Hillsong Concert in the Alps!

Two weeks ago, my roommates treated me with concert tickets to see Hillsong for my birthday! We were very excited to see them live. We left on a Sunday afternoon with lots of time to spare (good thing!). Little did we know that this concert would be in a Hispanic church in a small Swiss town. For a while we thought we were at the wrong place! It was an awesome intimate concert as there were only about 300 people there. It was an amazing time of worship with those who spoke English, French and German!

Baptism at G5

This morning we attended G5 and it was baptism Sunday. As we saw kids, teenagers, and adults get baptized they jumped out of the water and a huge celebration began. Friends came up to the front to congratulate and give hugs. It was a truly beautiful service. I am so thankful for this community and for this exciting picture of baptismthey have given me. I think that this is truly how it should be. Here is a glimpse into our service today:

  

Above is one of our BFA high school students getting

baptized by his dad and sister- truly brought tears to my eyes.

A few more pictures...

MS Overnight

Every year the middle schoolers participate in an overnight adventure. The reason for an overnight trip is for the students to bond together early in the year. It's the first big trip that the 6th graders get to go on. This year we took  them to a youth hostel in a nearby city. I was in charge of arranging transportation and snacks.We had 12 parent drivers, and 21 dozen cookies. Thankfully transportation worked well and all students arrived safely at the hostel, and back at the school again today.


There wasn't enough room in the hostel for all the MS staff to stay overnight, so there was a bunch of us who just went for the evening.


The students ate cookies and played outside when we first arrived. It had been a long week at school so we gave them an hour or two to just run off some steam. After a bit we had them sit on the outside of a court. The game was called "rolling dodgeball". Groups of students would stand in the middle and try to last the longest without getting hit by the rolling dodge balls from students sitting along the edge. After all the students had tried, they insisted that the teachers play!

Later that evening, after dodgeball, capture the flag and dinner we took the kids down the trail to where there was an outdoor fire pit. A group of girls came up to us before we started worship and told us they had met two girls from the other group staying at the hostel and asked if we could sing some songs in German. The worship leaders for that night were the couple that I co-teach chapel band with. They led us in English and German worship songs. It was a great opportunity for our students to minister to others in our community. One even asked if we had a German Bible that we could give to them. What an encouragement it was to see our students loving and telling others about Jesus. Later we had a time of devotion, more singing and then of course time for s'mores! One 6th grade came up to me  and said "my mouth is so happy right now!" After cleaning up we headed home. The kids ended the evening with a movie, games and a late night hike. This morning they went on a longer hike, cleaned up their rooms and headed back to the high school to be picked up. All in all, a great time with our amazing middle school students! 

            

A little glimpse...

Tonight the middle school overnight is going on. It has been the biggest event of the year so far, and I organized a lot of it. I plan on writing all about it, but I think my eyes are about to close (comes with lots of planning, AND spending over 12 hours with pre-teens!).


I will write more this weekend, but I wanted to show you some pictures of what our evening looked like.


Please pray for the teachers who remain at the overnight - may they get SOME sleep!! :)

Small Group!

This past week we started our small group program for the high school students. I have 6 amazing freshman (9th grade) in my group! They are full of life, energy, and laughter! They already have shown their love for God and that is such an encouragement to me.


We are going to be using the Bible, a devotional book (name released next week once girls find out) and other resources to learn more about "Who am I"? I am looking forward to this year of learning and fun with these 6.


A huge answer to prayer is that 2 people are willing to help transport the girls to my house! This means we get to hang out in our "Cove" room where there are comfy Ikea chairs and a big fluffy couch! I love being able to share my home with them so that they can have a place of their own.


Thanks to those of you who have already been praying for my small group girls! May this year bring glory to God in the highest!

First chapel!