Band of Survivors Team Update 1

Hello friends and family! Band of Survivors is off and running smoothly. Everyone arrived at DHQ on Monday morning, packed the vans (an incredible Tetris-like accomplishment) and then we got on the road and traveled to Camp Wonderland in lovely Camp Lake, Wisconsin. When we arrived we had a nice picnic lunch and enjoyed the beautiful weather. After lunch we unpacked the vans and dropped off everyone at their cabins for the week; the guys at the always rustic Martin and the girls at Sandpiper.

In the afternoon we had a time where we went over rules and expectations for Band of Survivors. Everyone shared why they are a part of the project and we really heard some great testimonies as to what God wants to do in their lives over the next 28 days. It was a great time of sharing. We had dinner at Camp after that and then had our first Cell Group time. We are studying the book of Acts during the summer (it works out perfectly: 28 days; 28 chapters) and are going through a study called RevoDevos. If you want to follow along with our RevoDevos online, please do so! You can check them out on MetroYouthNetwork.Com.

After that we had a campfire and ate Smores and had a time of worship and prayer around the fire. There’s nothing like the combination of campfire+smores+worship+prayer. It is highly recommended. It was a long day so after all that we went to our cabins to hang out and get ready for bed. Everyone is getting to know each other and we can already tell this is going to be a great summer.

I hope you all are well. Thank you for your prayers and interest. We hope to see you soon. We will also be posting pictures of our first couple days sometime soon. Keep checking back for updates!

Grace,
Eric Himes