D-Now Weekend

Wow! What a amazing weekend! It was incredible and I can not say enough about it!! There are no photos with this post because of privacy reasons for other peoples children who attended this weekend retreat that I do not have the parents permission of putting their childrens photos on this internet blog.

Anyway the weekend was more than I could have ever imagined! Our church offered a retreat weekend and the title was "Pursuit to Purity" it was from ages 6th grade to College age and we had different christian speakers come in and talk about different topics for the girls it was on Godly Submission and Beauty with Modesty and then virginity and dating for the boys it was on Chivalry and Respect and Lust and Purity of the mind and also virginity and dating.. These leaders did a incredible job, they shared their personal stories and their struggles and their praises and how God was so incredible faithful to all of them. We had a pastor speak and teach the truth on how God feels when we sin in those areas and then they had incredible worship. It was so so so good..

We saw God move in this place and move in these kids hearts and we saw conviction and brokeness, we saw Him lift them up and give their hearts and souls to Him.It was so incredibly awesome!!We were asked to be a host home for 6,7,8th grade boys so we said yes we would love to and we are so glad we did. They were the best boys I have ever seen! They were all so polite and very very respectful to us and our home and very grateful for everything and made sure to let us know.. We will be praying for all of these boys and their Counselor who was Tony the Youth Pastor at First Baptist Kennard, what a guy! he was so good with these boys! One of the students from our youth group was saying that he was so impressed with the kids from Tony's church that they all knew their bible from front to back and knew where to find it in the bible if you even said a quote.This speaks volumes for Tony and his teaching, these kids are truly blessed to have him in their lives! We just want to say Thank You to all of the leaders, counselors and families who invested in our boys lives and all the other children who were there. Retreats like this set strong foundations in a teens life and we feel so blessed that our boys got to experience this! We pray that all the teachings that they received this past weekend and all of the feelings that they experienced good and bad that they will remember those for forever instead of days or months! We pray that the leaders and counselors will be blessed beyond measure!! Not only were our children moved and blessed this weekend, we were too!! I hope that if you have teens of your own that you will try to find something like this and let them experience a life changing event! Have a great day and Thanks for making us a part of your day!