Intimacy...

From August 3-6, Harvest had their 2010 Youth Summer Retreat. The theme this year was Intimacy. Not intimacy as the world defines it but intimacy with Christ. Our guest speaker was Rev. Q Kim. He was truly an anointed speaker who is a man of prayer. Overall, the four days and three nights were FULL of multiple blessings and honestly one of the best retreats that I have been to, if not THE best.

On August 5, we did an activity called "Pilgrim's Progress." For those of you who like to read [this isn't me], you'll know that this is actually a book written by a man known as John Bunyan. Pilgrim's Progress is about

"A "Christian" and his journey to "Celestial City;" Part II tells of the journey of Christian's wife Christiana and their children to Celestial City. The two parts work together as a unified whole, which describes and depicts the believer's life and struggles" - CCEL.org

As an attempt to help our youth understand more about their Christian walk [including mine] and how important it is, our retreat planning committee decided to simulate this book by cause the youth to go through a series of stations that would help clarify how each individuals' struggles affect everyone around then. Some stations simulated perseverance, temptation, and some simulated the reality of one's downfall causing everyone else to pay a price.

Much like our Christian walk today, when one of us falls away from Christ, falls to temptation, etc., the people around us are effected most. I truly believe that beyond to soreness, the complaints, and the lassitude, every single person who particitpated, from the age of 12 to the age of 20+, came out of Pilgrim's Progress with a stronger understanding of how crucial their faith and loyalty to Christ effects their life and the lives around them.

Some ice-breakers....

Team games....

Skits....

Pastor Goose and Julee left this past Tuesday to start their new life in San Diego, California. A couple months ago, Pastor Goose had accepted a calling at Jesus Community church to start an english congregation there. On the last night of the retreat, we spent a short time praying for them, praying for provision and God's faithfulness over their time in San Diego.

And here we have, cute Emmanuelle "Manny" Kim, daughter of  Rev. David L Kim and Olivia Kim. :D