DAY 29: "Trace Crossing Through a Student's Eyes" by Mary Jennings Bouchillon

DAY TWENTY-NINE: "Trace Crossing Through a Student's Eyes" by Mary Jennings Bouchillon

My first day at Trace Crossing I can remember so well. I can remember pulling up into the parking lot of the Hancock Leadership Center and thinking...could people really want to start an actual church here?
In the past, it had seemed like church had always been a chore to me. There was absolutely no excitement or passion for me to be at church every Sunday. I would literally wake up and think of ways that I could skip church!
When church began the morning I visited Trace, I watched as Kevin Williams started to lead worship. I had always been a part of a church where there were huge choirs and organs. Everything was so simple here but it kept me into the music and into the awesome words of the songs. Kevin Wood got up to preach and I remember hanging on to each word he was saying. He was so young and I could understand what he was saying and could relate in some ways. I instantly felt apart of what was going on at the Hancock Leadership Center in November of 2006.
I got in the car and I was already excited about coming again the next Sunday. I can even remember my brother, Austin, getting in the car and saying, "Mom and Dad, please don't ever make me go anywhere else but here to church."
Trace Crossing is such a special place where people love to love people. This church has been there for me in SO many things that I have gone through and I am so thankful to be a part of this group of people. This is not only a church, but an extended family.

My prayer for Trace Crossing:
Father God, I thank you for the people of Trace Crossing and how they are so willing to serve each other. I thank you for allowing me to be a part of what you are doing here. In your name I pray...Amen.