The men’s
Valor cadet trip left Port Alsworth yesterday.
It was an awesome group. The men
were all college aged military cadets who will be graduating and heading into
our military. The group bonded as we
learned together—I am more and more convinced that used with God’s word, the
wilderness is probably one of the best teachers. Maybe that’s why Jesus spent so much time
there with his disciples…
We (myself
along with two other great leaders who came to help me lead the content) spent time in the mornings going through a
series of studies that we have worked to put together called “A Biblical
Blueprint for Manhood”. In the evenings
we looked at what scripture says about how to help lead a movement of
discipleship and evangelism. Late in the
nights we took turns listening and sharing life stories. It’s amazing to me how many fatherless men
there are and how hungry they are in wanting to know what to do to change their
futures.
Today we slept in. I think the average
sleep during the cadet trips is only 4-5 hours a night…not enough! When we got started late this morning we
worked on equipment (generator, wheel bearings on the trailer, boats). The highlight of the day….ready….is internet! We are hooked up to high-speed internet for
the first time! It feels almost as good
as the first showers we were able to take here a couple of years ago. We are keeping the connection a secret from
our guests so that they can truly be unplugged.
Our family however is more than excited to be back online.
Tomorrow we
welcome in Cru’s outdoor ministry called Lifelines. There are two Lifelines staff coming and
doing the content so I’ll just be doing the outdoor leadership part which will
be fun. Love teaching and love the
guiding part, but it will be nice after the past two weeks to be responsible for just the wilderness adventure part.
Thank you
for praying, we are blessed to be doing this thing. Of all the billions of people on the planet
we are the ones who get to do this…very grateful.
