DNow '09

I feel like I've been gone awhile, even though it was only a few days. :) We had a full, and very blessed, weekend with our youth group, 180, and many extras. We had an event at our church this weekend called DiscipleNow. It's where we get together Friday/Saturday evening for large group rallies, and the students stay the night at host homes. We had a good group of students, an awesome worship band from Brentwood Church in Lynchburg, and a great speaker from a church in Lynchburg as well. Our theme this year was Identity Theft...with our focus verse being John 10:10. I know even though I'm exhausted *and a bit achy* it was a refreshing weekend spiritually. We had awesome times at the rallies, and the kids had a great time on Saturday playing "Bigger and Better". *A game where you try to trade up from a paper clip to something bigger and better, with complete strangers. Some of the items we ended up with were lawn furniture, an XBox, a dishwasher, and a snowboard! Little swindlers...;)* We had a celebrity lookalike contest Saturday evening, where kids and counselors dressed up to "steal" celebrity identities. Some of the guest list incluced The Hulk, Clark Kent, Taylor Swift, David Beckam, Octomom, Wolverine, Barbie, Payne Stewart, Katy Perry, and Michael the archangel to name a few. We also had lots of great food...the host homes went all out providing meals for the students/counselors. So much planning and prayer went into it, and we are SO grateful to everyone who helped out! Here are some pictures from the weekend! :) ~John 10:10~