These past two weekends have just been a whirlwind of wonderful praises to God! Last weekend was the retreat with my church here, Community of Faith, and then this weekend we welcomed another six people into the family of God! When reflecting upon this time these song lyrics keep coming into my head... 

"Sparks will fly as grace collides with the dark inside of us. So please don't fight this coming light let this blood come cover us, His blood can cover us, and this is where the healing begins!" I can see the church family grow and change here, it isn't an easy change, but it is beautiful to see lives completely renewed in Christ!

                             

         During the retreat the youth, another leader named Anna, and I helped to watch the little kids. We all planned the activities together and worked as a team to accomplish what God had put on our hearts to do. It had moments of chaos, as expected when working with lots of little kids, but I saw so many of the youth step up and use the gifts God had given them to help and bring glory to Him. It truly was a great experience of growing closer to God and to each other.

Fun with the Parachute!

Craft Time!

Veggitales in Spanish!

Then yesterday we had another six baptisms, two of those were girls that are part of the youth group! It is so very exciting to see lives truly changing, and broken hearts finding healing in Christ. One of the girls that was baptized, her mother who was just recently baptized, had the privilege of baptizing her, and that was such an incredibly beautiful sight to see whole families changed for Christ! It is is such an incredibly thing to witness the beginning of a new lives, and the changes of hearts, but as we all know it isn't easy, so I please ask that you all be praying for these people who have just given their lives to Christ and for those that are mentoring and leading them as well.

Mom and Daughter

In Christ's Love,

         Sheri 

Here's a link to the song that I was quoting earlier...