New Debra DeWit Blog- Providing a helping hand

I hope everyone had a good spring break. Mine was unforgettable.

Sadly, the weather once again was not in our favor from a rice farming perspective. When I came home from my spring break mission trip, it was apparently the only sunny day. But now that the weather has gotten warmer, the ground will dry up sooner and my dad can begin plowing. We’re excited about starting a new rice growing season!

I spent my spring break in Mexico, going on a mission trip with my youth group Summit. It was an amazing experience that made me feel more connected to my friends and connected to the people of San Luis Rio Colorado (city in which we served at).


We were split up into four teams and sent off to four different churches. My team served at the Betania church. There we ran a vacation bible school, played games with kids at a nearby park and taught English classes.

My personal favorite was playing with the kids, whether it was at the park, just before the program or teaching English, I got to meet some really fun and great people even despite my minor Spanish 3 level education. That was challenging, but all worth it in the end.

I feel that everyone should this kind of an experience in their life, where they feel connected to a community, whether it’s in Mexico, Japan, or just in the U.S., by serving that community in anyway needed. The feeling is great, yet hard to explain. When we left, I felt like I was leaving behind family and friends. I thank God for giving us this fantastic opportunity to serve. I hope to do something like this again next year.

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Debra DeWit: "I grew up in Davis and have been around both my grandpa’s and dad’s rice farms most of my life. My grandpa was the one that started farming and passed the tradition on to my dad. My dad farms rice in Yolo County and my grandpa farms rice in Sutter, Yolo and Sacramento counties. I enjoy talking to my dad and grandpa about their days in the fields and gaining more knowledge about the crop and the business. Currently, my family and I live in Davis, and I go to the high school there. I like to hang out with friends, write, draw, go hunting with my dad and my grandpa, teach Sunday school and going to youth group."