back home!

It is hard to sit here and try to figure out how to do a final summary of the trip. We had such an amazing experience together. Especially when participating in an event with 37,000 other people, you expect that there are going to be some glitches in the way things work, but we really can’t complain about anything. Our hotel was awesome, our service day was more than any of us expected, the air boat tour of the swamp was fantastic, the gathering events were exceptional, but above all it is the group of people from our congregation that have surrounded one another that have made the trip amazing. What a group of people! To sit back and watch (wait a minute…there was much more walking than sitting…) as the group of people that came together from Zumbro as individuals become a group of people travelling as one body of Christ together is always such a joy. Mollie said it best one tired evening when she exclaimed, “Holy Spirit…PRESENT!” Indeed the Spirit was alive in this group. As we return home it is my prayer that the Spirit that this group carries with them will be contagious to all of those around them. Watch out – the Spirit is on the loose!