The summer after I graduated high school my family took a missions trip with others from our church to Nicaragua to help with kids after school program, among other things. This trip was a wonderful, and unique opportunity for our family. We enjoyed planning for and serving on this trip. From the beginning, this seemed like an intriguing opportunity because we would all get to try our hand at missions work together. During the trip, we helped serve with a missionary couple on the island of Ometepe. It was a beautiful place and we got to contribute with the rest of the team from our church in helping with the…