Our weekend MK retreat to Camp Forest Springs was an
amazing time of connection. God brought all 35 of us together in such a
sweet way. During one of our worship times we sang Open The Eyes of My
Heart. We were encouraged to sing it in whatever language we knew.
There were at least 31 different languages represented there and it
sounded so beautiful! I can't imagine how it sounded to God's ears!
Garth taught on having a Cross centered life, and not getting
sidetracked by legalism or subjectivism. Those are just fancy ways of
saying that we shouldn't let our feelings motivate our beliefs, and that
we need to realize that we already have God's complete love-doing good
things does not give us a better standing with God. He already declared
us righteous at the moment of salvation.
The weekend was also full of quite hilarious moments of fun. We played broomball on the ice, went tubing,snowboarding, snow skiing, ice skating,and had a late night snowshoe hike to a bonfire and hot cocoa. The kids and I came home quite sore and we were all exhausted. But we were so thankful for the sweet time of fellowship that we had with those wonderful kids.
Here is a funny story for you: While we were talking to one of the MKs, we found out that he is about to marry a girl that is actually one our relatives! How crazy if that? Small world.
Thank you to my parents Bible study group who provided boxes and boxes of snacks for the kids. Amazingly it was all consumed! (Tubing makes you hungry!) Thank you also to a wonderful family in the community that provided money for scholarships for the MKs that couldn't afford to pay the whole fee. And thanks to all of you that prayed for a safe weekend. There were so many opportunities for injury, but thankfully we had none!
Here are some pictures:
The weekend was also full of quite hilarious moments of fun. We played broomball on the ice, went tubing,snowboarding, snow skiing, ice skating,and had a late night snowshoe hike to a bonfire and hot cocoa. The kids and I came home quite sore and we were all exhausted. But we were so thankful for the sweet time of fellowship that we had with those wonderful kids.
Here is a funny story for you: While we were talking to one of the MKs, we found out that he is about to marry a girl that is actually one our relatives! How crazy if that? Small world.
Thank you to my parents Bible study group who provided boxes and boxes of snacks for the kids. Amazingly it was all consumed! (Tubing makes you hungry!) Thank you also to a wonderful family in the community that provided money for scholarships for the MKs that couldn't afford to pay the whole fee. And thanks to all of you that prayed for a safe weekend. There were so many opportunities for injury, but thankfully we had none!
Here are some pictures:
