In the beginning of the month we packed up our 10 interns and headed out on a 2 day drive to the Love Botswana Outreach Mission in Botswana. This is an annual mission trip we go on to serve the ministry in whatever way we can, most of the time doing things most mission teams probably don’t want to do. This year we spent the majority of our time renovating a 5-bedroom, 2-bathroom house they have on their property It was a huge project that had us sanding down about 1,000 sq. feet of wood floors. We also re-vanished the floors, gave the place a fresh coat of paint, and totally renovated an entire bathroom, thanks to our intern, Matt Moline

It was a lot of of hard work, but very rewording in the end. I’m kind of jealous of who ever gets to move into that house. See photos of the renovation.

Internship Video… We recently made a new video that has our interns sharing a bit about what they’ve been up to these first few months. If you’ve ever wondered what our interns do around here. This would be a great way to find out.

Mass Mailer… Earlier this month I got to create a mass mailer piece that went out to 2,500 churches in the US. The goal of this promo piece is to help gain interest in churches bring out a mission team to us. This is the first mailer we’ve done at Thrive, so it will be interesting to see what kind of response we get out of it.

Nothing says a miracle like going to the dentist and having him not find anything wrong with your teeth. Ok, so maybe that’s the news most people get when they go, but not me. There’s probably a couple reasons why I always get bad news at the dentist. It could be from all the sugar I consume on a daily basis or more likely that I only go to the dentist once every 3 years. Whatever the case, I must be doing something right. No cavities for me.