Our journey started 5 years ago, when Steve traveled to Chiconautla with 11 others from Northwood Church. The following year Amy was led to go with another team of Northwooders, even though Steve said she would never make it :-)
One of the last days in Chiconautla Amy was feeling a nudge to lead the trip the following year. When she came home she talked with Steve and he was feeling the same thing.
In 2007, we led a team of 12 adults and 6 youth on an amazing trip. Each year when we returned from the trip, we were changed for the better, and could feel God stirring things up. In early 2008, we launched H20 (Helping Hands Outreach) to help provide outreach opportunities for Northwooder's, small groups and individuals. We find such an awesome joy in serving that we wanted to share that with others, and pray that they catch the vision that we have for Maple Grove and beyond!
Last year we led another great team to Chiconautla. Before we left, we knew it would be our last year leading the team, but we were not sure what God had in store for us. Then a seed was planted to take another step towards God and bring the kids to Chiconautla on a family trip.
After many months of prayer, and a lot of conversations with others, we knew that if this was what God wanted from us, we would be obedient. There have been many obstacles along the way, and we almost changed our mind. We realized that we couldn't do this on our own, but if we completely surrendered the trip to God, He would get us there, and that leads us to the blog.
We decided the most difficult part of starting a blog is the first entry, so we won't make any promises on great entries, but they will be from the heart! Thanks for sharing our journey with us!
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