Thanksgiving Young Life!

Tonight was our Thanksgiving themed Young Life, and let me just say, I am SO thankful. Tonight, for the first time since the start of Sprague Young Life nearly a year ago, I didn't give a talk. I have been blessed with incredible leaders at Sprague, one of which is Amanda Field. Amanda was my first leader at Sprague, and so it seems only right that she would be the first to give a talk. Amanda spoke on the story of the woman at the well in John 4, and did an artful job at making it come alive. In fact, during the question time after the talk, one student wrote, "It sure is nice to not always have Mat talk." The comment may have been in jest, but let me just agree wholeheartedly! It was so great to sit back and just pray for Amanda and watch students connect! It was a great night with fun games and lots of laughter! We even blindfolded a few students and told them they were going to drink a goldfish (don't worry, it was actually just a slice of peach). It was a great night with some big places that God stepped in! Special thanks to Perry and Sue Webb for hosting the team for a delicious dinner, to the Butlers for hosting our wild and crazy bunch of high schoolers, and especially to Amanda for putting so my time, prayer, and effort into a talk about Jesus! It is an honor to know people as incredible as those I've just named! Thank you all!! -Mat