Dear friends and family,
It’s officially the end of the second summit! Well, almost, it was about a week ago, but that’s ok! We have left the beautiful city of Morton, IL, and I…..am going to tell you about it!
We arrived in Morton at the end of September, and it was a LOT larger than our last church! Grace Church is located in the little town of Morton (it has 16,700 people for the population, so says the sign) It’s a really cool little town where everything is only 5 or 6 minutes away from everything else, so if you want to get a coffee at Eli’s or just see a pumpkin farm or two, it’s only a good 5 minute drive. We were able to get our truck unloaded on the same day we got here, and at dinner, we got to split up dinner between three of us, and wound up getting three appetizers for three people, life is good. Senior Clay DeBolt and I got to hang out this summit, and we were greeted by the Wright Family when we got back to the church that night! The Wright’s consist of Craig, Tammy, Jordan, and Taylor oh and Mogli (dog) too! I had such a good time with them, and they were such a blessing to me and Clay’s life. They will be dearly missed (and so will all of the Wii Tennis games, the Nerf Gun Battles, and the late night study sessions J )
This summit was a lot easier materials wise, I feel that God is blessing me with wisdom…either that or I am slowly losing it and the craziness that is materials is starting to make sense to me. Signing has continued with little or no change, but it was great to hear how God has been using it, and how people think it is really cool that it is adding another level to the worship. Pause: a team member came up and started narrating my blog for me; little does he know I’m going to include it in here. J
I would just like to say that Nathan Cowles is the most amazing guy in the world. He has better looks than anyone on the planet. Also, he is so strong; he makes me look like a pip squeak. I wish I could grow down to be like him. Maybe, someday, if I’m good, Santa will bless me and will turn me into Nathan.
Thanks Nathan. Unfortunately, someone still doesn’t know Santa is fake, but I’m sure he’ll figure that out eventually. Now where was I? Oh right, ASL. So it was really neat to see God continuing to use ASL in other people’s lives. God used conversations that started in ASL to move to different things and I have gotten to pray with a lot of different church members before we part ways, a really cool ministry opportunity.
In Morton, we got to do a lot of stuff as a team. A couple things I got to do for the first time were 1. Going through a corn maze that wasn’t smaller than my house and 2. Going to the Caterpillar plant. And no, not the insect, but the machine! A gentleman in the church allowed us to come to his work and see first-hand how all the CAT Vehicles operated and we even got to climb on some of them!
Prayer request: God really blew me wide open this summit. I sat through this summit so that I could hear how a Life Action Summit worked, and God used the two weeks to show me areas in my life that I had not given over to God, and I am still sorting through everything. Please pray that this spirit of brokenness won’t leave me and that I’ll continue to place God first, over everything else.
Whew, summits are getting more and more fun, but also more and more busy! Hope you all enjoyed the update!
