Our church sends mission teams to Ridgecrest Conference Center every year to serve students attending Fuge Camps. It’s a wonderful service opportunity, and one I recommend churches consider. Our mission teams perform a variety of tasks such as doing laundry, working in the kitchen, serving in the coffee shop, cleaning the cafeteria; you know, all the mundane tasks Jesus would do.
This year’s trip in June began like all the others. Our church staff received pictures and videos of the mission team laughing and showing us the “proper” way to fold a fitted sheet. I was away from the office and with my daughter for college orientation but enjoying the good natured humor from afar.
But around 5 p.m., all that stopped.
That’s when I received a call from one of the team members frantically crying that Nick was dying! [Read more…]