Middle & High School Retreat

"I spent the weekend with 100 teenagers" is not often the lead-in to a positive blog entry, but truth is this weekend's retreat at the Young Life Camp in Jinotega was everything we hoped it would be.  It included several activities that challenged the kids to think about their relationships with God.

Friday night they were each given a lit candle and challenged to carry it through a maze of bushes following the footprints that would lead them to the cross.  They were warned there would be hurdles and distractions along the way (courtesy of their teachers), the last of which was the temptation to head straight for the cross at this point just 10 yards from the objective, even though the footprints veered right and clear of the danger that snuffed out the candle for the majority who got this far.

Six arrived at the cross with their candles still burning... 

Let's hope all of them learned a life lesson they can apply to their walks of faith!