Retreats + Camps = Lives Renewed

This past Valentine's Day weekend, SFC Belgium had their national retreat, the emphasis was getting to know our Creator. The theme of the weekend was "Are you Hungry?" At the end of the weekend, I have to say, I am hungry. I want more out of God than what I am currently feeding myself with. I do not want to lose weight, I want to eat until I am satisfied, knowing that once I allow an appetite for God, there is a satisfaction and a desire for more. That is what I want, the satisfaction coupled with the hunger for more.

That is what I saw in Ardita, a young Albanian girl that I met at a week-long youth camp I chaperoned. She was hungry to know truth, she was thirsty to be healed and renewed, she wanted to taste what a life of relationship with God was like. Daily we met together as a small group with her sisters and cousin, daily she desired to know more. We talked about God's promised provision for us and at the end of hte week, she said "yes." "Yes" she said to an eternal relationship to the one who loved her first, "yes" to a life redeemed and renewed. She said yes and is now satisfied with a desire to know more. Here is a picture of us at the end of the camp.