We return from Fall Retreat

Another successful year at Bambi Lake for this year's Student Fall Retreat. After reveiwing previous years and determining the main purpose for this event, I would say we were quite focused and on target.

We(the CORE student leadership team) determined the primary purpose for this event should be Fellowship--after all when do you get to spend more than 50 hours together! A secondary purpose should be Outreach. The students wanted to see this event be a great "front door" for the Flood. After looking at the week, I think this was definitly the case.

• We took 20 students.
• Of those 20, only 6 had been to Bambi Lake in the past (what does that say about our return numbers?!?)
• Of the remining 14, 5 of those students were Freshman who were in need of connecting.
• Out of the 9 left, 5 were students in the Flood who had yet to connect in with the rest of the group
• For the last 4, this was their first time to anything.
  

I had a talk with one of the first-timers while we were up there, and she told me she didn;t believe in the same God I do, that she "picked and choose from different religions." As hard as that is to hear becasue I know the Truth about Christ, it is always AWESOME to know you are speaking with students who may soon come to trust in Jesus as well!