March 2009

March 16th - 18th - Spring Break Camping Trip (Rappel by Vocation)

Continuing the theme of being rebels against conformity, we took a physically challenging trip to give a physical example of a spiritual lesson. That we must persever expecially when things get tough.
This was a Camping/Hiking/Climbing/Caving trip that would push AHYEAH to the limits. We started out hiking 3.2 miles into the Ozark Mountains and camping on a river bend. The next day we hike a different trail out (4mi.) to the van, then drove the van to Horseshoe Canyon Ranch where we met with our rock climbing instructor (Harvey). We rock climbed the rest of the day and crashed around the camp fire that night. The next morning we were up at 5, and hiked 2 miles into beautiful waterfalls at Eden Falls and also explored Eden Falls cave. It is beautiful; after wiggling our way into the cave it opens into a large room where there is a magnificent waterfall in the room. It was gorgeous.
On the way home we blew out two different tires on our trailor at two different times. It was exciting and we made it home only an hour and a half late.
This camping experience was a crux for AHYEAH. Friendships, and camper/leader bonds were created on this trip that are lasting to this day. It created a family within the youth group through the challenges and successes. God used this trip for so much glory.

March 27-28 - Acquire the Fire

Because of the snow and excallated(sp) prices, we only had 5-6 youth come and attend. Despite the low number of attendance, Jacqui and I had a fabulous opportunity to build relationship with three new girls (the Johnsons). It was actually rather impactful and the message on sex was well thought through.