Life's End...

No, not death. We ended Life 2010 Saturday with a parade of missionaries in the morning along with 6500 students partaking in communion together. In the evening we closed with the idea that God breathes life in to us. Jason Ostrander reminded us that we are the light of the world and with that we closed with a song and glow sticks to represent our light in a dark world. There were many highlights to the week.

• Lunch together with the Burlington Church Monday afternoon.
• Arriving in Louisville and seeing some of my old friends.
• The energy that our kids showed the desire they had to listen God during sessions and seminars.
• The depth with which each student shared during the week about their COLLISION with God.
• A baseball game in which the Life group made the local news.
• Several concerts from Hawk Nelson and Kutless to Corban a band from Central America, a comedian and a magician.
• The opportunity we had to worship God in song and contemplation as each day their there was a pray of blessing prayed over the entire group from the leaders of Life.

Many highlights above but probably the one that touched us the most was the Alliance Youth Project. This was an interactive journey to experience and bring focus to issues around the world. We heard that 1 in 6 people in the world have clean water and in Africa they may walk 3 to 5 miles per day to find clean water. That water is then used for everything from cooking to bathing to washing clothes. We saw a floating school like the ones in Cambodia that refugees must study in. They are great improvements over what they had. We visited an area where human trafficking was explained and shown how people get caught up in that. Or rather should I say tricked in to the schemes of the evil ones. We saw a village in Africa where a well has been put in place. The wells cost $6000 each and are being built through the Great Commission. We were challenged to get involved and the kids in our group really wrestled with this issues as we discussed them as a group. And finally the offering was great we took an offering Saturday morning along with pledges all going to the Great Commission and the total was over $250,000!!!!!!! BY TEENS!!!!!

We have arrived back home after spending 22 hours traveling from Louisville to Greenfield. It is time for rest. Check back for more entries to this blog as we continue to unpack Life 2010 and look forward to Life 2013 in St. Louis MO.

LIFE 2010 Day 4

Take me out to the ballgame... I want you to check out the video.
What a great day we had. Today was supposed to be spent at Six Flags but was changed when Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom did not open this summer. We started the day with a visit from The Evangelism Linebacker. We were challenged in the morning to look up because Gad came down, Look in so God can work outwardly in our lives. We quickly ran to our seminars and the students have had great experiences in the seminars. Following lunch we headed to our evening session which was held early. Then board our bus to head to Louisville Slugger Field. We heard a concert by Kutless then watched the Louisville Bats and Toledo Mud hens baseball game. As you saw in the video above we set a record for the largest mob dance.
Highlights for Friday is the Alliance Project where students will be encouraged to focus on some serious world issues such as Human Trafficking, Lack of water and education. We also get a concert from Kutless. So Check back tomorrow for details of a fast paced Friday.

Day 3 Highlights

WOW!!!!! What a day we had. Francis Chan was awsome and challenged us with two things. First, we are made for God not ourself and second, life following Christ is a battle. Satan is like a lion wanting to devour us!!! We walked through the Alliance Youth Project. AYP draws attention to real life issues of sex trafficing, lack of water and poverty. 1 in 6 people are without clean water in the world. The activities center is awsome. It has been a good day and a half. The group is a little tired but up iand ready for what God has for us today. Today features Derwin Gray, Kutless and Louisville Bats (AAA for the Cincinnati Reds, Woo Hoo!!) baseball game. Check back for more updates.

LIFE 2010 Day 1 and 2

Five states in a day and a half. We loaded the bus on Monday at about 2:30 pm and began the trip to Louisville, KY. The trip was quite uneventful. After a few stops we arrived in Louisville about 10:30 am Tuesday. The rooms were ready so we had a few hours to relax, take a nap or go swim. After dinner we headed to the Louisville Fairgrounds for the LIFE 2010 conference. We saw the activities hall where there are carnival rides, large inflatable, a full court basketball court and other sports to play. We played corn hole, ping pong and pool. The Logan Martin Band was great as the worship band. We had a painter paint during the evening session. Jason Ostrander challenged us to pray for God’s to be done in our lives. That is the challenge that I hope the youth will pray for daily. Well this will do for this time. Check back tomorrow as we will fill you in about Francis Chan and Trace Bundy. For now good night and sleep well.