Wow I can't believe how much God is working in the lives of all the people I get to talk to. Just the other week Ryan, Taco, and myself were running the outdoor climbing tower for an outdoor ed group. It was so amazing to see God working as we talked to the teens and their leaders. Always after each activity we have a "debrief" in order to apply life principals to each high element that they just completed. Taco was leading on this particular day because he had struck up a conversation with some of the teens right before we ended. Therefore, he just feed off of what they were discussing and expanded on their discussion. Taco was able to have a long debrief with them because we were ahead of schedule. God defiantly had that all planed out in advance! God opened the door for Taco to share Gods love and the gospel with them. It was amazing to see God work through Taco to encourage and challenge these kids in what they were living for. When Taco was finishing up, the leader asked if we would be willing to pray with the group because he felt the power of the holy spirit there dwelling among us. We all joined hands and Taco lead us in prayer. Once the leader sent all the teens to their next activity, he stayed behind and we all shared about how we got to the ranch and how God has been working in our lives. It was such a blessing to minister and show the love of Christ with the outdoor ed group! Another amazing experience was last night. Matt (the intern director) Hannah, Taco, Ryan, Bill and myself all went to Baltimore for what is called "Baltimore blast". It was put on by the radio station 95.1 Shine FM. We put up a display in order to hand out summer camp flyer's and talk to people about the ranch. Of course our main attraction was the indo board! It was fun watching everyone and trying myself to balance on the board. =) Thank the Lord no one got hurt (at least not to bad). It was so cool to talk to kids, teens, and parents about what RVR has to offer for the summer. This one kid was really interested in working at the ranch! We may have recruited a new TNT'er!!! YEAH! Each of us took turns to go watch a little bit of the soccer game while the others stayed at the RVR display and continued to hand out pamphlets and talk to people. Once the game was over we were able to stay to see "chasen" and "Kutless" in concert! It was an AWESOME concert=) Hannah and I got really into it by going up front, jumping around and just being crazy! It was so awesome to see two christian bands in a public building talking about God with a mixture of people with various back rounds and religions. I think that is what made it so much more amazing to me! Every person was there to see the same sweet bands and experience great music. But only some were there to worship the Lord! It was so awesome to be a part of that concert! The Lord really used what the lead singer from kutless said to encourage me. He said that he would not be were he is in his life, if it was not for his salvation in Christ. He said he would be no were if he doesn't put his faith and trust in the Lord. This really hit me because sometimes it's hard to ONLY trust the Lord for your strength. Lately I've been thinking of the passage of the Bible that talks about only trusting God and not relying on your own strength. Prov. 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." I need to in every situation trust God to get me through things and not rely on myself to get the job done. I need to learn that I can do all things through Christ because he gives me strength. The Lord has been speaking to me about this through various situations and people especially the past 2 weeks. It seems like where ever I turn God is sending me the same message. Not on my own strength, but through HIM!