3dyc recap

Man that was an intense weekend/ first of the week.

Our students had so much fun, and so little sleep. I hope all your students got home yesterday and just crashed. This Sunday I am pretty sure we are going to do a recap and a slide show to show you all the fun things that we got to do. It was pretty awesome. I hope that all of you enjoyed the daily updates, and the pics, and I really hope the cheat sheets helped you when you student got home.

This update is going to be a little short, because I am really tired and have other things we have to get finished around the office before we ring in the new year!

Have a great rest of the day!

P.A.

The very last update :)

Junior high students are crazy! I love them though and they had a great last session last night. It is amazing to see when Junior Highers really connect with God!

We simply have amazing students at both levels.

Here is the junior high cheat sheet.
1. Ask your students if they liked the worship team?
2. See if they can tell ya the story about the orca whale?
3. Ask them if they wrote anything on the papers in the room and if they did what did they write. If they didn't ask them why they didn't?
4. Ask them again about the story with Mabel in it. This was a powerful story that I don't want you guys to miss.
5. Ask them about if they heard from God and maybe what God was telling them this week.

Please take some time to connect with your students after this event. I am praying that you guys as parents will connect with your students on a different level. Please again take time with your students after this and ask them specific questions. Don't ask yes or no questions, ask open ended questions so when you listen to them you can form more questions from their answers!

Thank you for your prayers, please be in prayer as we head back today! We should be home at like 2:00 - 2:30! Please be there by 2, and if you have to wait just a little bit I am sorry but we have lots of tired leaders that need to get home to see their families.

Thank you for all your support!

P.A.

Last update

So today is the day, 3dyc is coming to a close here in about 2 hours. We will start the process of heading home. We will hopefully be heading home by 11:30. I do not think we will be stopping on the way home but we might stop. My goal is to be home by 2:00 - 2:30. So if you could please be there by 2 I know there are a lot of really tired, and need to go home.

Please be in prayer for us as we travel and get all these things done and ready today. It has been an amazing trip and the students have had a great time! Thank you for keep us in your prayers these last 2 days.

Ok here is a cheat sheet from yesterday.

Senior high, The speaker brought up some amazing points of why God is the "I am".

I am the God that is next to you,
I am the God that is loving you
I am the God that wants the best for you!

Those statements still ring true today, and they will forever.

Here is your cheat sheet:
1. How did you like the song bombs and bridges?
2. How many hours did you sleep?
3. Did you join in the techno party?
4. When they were talking about I am what does that mean to you? Here is what it means to me.
5. What did you feel God was telling ya this weekend?

A great thing to do when they get home, is tell them you were praying for them and that you cant wait to sit and talk with them about it. Maybe take them out to starbucks tomorrow, or take them for some Taco Bell and just talk about what they have learned! Please take time to connect with your students from this I promise you it will blow you away if you take the time to ask the right questions.

Hope this helps.

I will have the Junior high cheat sheet in just a little bit. I have to go prep for the final service.

P.A.

Update

So we just got done with the Junior high session and now we are getting ready for the Senior high session so please keep us in your prayers. Here are some cool pics from just a little bit ago.

Junior high session was amazing! Students hearing God for the first time in their lives. Its amazing. Please keep praying our senior high students to hear the voice of God.

Also tonight we are going to be having youth group time we are going to be having pizza and talking about what God has been doing in our lives. Thank you.

P.A.

Tonight

Hey there parents I dont know how many of you are actually looking at this blog, but I hope some are!

If you guys could be in prayer tonight for our students tonight, Tonight is normally the night that we push the students alot in their faith. So please be in prayer for our students so that our students will hear God as he speaks.

I believe that God is always trying to speak to us, but it is up to us to place our self in a place to listen to His still small voice. So please pray that our students place their self in a way to hear God.

The music has started and we are getting ready to go so for the next hour and half the junior high students will be in their sessions. Then at 8:30 - 10:00 will be the Senior high so please be in prayer! Thank you.

I hope that this has been helpful for you all. I will update later tonight, about different questions to ask your students when they get home tomorrow at 2:30 please dont forget!

See you tomorrow

P.A.

Update

So I have some time before the dodgeball tournament starts so I wanted to drop some pics on here and let you know that all the talents were awesome, Jessica Baylis and Lizzie Woodworth did an amazing Job on their duet. Emily Mann brought the house down when she sang her solo, and then Jessica Baylis wowed everyone in the room with her piano playing abilities! It was awesome.

Also from yesterday our Jr. High Volleyball team got 3rd out of like 20 teams, and then our high school guys basketball team lost in the first round but took the team into over time and the other team went deep into the tourny. It has been an amazing time so far here, its been flying by and we are all excited for tonights sessions and pizza party. We hope things are going well back in middlebury we will be back tomorrow at 2:30! See you all later.

P.A.

3dyc update

Alright parents!

I am sorry that this is late and not from yesterday but I got up early today to get on here and update ya!

So far we are having tons of fun. All the students are having a blast and everything is going well. The sessions are awesome. The high school session have been focusing on the renew aspect alot and is talking about what does it mean to make God your everything, and how God uses even people that aren't "perfect". So here is a cheat sheet for your high school student after day 1:

1. How was the band at 3dyc?
2. What was your favorite funny video they did?
3. When the speaker and the video talked about Moses what did you think?
4. Do you think that God still uses people today like he used Lazarus?
5. How do you think God can use us in other people's lives!

There are some questions for ya so you can get more then a "fine" when you ask how was 3dyc!

Junior high parents!

The Junior high have been listening to some really funny stories and some great challenges from the speaker Jason Raitz. Its been really amazing to see our junior high worship and be challenged from this guy.

Here is a little cheat sheet for you parents who have Junior high students.

1. What was your favorite funny video?
2. What has been your favorite story from the speaker?
3. What was your favorite time of worship?
4. What is this I hear about a huge hole with a goat?
5. Did you catch anything when they were throwing things out?

If you use those questions or something of that nature you also will avoid the dreaded "fine" answer. Hope everyone back at home is doing well. We are having an amazing time here.

Sorry I do not have any photo's or video yet. The connection here is really slow and I dont have alot of time to load video's and pics here. Maybe later today I will get some more time too!

Keep praying for us here for God to move and for God to open up ears and hearts to hear His word!

Thanks!

P.A.