Wow! Is the first words to my mind. It was a great week! Very informative and very inspiring. The weekend before we went to Noah's ark which is a camping, rafting, and rock climbing place. We stayed two nights and had only 3 of our kids with us for the first night. We cooked out on Paul's pocket rocket, because we thought there was burn bane, but found out later there wasn't. The funny thing was the next day we went to get fire wood and the burn bane came in effect that night.
the first day we went white water rafting, which was a BLAST! The kids seemed to really enjoy it too. Later that night the other 2 kids arrived and joined us for frito chilli pie and smores over the pocket rocket. very funny site to see.
After freezing our tails off for two nights we got into Durango to go to the conference. The first day was focused on Samuel, we learned about how he listened to God and then God spoke mighty things through Samuel. Then we learned about Rahab, the prostitute, and how even though we may have a past, God can and will still use us, we need only to be willing. Thursday was the most intense day. We learned about Radshack, Meshack, and Abendigo (spelling is wrong I know) and how they were faithful in the small and became faithful in the big and God showed his great power through them! That night we also got to hear of Awjai Lawll Speak (spelling again is wrong) He is a minister in India, who has planted over 500 churches and has been persecuted for the faith. He shared many amazing, awe-inspiring stories about those who have been faithful for the cause of the Gospel. After He spoke we watched a documentary by CIY called "love cost everything" it is about the persecuted church and how it is the number one persecuted group in the world right now. They mentioned that if you care anything about human rights you should care about the persecuted christians. It was almost overwhelming, but completely eye opening. It made all my troubles seem like nothing. The last day we talked about John the baptist and how his job was to prepare the way for the Lord. How his life pointed to Christ and how ours should too!
The kids that went got a lot out of it, I think. Most of them it was their first time to CIY. I think CIY will have as great an impact in their life as it did ours.
I am very thankful we went to CIY. It was not only a great conference, but it allowed us to have some great time and memories with the kids before we left. Those kids are amazing and we truely love them. I got to see some really neat things that week in the lives of the two girls I was with most of the time. One of the girls whom I have known the whole 18 mo we were in Canon, finally allowed me to see a glimps of her heart this week, and I loved what I saw. She has an amazing spirit and such a desire to serve God and lead others to him. She has such the gift in leadership, I am praying that she uses it this year to lead the youth group since they are now with out a youth paster for a little while. She has been their only constant person and they need her to lead them. The other girl is so sweet and tender, but she realized how quickly she lets other dictate her. She desires now to lead others, she will be a gentle leader, one who will lead more with passion and actions then anything, which is exactly what is needed! I am so thankful for the short time I had with them, they have taught me so much. Lessons that Paul and I will treasure, and may not have been able to see as clearly if things were not happening the way they are.
the first day we went white water rafting, which was a BLAST! The kids seemed to really enjoy it too. Later that night the other 2 kids arrived and joined us for frito chilli pie and smores over the pocket rocket. very funny site to see.
After freezing our tails off for two nights we got into Durango to go to the conference. The first day was focused on Samuel, we learned about how he listened to God and then God spoke mighty things through Samuel. Then we learned about Rahab, the prostitute, and how even though we may have a past, God can and will still use us, we need only to be willing. Thursday was the most intense day. We learned about Radshack, Meshack, and Abendigo (spelling is wrong I know) and how they were faithful in the small and became faithful in the big and God showed his great power through them! That night we also got to hear of Awjai Lawll Speak (spelling again is wrong) He is a minister in India, who has planted over 500 churches and has been persecuted for the faith. He shared many amazing, awe-inspiring stories about those who have been faithful for the cause of the Gospel. After He spoke we watched a documentary by CIY called "love cost everything" it is about the persecuted church and how it is the number one persecuted group in the world right now. They mentioned that if you care anything about human rights you should care about the persecuted christians. It was almost overwhelming, but completely eye opening. It made all my troubles seem like nothing. The last day we talked about John the baptist and how his job was to prepare the way for the Lord. How his life pointed to Christ and how ours should too!
The kids that went got a lot out of it, I think. Most of them it was their first time to CIY. I think CIY will have as great an impact in their life as it did ours.
I am very thankful we went to CIY. It was not only a great conference, but it allowed us to have some great time and memories with the kids before we left. Those kids are amazing and we truely love them. I got to see some really neat things that week in the lives of the two girls I was with most of the time. One of the girls whom I have known the whole 18 mo we were in Canon, finally allowed me to see a glimps of her heart this week, and I loved what I saw. She has an amazing spirit and such a desire to serve God and lead others to him. She has such the gift in leadership, I am praying that she uses it this year to lead the youth group since they are now with out a youth paster for a little while. She has been their only constant person and they need her to lead them. The other girl is so sweet and tender, but she realized how quickly she lets other dictate her. She desires now to lead others, she will be a gentle leader, one who will lead more with passion and actions then anything, which is exactly what is needed! I am so thankful for the short time I had with them, they have taught me so much. Lessons that Paul and I will treasure, and may not have been able to see as clearly if things were not happening the way they are.
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