God has been doing some neat things in the lives of students on our student leader retreat. The days have been 16 hours long with very little free time but the students have been haning in their and tracking with what Stephen has been teaching them. It helps that much of the training is interactive. The first day they had to build boats out of driftwood and supplies that had washed up on the beach and 2 members from each team had to make it across a small inlet on the pacific ocean side of our island. While all the teams made it across only one team actually stayed on their boat from start to finish and didn’t have to propel their boat by hanging off of it and kicking their way across.
The second day we went paintballing which was really fun as a group. The last game we played girls vs. guys with the guys playing shirtless to make the sting a little greater if they got stung. It ended in a draw with the guys surrounding the girls home base just as time expired. 🙂
Right now the students are working on their life mission statement trying to figure out what the specific purpose the God has created them for. Stephen has taught them that God is most glorified, we experience the most joy and God’s kingdom is most sigficantly advance when we fulfill the destiny that God has for us. Please pray for the students that they would have more clarity as we meet with them one on one to coach them about their life purpose.