I had some help with this one!

I asked these two young ladies to write something that I could post on my blog. They are both students on our 16 Days RoadTrip that I have been involved with this summer! From left to right, Lauren and Imani who are both from Michigan!

"We had amazing experience, ministering to people on the inner city streets of Denver, Colorado. Our team set out on an adventure that included ministering to different people on the streets. After going through several people trying to find one person that God had put on our hearts to talk with. We encountered a man from Africa who worked at a sunglass hut. He had moved from Africa twelve years ago with his brother, and he seemed like an amazing person. Our team had begun talking to him and about his past, then we realized it was passed our meeting time. When we started back to our meeting place I felt that I had done a pretty good job talking to him. We were rushing to get where we needed back to our team meeting place, Imani started to tell Matt (our leader) how she was disappointed that one lady we tried to reach out to wasn’t willing to talk to us. Then I realized that I hadn’t prayed for the man at the sunglass hut, and I started to cry. I felt that God had put it on my heart to go back and pray for him … He needs it. God told me I just knew that I needed to go back. So we figured out a plan we had fifteen minutes they said so we headed back to the sunglass hut, which was about a block away. I was very excited about the opportunity to go back and pray for him. We browsed around for a bit because we had been there once before, and I said “Is there anything that you need me to pray for?” Then Imani asked if we could pray over him and he said “yes!” We could tell God was there, and we then bought sunglasses and headed back to our group!"

I travel back to Colorado tomorrow to pick up another set of 16 days students! Keep us in your prayers!

A day that makes you think!

Today we started out in Seattle, Washington, and travelled a few miles down the road to Country Children's Home. This is a place where 8 severally physically handicap children live upon dismissal from the hospital, or if there parents are unable to continue care on their own. We were not able to take pictures of the children, but one of the things that I helped with while there is the sorting of the toys. We had to find out which ones worked, and which ones didn't. It was just something that the staff there just didn't have time to do. It was amazing to watch our students play with these kids who could hardly move, and couldn't talk. Most were very tentative at first, but as we moved on through out the day they became much more interactive. There was one young lady who was 16 years old, and was in hospice care. She has Huntington's, which disease that attacks the central nervous system and started with being unable to move her legs, and has worked the rest of the way up her body. She is assumed to have only a couple weeks to live. Huntington's is a genetic disease, which her mother was unaware she has when she and her husband had 3 children. Her mother passed away a few years ago, and all 3 children have this disease. I have had a really hard time today imagining being this Dad, and having to watch my wife and 3 children pass on in such a way. I don't know what I would do, or how I would react to such a thing. If you could remember this family in your prayers it would be appreciated.

Also, we have spent alot of time traveling over the last several days, and I have been able to have some very good talks with our students. I would also ask for prayer because there are several working through some very deep wounds. I pray that during this trip that the healing process is started, and that God will use me to speak into their lives.

God Bless,

Andy

Good Morning!

Early mornings, late nights, and long drives have been the norm lately. The drive from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Salt Lake City Utah yesterday was the most spectacular drive of my life. There was one time in particular that stands out above the rest. We were driving in somewhere in Wyoming when we round a corner, and there it was! Up close and personal with a magnificent snow capped mountain. Unlike anything I have ever seen. Just then one my fellow drives gets on the CB and says “How can you tell me there isn’t a God?” That is the question I asked myself the rest of the day, corner after corner of unbelievable views it was a day that reaffirmed that there is a God and how awesome he is!

And we are off!

The students arrived on Wednesday, and they have spent the last 2 days in intense study and discipleship time. Last night we surprised them with a 11:00 p.m. wake up call to go bowling. I think all the leaders are paying for that today! Today they are playing what is called "The Game," and will be trouncing all over Denver using only public transportation on a scavenger hunt. We will then pick them up and head out towards Seattle. We will be making stops along the way for different experiences, which is everything from picking apples with the homeless to white water rafting! We will be taking 3 RVs on this trip, and I am driving one of them. It is about 1600 miles one way, so if you would please pray for safety, patients, and strength as we prepare to pour into these students for the next 13 days. I again will update as much as possible along the way, but I am not sure how often I will have Internet access in places like Kooskia, Idaho! God Bless

What a Week!

I sorry that there hasn't been a blog in a while! You have my sincerest apologises! However, things are going to start picking up drastically, and I will have a lot more to write about assuming I have time! This last week we went down to Wilmore, Kentucky for a christian music festival called Ichthus. It was crazy, and we were able to do some really cool things. The main reason we were down there was to do some marketing for KBM's discipleship programs. We were able to give out T-shirts that said "I feel ...." and also had a really big blank smiley face on them. We had a bunch of markers and people were able to draw all over them! They were an absolute hit, and when it was announced on the main stage that we were giving out free shirts is was mayhem! We gave out about 1500 shirts in less than a half hour! It was great advertisement! We are now in Seymore, Indiana at a camp called Spring Hill, and it is incredible! This is where the KBM's new week long discipleship camp is going to be held next year. We fly back to Colorado tonight, and then have one day before the 16 Days students arrive on Wednesday! Please keep us all in your prayers!