Camppp

Camp was awesome!! It was totally life-changing. So much stuff happened that if I tried to explain it all, this would be a never ending post :)

To sum it all up-

The speaker was amazing
The band was totally awesome
I am the closest to God I have ever been
I was re-filled with the Holy Spirit (I spoke in tongues)
I was re-called to full time ministry
I cried just about every night at the altar
We raised a $7,000 speed the light offering
I made new friends
and
I had the best week of my life :)

I want to go back to camp sooooo baddddd!! But the mission trip is tomorrow!! I am so excited about that :)

Oh yeaa and one of my favorite parts of camp was when 900 students would all sing, without any music jut voices

"Our God will reign forever Our God will reign forever forever and ever"
or
"Jesus we're living for your name we will never be ashamed of you whoah oh oh our praise and all we are today, TAKE TAKE TAKE IT ALL."

ah... I love the Josh Hiers band :)

oh, and one last thought.... BLUE TEAM RULESSSSSS :DDDDD

Excitement

This summer has gone by so fast! The month of July is full of trips and "stuff" for me. Next week I am going to camp! I am so excited about camp because I haven't been to the teen camp yet, and everyone says its amazing.

Then right after camp, 24 teens from my church are going to Osage OK for a Mission Trip. I am hands-down most excited for this trip. Mainly because I feel like I have been called to the mission field in Africa when I am older, and I think that the trip will give a glimpse into what the mission field is like on a smaller scale.

Then right after the mission trip, more students are going to FL for FAF Nationals. I am not going, but a lot of people are, and they are super excited about it.
So enough about what I am doing this summer.

Anyways, this last youth service was the best ever. In youth, we start out by singing a few songs, and really getting into the "mood" for the sermon. Then Pastor Marc delivers his sermon, then has an altar call where everyone goes down to the front and prays.

Well this week, we did worship as normal...but something wasn't "normal". The presence of God was real. It was there. So we kept on singing, and just praising God. This went on for a full hour. Then PMarc, as I call him, invites us all up front to pray, and pray we did. It was amazing. A group of students passionatly praying, all striving for a common goal. PMarc didn't even preach because time was up. We had spent just shy of 2 hours worshiping the God we all loved. Obviously, it was amazing.

Please be praying for these things. This is a portion of my prayer list:
-TBQ team, as they go into competition tomorrow in Nationals, that they give it there all, and honor you while doing so.
-Camp, that God prepares the hearts of those attending, and that we are open for change. Also that we can help others who don't know the love of God as much, or know the love of God come to Him, and live a life for Him.
-Mission trip, that you prepare the hearts and lives of those who we are helping, that they see you in everything we do. Also for the students going, that He humbles there hearts and that God just shows Himself to them.

Thank you so much :)

Peace,
Summer