Author Archives: Geist Youth

My name is Caroline Driskell and this is my fourth mission trip. The thing I have liked most about this mission trip in particular is that we get to do something hands on and that we get to progress everyday. This week, my group has been working on repairing a house. So far, we haveContinue reading “Rehab: Demolition Day”

Song of the Builders by Mary Oliver On a summer morning I sat down on a hillside to think about God – a worthy pastime. Near me, I saw a single cricket; it was moving the grains of the hillside this way and that way. How great was its energy, how humble its effort. LetContinue reading “It’s 6am…let’s build.”

Hi my name is Kade Irwin, and this is my fourth mission trip. I started the day waking up earlier than I would like, to look forward to the long day ahead. I got in the car and followed a truck with Kyle. The truck was loud and dirty and didn’t catch my attention ofContinue reading “Rehab”

Hi my name is Sami Seifferlein, and this is my third mission trip with Geist Christian Church. This year we traveled to Hazard, Kentucky. Today was our first work day, and we went to a site that was building a house for a family with 6 children. The foundation for the house was already builtContinue reading “New Construction”

Our youth have been broken up into two teams. Here are some pictures from our sites.

Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who make the morning and spread it over the fields and into the faces of the tulips and the nodding morning glories, and into the windows of, even, the miserable and crotchety– best preacher that ever was, dear star, that justContinue reading “Rise and Shine…it’s 6am”

Hey! It’s Alyson Bradtmiller & Olivia Rubick and this is our second mission trip together! We’re so excited to get closer to each other and other peers on this trip. It’s going to be a blast to get in touch with ourselves and God. This week we can’t wait to be able to build housesContinue reading “Let the journey begin”