Today we’re taking 15-20 high school students for a weekend in the snow. Keep us in your prayers for safety, transparency, and authenticity. Our goals: lot’s of coffee and deep conversations along with contemplative midnight sessions. We’ve been totally upfront with each kid that signed up about our spiritual emphasis and they’ve stepped up to the challenge. Sure we’ll play games, but that’s not the point of this weekend.
I’ve found myself, in the past, selling these retreats on the fun activities , but this time I’ve sold it on the spiritual pursuit and we’ve had a good turnout. If you’re honest with kids, they are truly able to step up to the plate. So pray for us this weekend!

We left for Leavenworth, WA on Friday afternoon with 19 students. Most of the kids on this trip were pre-Christians (I favor that term to “non-believer”) and they came on the trip to simply have fun. Well they had fun, but they also experienced something much more. Something much deeper.

 We’d have devotionals in the morning and messages followed with small groups in the evenings. The Lord really showed up in these times. Our leaders entered into deep conversations with the students. And at the end of the weekend, 5 students made new decisions to follow Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior with many more recommitting their lives to Him.

It isn’t easy for students to go back home after these trips. They’ve made commitments for Christ, but now is the time integrate these commitments into their everyday lives. Change is never easy. Pray for them to continue to hold fast to the decisions they made.

(actual picture of student tubing who crashed)

We’ll be taking around 20 or so students on a snow retreat this weekend! It will be an exciting time, for fun and going deeper with many students.

Pray for us for:

• safety
• open hearts
• fun
• for God to show up

 I (and the other leaders) have really been praying about theses specific students and I’m entering this trip with real expectation of God revealing himself to many on this trip. So keep us in your prayers this weekend!

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