Inland Northwest Youth Congress 2007

Every year our church hosts the Inland Northwest Youth Conference. Over the years it has been a joy to see young people saved and making decisions to live for the Lord. This year's theme was "First Things First". Our speakers were Dr. Greg Boyle and Evangelist Bill Marshall. Both men did a great job. The Lord used these men to speak mostly on the subject of purity.
We began the conference Wednesday night and it ran through Friday Night. On Thursday after the morning service, the young people took the afternoon to play paintball and had a great time. On Friday morning they loaded up in the vans and on the bus and went 2 1/2 hours away to the Lota-Wata Bible Camp. This camp is a gift from the Lord. You will find the link on the side of my blog and you may visit the blog that is set up for the camp. The short of the story is that God has used a man named Bill Jensen to give our church almost 60 acres of land to use for a Independent Baptist Camp. We are over whelmed with what the Lord is doing. Please visit the sight and learn more about it. The youth conference was our first "official" event on the property and the kids had so much fun. This year's youth conference was probably the last so that the focus will change to weeks of summer camp. The story of how God is working is so great and it is hard to tell it in the little space that I have. The next few pictures are of the activities at the camp.

The young people were able to use the kayaks, row boats, paddle boats and rafts. They were also able to swim in the Clark Fork River as the property has access to the river.
There were activities such as volleyball, horseshoes and lawn darts.
We had a group competition of raft races across the 10 acre lake that is on the property. There were group on either side of the lake. One team had to cross the lake, take off their life jackets, and give them to the other team members. The other group then had to jump in the boat and row back across to the third group from their team. The young people had such a great time. We had one race where the Canadian Team challenged the American Team to a race. (We had a few churches come from just over the boarder.) The punishment was that the losing team had to sing the winning teams national anthem. To our dismay, the American Team lost.



Bro. Marshall preaching for the first time at Lota-Wata Bible Camp.


Oops!! The American Team singing the Canadian National Anthem.
Young people making decisions for the Lord. Please pray for the Lord's direction in this new endeavor. We are so excited but their are many things still to be done. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!!!!!!