LAST YOUNG LIFE!

Well Tonight was the last Young Life of the 2009-2010 School year! I can't believe we made it through a whole year! Unbelievable!! Thank you all so so so so much, from the bottom of my heart for making all of this possible.
We decided that instead of doing a typical Young Life tonight we'd end on a bang! A big outdoor BBQ at the Marshall's, however because of weather we changed it to Trinity Covenant Church and an indoor BBQ! We had foursquare tournaments, played volleyball (with a fish, yes, I said it, a fish... and with a regular ball afterward) and raffled off money for camp! It was a great evening! So much fun, so many Young Life moments. Just all around. I am excited for the break but definitely going to miss the excitement of Monday's until we start back up again!
Special thanks to the Webb's for hosting the team for dinner tonight, and special thanks to The Marshalls, Webbs, Hancocks, Shaefers, Gilettes, Rawlings, Fargos, Bensinks, Butlers, Upchurchs, and Fields for serving tonight, bringing food, cleaning up, showing up, laughing with us, and just taking care of things in a way that truly served both leaders and kids!
Our camp trip is almost full and student's are working hard to fund raise the money the need to go, if you're interested in supporting a student, or covering their costs, let me know! It's going to be an amazing trip and I would hate to let money stand in the way!
Oh, and we had over 50 people! Gosh, it was a fun evening! The video absolutely doesn't do it justice! Oh, and did I say thank you yet? YOU are what makes this happen, along with the amazing God we serve, of course! -Mat

The Beginning of the End...

To start off, sorry this is getting out late, my computer was putting up quite a fight last night and I thought it best just to try again this morning. Anyway, last night was great! We were our usual size (about 30 kids) and had a blast! Everyone was high energy and we played some fun games! We played a game called musical baby food, everyone sits in a circle and while the music plays the baby food is passed around, when the music stops whoever is holding it eats it (Flavors included turkey and gravy, beef and gravy, and chicken and gravy....yum) and it was plenty of laughs! We sang some great songs (Sweet Home Alabama, Don't Stop Believin', and Still Haven't Found What I'm lookin' for. And played a game where students faces are coated and shaving cream and Cheetos Puffs are thrown at their face, whoever gets the most to stick wins! It was definitely funny to watch John throw too hard and Jazz throw soft enough and watch her and Kelsey totally defeat the boys!
Tonight I shared about the resurrection. I said that become Jesus rose it validates everything else he said and did, if he hadn't risen, he'd be just like all the other prophets that walked this earth, whose tombs we can visit. I claimed that Jesus was God, and he was distinctly different than any of the other religious leaders in history, and I asked the questions, "Do you believe it?" and "If so, what does that mean?" I think people tracked with the whole talk. It was a great night. Next week we'll be at All City Young Life, and I'll be on vacation, and the week after is our end of the year BBQ and Party! I can't believe it, but we've made it to the end of the semester! Unbelievable! Thank you all for the support! Special thanks to the Butlers for hosting us and the Schaefers for making us dinner! You are all HUGE blessings to this ministry! -Mat