Centrifuge

I honestly cannot believe that it is mid-June already! They say that time flies when you are having fun, and I so believe that! This past week I had the opportunity to go with our church's youth group to Glorieta, New Mexico, to a camp called Centrifuge. Layne had asked me to go the previous week, and I really prayed and thought about it for a long time before I agreed to go. I now know why God wanted me to go with them.

Camps always seem to "refresh" your walk with Christ, but this time, I have vowed to keep that strong walk going past camp. Layne reminded us that camp is NOT our journey with Christ, but it is a part of our journey. I LOVED our speaker that was there with us all week. His name was Landon Dowden and he was from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is a true man of God, and he has a heart for knowing God and the word. The theme for Centrifuge was Move: The Faith Journey. Landon did an excellent job telling us about how we need to know the word and God personally, take a stand in our faith, move to tell the nations about Christ, and how we need to wait on what God calls us to do. This was just an incredible week, because it really reminded me of our great our God really is!

We also had a ton of fun while we were there. The weather was perfect...60s and 70s with a little rain, and the mountains were gorgeous! The kids had a great time doing all the different activities that the camp offered--paintball, ropes course, jewelry making, missions, hiking, mountain biking (just to name a few.) These activities gave them all opportunities to make new friends from other churches, and to grow with those of us from FBC Snyder.

The Prayer Garden

Mattie and Josh playing Laser Tag

One night at our NightLife activities we got to dress up in 70's athletic wear. Layne wore an old Snyder Tiger basketball jersey that his dad had when he coached high school basketball. I dressed as a vintage bowler, but I didn't have any great pictures of my outfit.

Worship with Addison Road!

We played a game with our church group where we had to get into 2 teams and line up on the floor. We passed 10 dog biscuits down the line using only clothespins that we had to keep in our mouths. It was a little challenging, but we still had fun. Then, when that was over, Morgan decided it would be cool to eat a dog biscuit, so of course we sat and cheered her on!

"Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint." --Isaiah 40:30-31