Although we’ve been back from FITS for a couple of days now, I realized that I forgot to give a recap of our final day of the retreat. So here goes… I got up a bit earlier than usual in order to take in that last Jekyll Island sunrise. Unfortunately, the sun had already risen, but no problem. I had some great “quiet time” and then met with James and Katie to head down to the last counselor meeting. We … →

Wow – Day 4. It seems like we just got here – how can I be recapping day 4 already? And as I type this, it’s our final day. Amazing. One of the really funny things at Fun in the Son every year is the opportunity to have the staff come and wake your kids up in the morning. This is done in a variety of fashions, involving everything from air horns to halloween costumes. I should also mention that … →

I didn’t get a chance to update the blog yesterday, as we had a lot going on. Let’s get right to it… Yesterday’s counselor devotion, which goes along with our counselor meeting ever morning, continued our mini-series on brokenness. This is led by the CEO of Youth Conference Ministries, Dr. Chuck Neder. I’ve heard Chuck speak on a number of occasions and I’m always amazed at his ways of relating Scripture to life. After breakfast, we went, yet again, to … →