ReCharge [WEEKEND ONE]

Stocking up for the weekend!

Can't get the truck to the back door of the kitchen so we have to

 load it up in a smaller truck and then haul it into the kitchen.

Many hands make light work!

 

 

the Winter Olympics' for our decorations

 

------the ice cube-----

 

 

the first brave soul!

 

 

the line up of people that are willing to freeze by jumping into ice cold water.

What we will do for fun!

 

 

 

Cardboard sledding making

 

  

 

Playing in the snow

 

 

 

 

 

clean up time!

this weekend wasn't anything short of a good time!

 

My Ministry...

The part I have in ReCharge (Snow Camp) is, I am on a team of 6 we call ourselves Customer Service!

We are assigned a couple youth groups and we hang out with them the whole weekend!

Staying in their cabin, having devotions with them, helping them make a sled...

Our purpose is to help the teens and the leaders have the best time, so when they go home they are closer to one another in their Church and ultimately to God.

This past weekend was such a awesome weekend to start the 7 weekends off with!

(God knows what we need when we need it!)

 

Just want to share a cool story with you...

Something that has really touched my heart and has really grown me closer to Christ--

 

I have been struggling with a lot of different things lately, struggles mean we are growing closer to God.

Well one of the struggles was just feeling like I didn't have a leadership role or not viewing the role that I am in as a leadership role... And I was fighting with discouragement and discontent...

      This past weekend at our first weekend of Recharge, my heart was into getting into the fact that Recharge was here, and I was disappointed with my job-- I was walking back to the dorm and I was praying- and I said I can either let this, let satan use this and tear me down or let God work through me. So I decided to give it to God.

     The church groups came and I had a sudden overwhelm-ness of excitement! I was so excited to hang out with the groups that I had been assigned!

      I shared with Lexi, one of the girls on my Customer Service Team, was I was going through- and she shared with my something that she was going through also, we prayed for each other and went back to the dorm.

      I got to really know the leaders that was in my two groups, but I never shared with them what I was going through.

      When it was getting time for them to leave, one of the leaders her name is Jerusha = ), she gave me a letter-

and it was so crazy!

     In her letter she wrote, "Never doubt for a second that you are a necessity to the body of Christ. This weekend would not have been the same without you! So thank you for humbling yourself before the Lord to lead our group by serving our group! a true leader is a servant so do not doubt your leadership abilities because you have servant hood abilities!"

     I cried when I read the letter, I could only see God in that... It's only through the Spirit of God that we can feel each others burden.

     Then! on top of that! Today at chapel the Pastor spoke on Servant Leadership- Just saying how sometimes we want to be in a leadership role, but God puts us in charge of something small- like cleaning toilets... or the story he shared was about the servants that took care of Abrahams donkey when he went up on Mount Moriah. He called it "donkey time"

       He also talked about the last supper and how Christ pick up the towel and washed his disciples feet.

       There is a basin, there is water, there is a towel- but nobody is picking up the towel.

He called it "towel time" we need to be the ones to pick up the towel.

        I thanked him for allowing God to use him and to speak that to us, to me. even though there was others there- I felt as though it was just for me! = )

 

Anyway! Cool story right??

 

God is so awesome! Thank you for praying for me = ) 

 

I don't normally write on my post, but this story was too cool to not share!

I pray that it will encourage you in some way- Give God the glory!

 

 

no filter....

God showing us His faithfulness...

 

random photo that I thought was pretty great!

pretty much sums it all up! 

 

 

 

progress....

working on a blanket in what ever time I have,

in my relax time, I schedule that in--

 

 

RECAPTURE--

*this weekend 3 teens stepped into an eternity with Christ by making Christ the Lord of their life
*7 teens dedicated their lives to the service of Christ!

Praise the Lord! He is doing awesome things!