Learning to Trust

This past Sunday, Andy and I spent the entire day with the senior high youth from church. We left the church at 7:00 am and drove an hour and a half to a beautiful state park. The morning consisted of a small worship service and then a shortened version of The Amazing Race. We had 7 girls (the boys weren't brave enough to join us..hehe!) and we divided them into 3 teams. They did a fantastic job. I was so proud that they didn't get too frustrated until the very end. Great job girls.

H.U. & K.A., I'm sorry, but I don't know what happened to your team picture, sorry :(

While the girls were out "traveling" to different countries, Andy and I hiked the park. It was some great quiet time. We don't get that too often.


We then headed out and drove another 45 minutes to another camp. There we were introduced to this....

A high ropes course!

It took a lot of concentration!

and faith! (yep, that's me...)

but most of all, it took trust. Trusting yourself, Trusting God!

In the picture above, I'm getting ready to do the zip-line. I am standing on the second ledge (at the very top of the picture), 45 feet in the air. First you have to do the ropes course to even get to the zip-line...then climb the tree...then the zip-line. Just so you know, I'm NOT the adventure-some type. This was WAY out of my comfort zone...I mean WAY! I sat there for a l-o-n-g time, everyone was cheering for me...(thanks to all of you for the encouragement), but when it came down to it...I had to tune them all out...focus on something bigger...I had to trust that God was holding me in His hands. He wasn't going to let me fall. I had this overwhelming peace once I put the focus on Him. I leaned forward and fell. Tears were pouring out of my eyes the entire time. I was emotionally drained, but the feeling was something I don't think I've experienced before! What a trip!

Andy was in hog-heaven...all this stuff is right up his alley!

The goofy group picture!

This group of girls is the best. They used team work and were very encouraging to each other. I am proud of each and every one of them. You guys ROCK! I ♥ ya!