a lovely vacation amongst our week of service. When we got back to camp, it was like we stepped back into reality after a short dream. It really is amazing.PS. To anyone who would be interesting in a vacation, I would HIGHLY recommend Colorado. The mountains and streams are absolutely beautiful!!…once you get past the motion sickness…and it’s just a wonderful atmosphere. The ultimate site-seeing and camping experience
Thanks for all your support!
~Taylor Campbell~
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