God is so good! And He loves us so much! I (Angie) am on cloud 9 right now because of His faithfulness.
Just last week I had the opportunity to take our worship team on a 3-day/2-night retreat. This is something we've been talking about doing ever since I was set-in as the Worship Team Director over a year ago. The team is made up of about 90 young people, who love to worship God and love to have fun.
We began planning and quickly found out that the maximum amount we could charge each team member wouldn't cover our costs--and we have several on our team who are doing their best to eat and go to school every day, so we knew we needed some sponsors. I put one simple post on one of our church's Facebook pages, and within just a few days we had all the sponsors for individuals that we needed!!
The next challenge came less than a week before we were due to leave. The place we had booked had given away our reservation! They said they somehow got us confused with another group. We later heard that this happens quite frequently when a subsequent group offers to pay more. Well, there we were with 80 people signed up to go, meals and activities planned, and no place to go!
But God came through! We sent a few people to check out a place that is currently being built up as an Eco-tourist site. It's deep in the countryside, situated on a river, surrounded by flowers, and absolutely gorgeous. I firmly believe this was the place God wanted us to be all along. I definitely had my panic moments, but He was so faithful to gently remind me that He was with us and was working out His perfect will.
Our next concern was the weather. The rainy season has seemed to hit early this year, and most of us were camping in tents! We also planned for our two morning sessions and team games to be outside. But God took care of it. When we first arrived and began to set up camp, it started to sprinkle. My faith quivered, but one of the girls on our worship team (and a dear personal friend) declared out loud, "God we ask that it will not rain in the name of Jesus, amen!". Within a minute the rain stopped, and my faith got back up to where it should've stayed. That night as I lay awake in my tent, there was thunder and lightening all around us, but it never rained on the place where we slept. Just like He planned, we had perfect weather the whole time.
Our sessions were precious as well. Each morning we worshipped, I shared, and we all just received from the Lord. Some prophetic words were given, some were slain in the Spirit, and all of us enjoyed spending time with the Father. He is so faithful!
Thank you so much friends! Thank you for your prayers and faithful support. We couldn't do this without you!
