Jason has wanted to see them do something in the Cody Band shell in the park that is somewhat centrally located and along the main strip. This year we rented it and got a local band to come a play a little bit with all these guys. A lot of these young people play and write music, poetry or are wonderful artists. A few gave their testimonies which were powerful and some did skits. We were hoping for a better turn out of people, but those that needed to hear the message did. Someone even said that their boss could here it on her front porch so her and her neighbors listened from home. We just wanted to praise God and take back this city for Christ! The enemy was not happy though. At 9pm, we were still going. The police came and checked out our permit and looked for a time frame, which there wasn't any. They said that they were getting complaints about the music being too loud, so we had to shut it down by 9:15pm. We respected the authority over us, but we know that God's kingdom was advanced!!!! Some pretty cool things happened.
Katelyn enjoying a snack in the park. It was a hot afternoon.
Gotta check everything out
Praising Jesus during the music. She loves to clap and puts her hands in the air when music is playing. I love it. The freedom of a child.
Some students drawing.
"These Fallen Walls" the local band jamming out. The lead singer is a retired bull fighter and a friend of Jason's.This was Wednesday night.
Thursday morning, we packed up 5 trucks and 2 suburbans and made a long slow trek up to the deserted town of Kirwin.
We thought these guys would like it because it is something they will have never seen before. We saw a cow moose on the way in which proved there was wild life out there. The thing with taking a bunch of city kids into the mountains is we had to let them know about ALL the dangers. Bears, wild life, old mine shafts, hypothermia etc. We did forget to tell them NOT to drink the water. Some did but then were warned. So far, no cases of "beaver fever". You just don't want to get it. 
They had an awesome time. Our friend Quin brought 106 burgers and cooked them ALL on the open fire and they were ALL gone. Something some of them have probably never had before. It was uplifting for our spirits to see everyone enjoying themselves in something we sometimes take for-granted. There were a bunch of them playing in the river, exploring and even loving the dusty ride in the back of a pick-up. These guys were so much fun. Later that night, after everyone had showered the day's dust off of them, we had an impromptu worship session around the fire.
Some prophetic words were given to Jason and others which was so exciting for us. You get around these guys you can't help but get energized again, and I think this part of the trip was a refreshing for many of them as well.Friday was a fun day for them. Jason took some fishing and even had to play surgeon on one guy who got a hook stuck deep in his finger. He survived the ordeal and has a war story now :) The afternoon they went into town for white water rafting, shopping and the evening was spent at the rodeo watching one of their own get on his 2nd bull in his life. It was crazy. And he didn't get hurt Praise the Lord!
It was hard to see these guys go, but hopefully we will get down there to see them sometime soon. They'll be back!
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WOW! That looks like so much fun! Glad everyone had a great time and were safe.
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