Howdy!
What happened yesterday you ask? Well…
We started off the day with VBS and made a point of praying
together as a group. This simple act gave us a noticeably increased unity.
Everyone could tell. That was incredible. During VBS, the kids learned the
story of Jesus feeding the 5,000. Benjamin and Nathan performed a magic trick
where they made a basket magically fill up with cereal and goldfish, and then
explained that while that was a trick, Jesus did it for real.
I was also very pleased with the canvasing that happened
yesterday. We had two teams walk the town in the heat and give it their best
effort. Erin Hoover’s team went further than any canvasing team has ever gone
(literally… they got to the other end of the town where the rafting companies are
set up!) They went so far, actually, that I had to go and pick them up because
it was too hot for them to make that walk a second time.
A few of our students went to do a service project of
preparing a welcome home for Kay Peyton, a woman returning home after battling
cancer for 5 months down in Houston. She has not beaten the disease yet, and so
we are praying for her like crazy. The team went and cleaned her house
thoroughly and decorated her from fence with yellow ribbon to welcome her and
her husband home.
After all of that we had some delicious lasagna then headed
up to the field. We had Joshua and Hannah share their testimonies and they both
did superb jobs. Hannah actually isn’t part of our Texas team, but a teen from
here in Riggins. We met her 6 years ago, and now she’s 17 years old and sharing
her own faith with our team!
The interview today is with Nathan:
Stephen: What do you think of the trip so far?
Nathan: It’s good.
Stephen: Do you have a favorite kid at VBS?
Nathan: probably the consensus is that Jaxon or Rayden are
the coolest kids. They are pretty hilarious. Jaxson runs like Mario.
Stephen: Rec night?
Nathan: It’s fun. I’ve had a headache most nights, but
throwing around a Frisbee with all the Rigginites is pretty good. It takes a
lot of pressure off of the situation.
Stephen: Any last words for people at home, things to pray
for, or stories to tell?
Nathan: Yes.
(Nathan’s a funny guy.)
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