In the books

Mark the 30 Hour Famine down as completed. The fast and the lock-in went very well, we had a blast with The 71's and were challenged by the Scriptures to respond to poverty and hunger. On Sunday we will collect on the pledges, hand in our money and thus will conclude the Famine. My real hope though is that this does not end this weekend, but that the practice of fasting, and the sharing together of teaching and lives will spur on our youth to further growth and faithful living. My prayer is that through this weekend, our youth come to God better and are challenged to take their faith seriously. I think for some of them that happened and continues to happen. One of the great joys for me this week was watching our church respond with an outpouring of prayer for our youth and for this event. A very ecclectic group of prayer partners joined together and held up this event before God, and I am incredibly encouraged and thankful for their prayers.
As the famine drew to a close, Nicholle Franke, challenged the youth to put into practice what they have heard, and gave them a sort of quiz on the different things they had heard from our talks throughout the night. Our youth responded with flying colors, I felt as though they were really beginning to grasp the significant challenge of the gospel. May God continue to work, and continue to draw us to himself. Many thanks to the prayer partners, and the leaders, particularly Kate Spencer and Diane Walding who modeled a servant love and were a huge blessing. Please continue in prayer.