Last weekend we had our first youth retreat. We had 22 teenagers from the ages of 12-18 years old. About 10-11 of them didn't know the Lord. We were able to share God's Word with them and give them lots and lots of love. They had time to swim, play soccer, volleyball, and other yard games and then we had a campfire and roasted marshmellows, they had never done that before

Morning devotionals were fun. You gotta do something to get the attention of 22 youth that went to bed way to late and you ask them to get up at 7am.

The last day was the most amazing. The guy who helped me thoughout the retreat had the idea to give hugs to the youth. I thought that he was a little crazy and that they wouldn't let him. Well I was proved wrong. It took a little coaxing for some of them, but the Lord begin to work and kids begin to come for their free hugs. Kids that were the worst amongst the group broke down crying after being hugged. Wow the Lord is good! We also gave an invitation to receive Christ and 6 of them prayed. Pray with us that this will be the beginning of a fruitful relationship with Jesus Christ for these 6 youth.

Hugs, hugs, hugs! Giving a hug to one of the toughest of the tough!