The past week has been a crazy one and so cool to see God at work! We had Olympic Week Camp at Kirkwood. We had the sweetest kids and best time through worship, skits to introduce the theme for each day, recreation, Bible study, missions, Olympic Games, crafts and cooking activities. The week centered on "running with perseverace the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus (Hebrews 12:1-2)". The theme song for the week was "Shout Your Fame" and we taught the children about giving Jesus the fame in all that they do. We looked at Olympic athletes who exemplify this as well as missionaries serving in various countries around the world. We prayed for chaplains and others over at the actual Olympic games who would be sharing the eternal hope we have in Jesus, that He would be on display for many to see throughout the next couple weeks in London. We had a couple kids accept Christ and others asking questions about making their profession of faith public through baptism. We also had an opportunity to get to know many of the parents better at pick-up and drop-off each day. At the end of the week we had closing ceremonies where we invited the parents and had the kids perform one of the songs they learned, showed a video highlighting what the kids did, presented each child with a Gold Medal and an individual award of something the coaches saw them do really well throughout the week, and then presented a message to the parents!
One of my favorite parts of the week was seeing the members of Kirkwood Baptist Church being reminded how much FUN it is to serve and share Jesus with others - each of them who helped with camp did a great job working with the children. Also, my dear friend Dawn Canniff, who I served with in Honduras in March and then a few weeks ago with the Judson team that came to help with VBS, was back in town and she was a HUGE help! It was such a blessing seeing others step into leadership roles and use the gifts He has given them for His glory.
Here are some pictures highlighting the week:
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| Snowball Dodge - one of our Olympic events |
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| The stage! |
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| Team Honduras |
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| Some of the Olympic athletes and coaches having fun!! |
In the couple hours we had on the side, Dawn and I were able to hike part of Bridger Bowl, the local ski resort just outside Bozeman, as well as a quick trip on the Drinking Horse Mountain Trail and a trip to the Lewis and Clark Caverns. Here are some pictures of the fun:
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| Hiking Bridger Bowl |
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| Scouting out ski runs |
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| Drinking Horse Mountain Trail |
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| Just outside the Lewis and Clark Caverns |
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| Inside the caverns |
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| Inside the Caverns |
Please pray for:
- Rest! The last week was a crazy one!
- Upcoming events including a visit from Pastor's friends from Utah, Russ, Lesley and their children (who I met recently when I was down there) and a mission team coming into town on a scouting trip who will be helping with our Back to School Bash on the 11th!
- The Olympic athletes and chaplains serving over in London over the next couple weeks - that they can be a witness for Christ!
