Band of Survivors Team Update 28

I can’t believe this is our last day of Band of Survivors 2007! We began the morning with our second and final teen session, once again tackling the Sermon on the Mount. Today our pilgrimage was to the lake and we were led by our minstrels one last time. We marched, read, discussed and experienced this great teaching. The teens did a good job of participating and following along. I’m really glad that we took this approach this year. Results like this will help inform how we go about teaching these youth in the future.

We participated in the final United Meeting where Steve Sjogren took the stage and finished off the weekend. He had a really fascinating and prolific mind. A true asset to the Kingdom. Just think, hundreds if not thousands of people have become friends of God because of his obedience to Christ’s ministry of love. That is awesome!

After lunch we had the hard task of saying goodbye to everyone. We packed up and the Survivors went back home with their Corps vans. I believe in faith that these teens will “rise up and take their place with self-less faith” and will be a part of this “near revival”. But good-byes are only temporary, most of us will be at CBLI in a few days and the rest will be around all year at different events and ministries. And this journey does not end; it is part of a larger work of Grace, coming to a Corps and Community near you…

Eric Himes