Whooza! Looking at the calendar and realized that I will be out of town the next 3 (possibly 4) weekends in a row...busy busy but so exciting!
This weekend is our Area Youth Winter Retreat at Hesperus Baptist Camp. Joel is the director of the camp and I am really excited about all that is planned and what God will be doing in my own life as well as in the life of the students.
There will be about 55 adults and students at the camp this weekend and it is all about PRAYER 24/7. As Christians, I believe that we do not fully grasp the necessity nor the power of prayer in our lives - I know I don't anyway! Prayer is our communication with God - it is a 2 WAY conversation that involves talking and listening. This weekend we will be helping the students learn the types of prayer, the importance of prayer and just more about prayer. How exciting!
As much as I LOVE youth camps and retreats - the night before is always a little chaotic and hectic around our house! For the first time, we have 2 of our own kids going with us - so excited about that! We have already sent Kestra and Tyler to the two grandparents homes for the weekend which is good because the rest of us are frantically doing laundry, packing, getting paperwork together, etc! Whew!
I wanted to share with you all some ways in which YOU can help us and that is by praying for the following requests concerning this weekend:
1. Joe Bowman, pastor at FBC Norwood Co, is our Camp Pastor this weekend. Joe is recovering from the flu and pneumonia. Pray for his energy levels and that he will be able to effectively speak the words the Lord has for the students.
2. FBC Norwood is bringing 2 students that we know of who are not Christians. There youth got together and did a fundraiser in order to pay for these two kids to come to camp - how cool is that? Pray that this weekend they will hear words of truth that will pierce their hearts and cause them to long for Jesus!
3. FBC Hesperus has a young lady coming who lost her brother in a car accident not that long ago. This young lady is still hurting deeply and struggling to regain balance in life. Pray that we can reach out to her and that she will feel the arms of Jesus around her this weekend.
4. Joel is also recovering from flu like symptoms and needs both his energy level and his voice to hold out through the weekend.
5. Pray for all the students this weekend that their hearts will be open to hearing the message God has for them. There are many who although profess with their mouth to be Christians, are not walking in a way pleasing to the Lord. Pray that they will see the need to not only talk the talk but walk the walk!
I will try to post a blog at least once this weekend to let you know how things are going and will for sure post one on Monday or Tuesday with a recap! Thanks in advance for your prayers...with that, I am off to switch another load of laundry, pack a bag, get blankets and sleeping bags together...etc!
1 comment:
Praying for the 2 teens to learn more about Christ and come to know Him and for you all to be able to minister to this girl in her loss! And for all those attending that they will grow closer to Him!
Look forward to hearing an update!
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