Busted ankle...equals slow life down

It is amazing how something simple like your ankle works so well, but when it doesn't...well it doesn't. By God's great goodness though in it there is good. It is easy to run this way and that way most of the time. Some times it is good to pause. I've been reading a collection of Mike Yaconelli's stuff, a youth ministry guru who was not afraid to speak out. He passed away a few years ago, but his words are still true today. He speaks alot about how we can tend to rush through life in all areas, including youth ministry, and that we miss out when we do. Now I get to slow down and rest in the Lord, because I have to, but also because it is good to!

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The stars are giving us a show!

I am not sure what happened but this is my second attempt at a blog tonight. It is true that we have a crisp clear sky at BYC and from time to time we see a shooting star across the sky, pretty amazing.

We practiced hard today! Those who come on Friday will be blessed, by the grace of God of course. Keep praying for us there is still a lot to be done. Tomorrow will be a full day.

God is awesome!
adrian

tuesday at BYC

Good evening! I pray that this note finds you well. We have had another great day here. We practiced a whole bunch for Friday...if you haven't heard there is going to be a camper led praise and worship service from 6-8 pm at the Franklin Baptist. It would wonderful to have a packed house of friends and family!

We enjoyed a lively game of China Lake Musical chairs, and favorite, everyone enjoyed themselves.

Let's see. We had chicken, mashed potatoes, carrots and salad bar for dinner. Yum.

Keep praying for us. we have a lot to do in the next few days!

God is awesome.

adrian

monday!

praise God for a great day! If you prayed yesterday for thigs to go well today believe theewy did...praise God and thank you for praying. This morning after fun warm ups, pledges, breakfast and clean up we had an enjoyable time of worship followed by TAWG which stands for Time Alone With God. Today's TAWG was focused on the value of silence.

We followed that up with a group builder and then started to hammer out the details of our theme and how we thik God maybe leading us to use our gifts in the upcoming service. We spent some time thinking about how a service could be laid out, a template for a service.

In the afternoon we enjoyed some options. Some kayaked, dance, swimming, crafts, and games. After chapel we worked some more on the details of the service. As a side note these are some very gifted teens!

Now it is time to rest. have a great night!

back at byc...Music Camp!

Off to a great start. Praise God we have lift off with a great group of teens. We played a few get to know you games, enjoyed a scrumptious dinner, praised God and learned a bit about worship being how we live our lives and not just a song we sing. After some free time we did some brainstorming for Friday's service, by the way the campers had some excellent ideas. Pray for us tomorrow as we work out the details of what we hope to do o Friday. Then the challenge of pulling it all together. I know that with God's strength we will be able! God is awesome, all the time.

have a great night keep praying for us, and we hope to see you Friday in Franklin as we present the service they are preparing.

adrian