titus 3:4-7

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared. He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercey.. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by thge Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our saviour, so that having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of Eternal Life.

I was typing out some verse for one of my parent chaperones whos going with me to camp this week end. kinda of a Andys version of the romans road, and the faith program. and well in the assurance side of things i was reminded of this verse. we are the heirs of God we have hope of eternal life.
the sad shameful thing is that we especiall i act upon shameful ways, and do not secretly live as a royal heir a prince of heaven. thank God that although my kingly Father disciplines me on these things that he always loves me, and has His arms around me oh what Grace.

some day i will be whole and never shame him again- it's not a flip statement- for i know i am on my way to becoming what he has made me to be Phillipians 1 6-10
well as i said we're going to summer salt camp today- i admit that i'm not looking foward to it as ione would a vacation, 'cause it's not i'll miss my family- i already do-- this year the thought has been extremly hard on my kids, especially 'kota so it makes it harder on me- but this is a neccesary thing- our students need this rejuvination- they need to live titus 3.
please pray for Matt rogers as he speakes every day that he always be in the holy spirit
pray for our kids who can't go to camp due to family situations
-- jonathan H it's killing him so badly not to go-
--jen & nicole that they find there place, and that their parents let up on them.
--cody that he lets go of his fears
-- Dylan he's a good guy, and has a good band , but there is no commitment just fun and games
--Bj he just needs to grow up ( it's the truth)
Jonathan r summer school
sarah H that she truely finds Christ love, or if she has it she gets real with Him.

those going to camp
``Caleb and Becca this will be there senior year they are too afraid to be the spiritual leaders they were called to be.
``kacille and allie to work out their diffrences and return to their friendship both are running form God all year. it's sooo obvious There is too much to write here.
``Nathan he graduatted this year but is a very young christian- and really has no desire to go further. pray that he finds his place
``pe wee that he continues with his commitments, and that God gives him passion and strength.
``Kelsie i love this chick she's among the youngest but one of the most on fire- pray that she grows deeper
`` brett ,nae nae, and dokota that they see that there is more to life,
sarah P that she grows bold, and not in the background
``jess well there's alot there i think true salvation - he claims it , but doesn't show any eveidence
micah hes' such a good guy, and wonts to be a leader-
canday my femal chap who has to deal with allie, and kclee
my prayer is that we return not just as a bonded youth group, but as lay ministers, teachers and pastors.


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well i could swear that i've blocked since my lost recorded blog, but oh well.

we just got back from St Louis from visiting tre's parents( oh how i hate 12 hour drives)-- we drove straight to church before getting home for a youth fellowship. it was a party kinda out of school thing- (off church sight)-- i felt so disconnected from the the students- it really bothered me, but we went through the night. one student who has always been distant really seemed down and i again tried to get him to open up. but he did his usual i'm ok -- if i need to talk i will and yatta yotta so this time instead of saying "sure man" i said "hey i don't believe it, but we'll go on your time." well on the ride home i looked over at him and you could see he was so struggling, and i prayed that God would really get a hold of him- about 10 mins later he asked to talk- it was just awesome he's struggling with the typical things , but lets just have the reality check no 13 year old boy should be in the world of drugs , and alcohol--- any way pray for him - it took a year for him to open and it's gonna be a battle for him to get on track his name is PeeWee( ( taylor)) but no one knows him by taylor. we have camp next week - and i'm just pray'n it helps me with him-- i know see that the disconnect was because we had something to take care of- and our enemy was working to make it not happen.