Disciple Now Weekend 2008

So this weekend was DNow at the church! We (OK I) volunteered our house to be a host home. We had 8, 6th grade girls at our house. We were scared, but they were so polite and well behaved that we were amazed! The weekend was fun. Saturday morning we got up and headed to the church for FOOD FIGHT. This isn't like it sounds. It was a race to see which group could collect the most cans in less than 1 hour. Our group got 296. Total though, the youth collected over 14,000 cans for the Austin Community Pantry in less than a hour. After that it was back to the house for lunch and a breakout session.

Then back to the church for the Bigger and Better Scavenger Hunt. We started with a pencil and had to trade up. All the items collected were being auctioned off in a silent auction today at the church to raise money for a Christian college in India. We ended up with a Bible. It definitely wasn't the biggest, but our angle was what is truly better.

After that, the kids had dinner at the church and then a prayer and praise service. Wow, what an experience to look into The Rock (that's what the youth building is called at the church) and hearing over 450 students singing praise to God.
Here is a picture of our group. Hope everyone has a very Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels for those we won't see!