What a Weekend!! Thanks for Praying for Awana Summit 2009!

Thanks for those of you who have prayed diligently for us! The college & ministry fair went great! Doug & I had the opportunity to share with so many teens & adults what God is doing around the world amongst unreached tribal people & how they can help reach them. We shared a lot about NTBI (New Tribes Bible Institute) & about what tribal missionaries do. I was blown away at how many people stopped by with great questions & genuine interest!

All I can figure is that God answered your prayers!

This team is from Grace Bible Church - Charlotte, NC. Two graduates from their Awana Group are now students at NTBI! Lane (gray shirt) is planning on attending our campus in Jackson, Michigan this fall! It was so cool to meet him before he comes up.

These students are from Evangelical Community Church - Jackson, Tennessee. I've gotten to know them over the past two years and it was really great visiting with them this year again! Two of their students won First Place overall in various fine-arts competitions! Way to go Page & Emily!!!

The last event was the Platinum Round of the Bible Quiz. They narrowed it down to the top 10 teams from all over the nation...

All the teams did great! Our friends from Grace Bible Church, Charlotte, ended up winning! The top 3 teams recieved nice scholarships for college & the champions recieved a $500 scholarship from Awana to use for the college of their choice!!

Finally, we finished out the weekend with our final closing session. Kevin White from Awana gave the final message & really did a phenomenal job at wrapping up the weekend. He had me come up & share how God led me to New Tribes Mission & how Awana had a huge part in all that. Again, THANK YOU for praying!! I was able to share with the whole group about the thousands of unreached people groups in the world & challenge them to discover their role in Expanding the Reach of the Gospel. Your prayers were answered! There was a great response from the students! Hundreds have begun praying specifically that God would send out laborers into His harvest field (Matthew 9:37) & take the gospel where it's never been before.

Praise God! Let's continue praying to this end...until every tribe is reached!!!