My Trip To Chattanooga

Thirteen hours on a ten passenger bus with twelve people inside. Whether or not that sounds fun to you, those thirteen hours went by quite fast. The group I traveled with consisted of three separate vans with an average of ten to twelve people inside of each, including the chaperones. The trip was a planned ride down to Chattanooga to partake in a week of Bible-related activities, as well as help out those people who are in need. The trip is hosted by Harvest Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and I had the honor of being able to be a part of the trip for two of the past three years. It is hard to describe the feeling of being pulled out of a Protestant Reformed lifestyle into a more open and outgoing environment down in Chattanooga. The worship services we attended were full of song, prayer, and an overall feeling of joy and mirth that stretched from the ceiling to the floor. Moving from a controlled and peaceful service into a vibrant and ecstatic gathering was mind-blowing to me, and I had to reflect upon myself of how these people …show more content…
These camps were bible camps created by the place we stayed at: Hope for the Inner City of Chattanooga. Hope trained our group to be ready for when they would send us out into the inner parts of the city to lead the bible camps and teach the kids about the Word of God and introduce Jesus into their lives. Now that I am back from where I started here in Michigan, I look back onto those past two years and am grateful for what God has allowed me to do and the type of person I have become because of my experiences in both the PR circles, but also the circles outside of our inner world. With every passing day I prepare myself for the challenges ahead and am ready to take on any trial or test that God and the world throws in front of my