Skagit Valley Mission Trip - Day Six

Today was our last full day on our mission trip.  We went to help with Resurreccion's last day of their Day Camp.  We set up and were stationed at the different booths of their closing carnival and street fair.  We were put in all of the carnival booths.  Our youth did a great job of interacting with the kids and helping the fair run smoothly. 

After the street fair we all had Eucharist together and celebrated the end of camp.  Each of the students at the Day Camp received a backpack folk of school supplies to help them start the school year well.  

After the Day Camp ended, we had a BBQ lunch with the community.  We ate hamburgers and watermelon and then began the hard job of cleaning up the entire camp.  We took down tents, collected trash, vacuumed, swept, mopped, collected chairs, put away tables, and organized the supplies that will be used for next year's Day Camp.  Our youth groups worked with Rescurreccion's volunteers and got the whole place put away in about 3 hours.

We ended our night hosting dinner at Resurreccion with staff and several of the youth from Resurreccion. Our cook, Missy, made a fabulous dinner and we all enjoyed a meal and fellowship together.  Several of our youth became quick friends with some of the youth from Resurreccion and had a great time at the park across the street with them.  We came back to the campsite and moved into small group time where we debriefed our week together.  We discussed highs and lows and where we saw God in our midst.  We had a full week together and are so thankful for all we got to experience.

Tomorrow morning we will have breakfast and pack up our campsite.  Although, we are sad to leave I believe everyone is excited to sleep in a bed tomorrow night!
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