Day Three

The focus for today: The provision of the Shepherd.

Our in-house Bible study time looked at God's promises. After watching a Falls Creek-prepared video, we broke up into pairs and were assigned an emotion and a scripture to go along with it. We then put what God promised into our own words. Those promises were put on large paper and taped to the walls as a reminder to us that God has promised a lot.

Here are the emotions we explored:

Tired....Matthew 11:38
Frustrated and Anxious....John 14:27
Down....John 15:11
Bored....John 10:10
Rejected....John 6:37
Defeated....John 16:33
Useless....John 15:5
Unloving....John 15:9
Worthless....Matthew 6:26

During the afternoon some of the girls swam with snakes at Baptist Lake. Seriously, we saw two while in line to get life jackets! One had a frog in its mouth. Also at the lake were blow-up glaciers to climb. Others of us went to Alpine Towers to test our abilities and overcome fears. The end result was forming unity with our teammates. That night some of the girls met Jeff Johnson and some of the boys went on Icee dates.

Our devotional time was led by Josh Hall from Falls Creek. He shared the story of Paul's life. In addition, Rebecca, a missionary serving as a nurse in the middle east, told us her stories about reaching out and witnessing to the people who have never heard the word of God. She used a cubic square with pictures to communicate with them the stories of Christ's life.

One particular story Rebecca told stood out: There was a mother and son who came to the medical post just as Rebecca and others were leaving. The boy had a big gash on his head, so the medical crew stayed late to help him. Later in the week, the mother invited Rebecca and the others to come to her house and meet all of her family (cousins, nephews, everyone). The family wanted to hear about this God the missionaries had been talking about. Rebecca said just through the medical team staying late that night they were able to share God's word with this family, who is now spreading the word to others.