I had a visitor!

Today is my last day in Colorado! The last few days I had a friend by the name of Eric come and visit me from New Jersey! Eric and I were roomates when I lived in New Jersey, and works at New York City Relief! He flew in on Friday and we didn't do much of anything but hang out on the porch, and talk. Then on Saturday we went to a Christian Rock Festival called Heaven Fest. Kingdom Building Ministries was one of the sponsors and it worked out that Eric got to meet one of his favorite bands and get his picture taken with them. Yesterday we went on a little exploration trip and went to the Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs. It was absolutely amazing, and I have never seen anything like it! We both got feeling a little funny at the top of Pikes Peak, but was an experience neither one of us will forget! It has been great to have one of my best friends fly in and spend some time with me here! I am so thankful for my experience here in Denver, and everyone that I have been able to meet!

God Bless!

dropped in the drink!

Well, today great! We went white water rafting for the 2nd time this summer, and we got to do it on two different rivers! The first was the Lochsa in Kooskia Idaho, and the second was on the Wenatchee River somewhere in Seattle! This is the leader picture, and it is hard to believe that the Lord put together this mangy crew to do his work for the last 16 days! We are exhausted, but keep finding the energy from somewhere to keep going! Please keep us in your prayers! Matt and I are driving the RV's back to Denver starting tonight, and we are both tired. So pray for safety while we travel, and strength and energy for Terrence, Bennett, and Cheryl as they stay with the students here in Seattle for a few extra days! I will try to post some more stories once I get home!! God Bless!

Meet Denny

We travelled to Eastern Washington to a City called Wenatchee. It was a really amazing driving, and we were going to work at a program for 50 - 100 homeless men called the Hospitality House. I met an incredible man named Denny, he was the garden manager, and has been living at the house for about 2 1/2 years. He is 62 years old has two children, and 3 step grand children. He served in our armed forces in Vietnam and worked several different jobs over his life time. He went on to tell me how his wife left him for another man, and when he came home from a week long bender his soon to be x-wife had taken everything including cleaning out their bank account. Within the next 6 months he found out that she had a brain tumor and had passed away. He was devistated, and he talked about it took many years for him to learn how to forgive. When I asked him to speak to our students he didn't talk much, but said "Don't let it take 62 years before you get serious about your faith." I thought it was incredible about how much passion he had for the homeless shelter turned into his home, and how much he loved it there. We had an opportunity to pray for him before we left, and it was a pleasure to have spent the day with him!