hccsa returns!

for their spring break trip, a group of incredible students from hill country christian school of austin came down to serve the makarios staff and our kids. laurie's spanish classes come every year to serve alongside some of their parents and school staff. i cannot begin to tell you how incredible every single one of these kids really are. we actually talk about it every time they are here.. how in the world are they all such great people? they love Jesus, respect everyone around them, are full of energy, and come to humbly serve.

i probably said this last year, but i will say it again.. it is just SO encouraging to see juniors and seniors in high school know the Lord the way they do and want to spend their spring break sweating and serving other people. love it. their unique community of students, staff, and parents is a beautiful picture of how to hold others accountable and build people up.

basically, they rock.

here are just a couple pictures of my kids from when they came to lead our classes for a few days (umm AWESOME for us teachers. we got to sit back and hang out with our kids while they took over..)

working hard on their giant name crafts

who wouldn't LOVE fake snow? (especially if you never see real snow!?)

what a beautiful picture of service and what an encouragement for all of us here..

thank you, laurie, for loving your students so much that they want to come love mine.