Today I had a wonderful opportunity. My neighbor Scott Thompson had set up an event with the founders of In His Wakes. This ministry goes around all over the nation to ski lakes like ours and takes unprivileged kids and gives them a day on the water! They live in a motor home like this one...
So they drive around to these different sights. They encourage kids to never give up on the water or in life. The guy that came today was Nate with his wife Ivy and their daughter. They travel March through October doing just what they did here today. The coolest part of the entire day was the rope analogy. You have a rope and when you are walking with Jesus Christ you are hocked onto the boat and skiing forward. When you are in charge of your life and you think there is no God... you have a handle with no rope you're not connected. Then when you are connected but not letting God lead you are turned around going backwards... and we all know you will fall when that happens so the only way is following Christ!
Something that impacted me so much was how blessed I am... I forget that sometimes it's nice having the lake in my backyard. I've been raised on the water and over half the kids that came today had never been in a boat. It broke my heart. They ran to the lake and jumped in the boats like they were getting on a plane to fly to Disney World. It was a beautiful thing to see how much they appreciated and enjoyed everything they did today. I'm totally in love with this ministry!!!!!
Steve (blue shirt) is someone my family has skied with our whole lives. He and his wife are amazing skiers and go and participate in Nationals each year... they are also head of Safety and Head Judge at Nationals. It was great to see so many volunteers come out and help out with this! Using our wonderful lake for God's Kingdom is even better yet!
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you." Is 43:2
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