Mountains, Mosquitos, and Children oh my!

Dang, what a week. It has been seriously insane trying to keep up with everything that has gone on. The past four days have been filled with hiking, teaching, games, and just a good time.

Monday was bad. I was so dead that first day because I had no idea what to expect from the hike and it killed me. However, it was a nice hike, Billy Wood talked to the kids about Creation and what God has done. Wooh! It was definitely fun to go over that with the kids. Also exciting was the fact that we had a little girl give her life to Jesus. So that's always good stuff.

Tuesday was definitely a lot better on me physically speaking. I knew what to expect and it was a lot more enjoyable. Lynda Silvey talked to the kids about how we look at the world. What does the Bible say? Why do we listen to the Bible? Etc. So she did a pretty dang good job on that in my opinion.

Wednesday was beautiful. We hiked up to Sacred Ridge where Jim gave the Gospel message to the elementary kids. That combined with the fact that we were up in the mountains was just a perfect way to describe God's awesomeness.

The sheer grandeur of these mountains is astounding. It makes me think of the song "Did you feel the Mountains Tremble?" These mountains will one day tremble when the King of Kings comes in glorious and mighty in power. "For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods, in whose hand are the depths of the earth, the peaks of the mountains are also his. The sea is His, for it was He who made it, and His hands formed the dry lands." (Psalm 95 NASB) Just being in the presence of this astounding display of power was humbling.

The picture above is from our hike yesterday. Yesterday was our last day of hiking on Mountain Qwest for Christ. Yours truly was the one who gave the message to the kids. The lesson had me focus on the diversity of birds in our world. From the long beak of the stork, to the swiftness of the ostrich, and to the delicacy of the flamingo, God has designed each and every creature for a purpose. How much more valuable are we to God??? The hike was gorgeous. We went and stopped on the shore of a lake and had our snack and lesson there.

This week had to be one of the most tiring weeks of my life. But I loved it because of the fact that children were able to see God in an entirely different way then they may have seen Him before. Also, our last count was 7 more children for Christ so that in and of itself makes the weariness and the mosquito bites all worthwhile. So, until next time, "The Lord bless you and keep you, The Lord make his face to shine on you and be gracious to you, The Lord lift up his countenance on you and give you peace." (Numbers 6:24-26)