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This week we did disaster relief in Black Mountain, NC from hurricane Helene. We stayed at an Adventures Relief base camp in large army like tents with bunk beds. We were so excited to have mattresses because we’d been sleeping in camping tents on the ground for 3 weeks. I’d never realized how big twin beds are! We even had a bathroom trailer with real toilets instead of porta potties!

There are about 40 people on my squad, and we’re all in teams of 6-8. Most teams worked on repairing houses, but my team got to work mostly in a local soup kitchen! I enjoy cooking so I had a lot of fun except for when we chopped 75 pounds of onions and we were all sobbing our eyes out. We are back at our base camp in Gainesville, GA for a rest/debrief this week, before flying out to Colombia on October 4th!

God bless,

Shelby 🙂

 

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Shelby Potter

Hi everyone and welcome to my World Race blog! I am beyond excited for this next season of life. I leave August 29th for Gainesville, GA where we will do a couple weeks of training before heading out to the nations! This past March I went on a mission trip to Colombia with my church. This was a a very influential trip for me. God revealed to me the importance of international mission and placed the burden on my heart to take the next school year to serve. Since a child, the Lord has put in me a deep desire for world travel. And since then my love for Jesus has only grown, making international mission an exciting and purpose filled opportunity for me! Unfortunately, a mission of this extent comes at a price. Even though we are serving the Lord, housing, plane tickets, and food are not free. And a non-profit organization is not equipped to financially support multiple groups of people in this endeavor. Any and every donation is so greatly appreciated. Thank you!