Yes the youth are still alive- and adults are still too. I have had little time to update in the past few days and felt like it might be good to catch some sleep instead of writing. I hope you will forgive me. God has been working in all of our lives this week and tonight we saw something truly amazing-we all became one unified group. And some of that has to do with the different kids, but it also has to do with me, their youth minister. I guess I have felt since I've been here that I haven't fit in very well and the youth didn't bond to me. Part of that was the fact that I had a hard time allowing them to accept me. Tonight that all changed and after 17 months of being here, I now am where I want to be. The explain it simply, it was like the youth were in the pool and I was on the side teaching them, and they kept begging me to come in and tonight was the first time I cannon balled in! I truly believe that this is just the beginning for our youth group. I can't wait to see how God is going to work in the lives of our youth, our future church. Watch out because we are coming back stronger than ever!

It has been a good week and while I love camp and the kids, it will be nice to sleep more than 4 hours a night, eat cafeteria food, and not see those I call family. I love the youth dearly, but am ready to return them to their parents for a while! Thank you for all your support you give to them and continue to support and encourage them. Thank you for your prayers this week, we have definitely seen the answers to those in all our lives. We should be home hopefully around 9 tomorrow evening. Pray for safe travel and no traffic.