Left for Malibu Monday. Currently there, updates at the very bottom!
Here is who I invite you to pray for this week! I will share updates below as the week goes on, and in 'comments' if you follow along. After the week i will post again about all God did!!!
Mead HS campers: Jeff and Logan with Nathan, Nathaniel, Jackson, Trandyn, Easton, Ryder. 5 of these guys are my 'tennis guys' I coach. What a joy!
Praying for Easton to catch a fire. Nathaniel to meet Jesus. Trandyn, Ryder and Nathan to come alive in Christ, with a contagious faith to rock Mead HS this year. Pray for Jackson, he is a musician, tennis player, and an absolute delight. At YL two months ago, he shared at the end of the message that his faith is second hand smoke, based on others' experience, and he longs to have his own direct connection to God. C'mon! Lets pray for this!
Also pray!
Mead and Mt Spokane HS girl campers: Tanita our steady leader, Ava Watkins (pray for clarity to make a commitment to Jesus, she previously said 'no thank you' but is reconsidering now! Also, Ella, Camdyn A. and Addie Kerrigan.
Gonzaga Prep HSL: Grace with Lucia, Carolina, Alexi.
North Central and GPrep HS: Adam Sonneland & Brendan: Austin, Sebastian Wolf, Isaac, Avery, Timothy
UPDATES on OUR NIGHT 1 (stuck) near the border: (Wednesday day/night)
We and all the groups were turned away at the border for not having 'work permits' for being leaders with kids at camp. Very interesting to say the least.
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| Groups on busses stuck at the border |
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| Maybe disguises might help... |
Each bus from 8 different areas all had to find a hotel to stay at for the day/night until a plan was formulated to get us through. Our Spokane group as well as Federal Way and Central Kitsap ended up at Semiahmoo, in Blaine. They gave us a group discount for rooms, provided amazing hospitality.
We were able to throw a night 1 club' together too so we did not miss starting strong, having an intro message (by Tanita) and each leader could have a cabin time with kids. We had a program walk-on (Rick and Paul, border agents who play pickleball) by me and Adam Sonneland. And a staff from Federal Way, Jordan, led a mixer, and 3 high school kids who packed guitars for Malibu, busted them out and led club songs at the hotel too.
It felt like night 1 club!
We were pumped to be there fore an epic evening of pickleball, bikes, s'mores by fire pits, club, cabin time and a great night of sleep.
Praying for what is next.
At the end of the day, kids shared that they were blown away by seeing how God was with us even in our plans going sideways, and that they were having SO much fun already.
We got our work permits (stunned that I'm saying this) and passed through the border this morning and are on our way to Malibu now, we will all arrive in time for a 9:30pm dinner and 10:30pm Day 2.
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