Shane Land, Staffing Manager
Our First Summer
Our first summer with YD Adventures was an amazing one! We saw in ourselves many opportunities to grow and be challenged! As you would expect, the neatest aspect of the summer was the direct student ministry that we were blessed to be a part of on the various trips we got to run. We had awesome opportunities to backpack and contemplate God's sovereignty, kayak and discuss being free in Christ, rock climb and consider taking risks for Christ, be on the challenge course and consider how team work relates to corporate worship, dangle forty feet in the air and think about inspiration.
We were able to witness the Holy Spirit at work in the lives of several students as they gave their heart to the Lord. They chose to identify with God's grace through the sacrifice of His Son Jesus! Praise the Lord! Our summer was very full of fantastic times of fun and laughter. Working with youth is such an inspiration to enjoy life and have a beginners mind, trying to be open to all that the Lord still has to teach us!
We were also blessed with a great community of staff. We lived in a lodge with 14 other people this summer. It was quite full and challenging at times, but most of the time it was a blessing. We had many neat opportunities to build life long friendships with our fellow summer staff. The love for Christ that they exemplified was an encouragement to follow Christ with our whole heart!
We had an amazing summer and we truly enjoy our ministry with YD Adventures! Thank you for your prayers.