On Monday, we entered the lodge at Camp Inspiration Hills near Burbank, Ohio that would be our home for a week and it smelled like Pine-Sol. By Friday morning of our orientation, it didn’t smell like Pine-Sol anymore because we made it our home. We lived, ate, worked, slept, and prayed there. It become our base camp for deeply exploring the gospel of peace proclaimed by our Savior. We sank into couches while mentors poured the Good News into our eager souls. We soaked it all in with the fascination of children. The fortunate thing here is that we are children. We are children of God. Something akin to child-like energy spreads from person to person like a spark kindling fires of inspiration. Our piney lodge is where this “summer of sparks” starts. And, it must never end, for our job is to continuously pursue the Kingdom of God on earth by spreading the fragrance of Jesus wherever we journey.
Peace be with you, from the 2011 Youth Peace Travel Team: Kay Guyer, Tyler Goss, Sarah Neher, and Mark Dowdy! Spread it!
-MD
Sarah, Mark, and others,
Thanks for your valuable work with the Youth Peace Travel Team a couple of years ago! You did a wonderful job with the young people around the country. We are following you with great interest here in McPherson. Please keep in touch and let us know how your lives are unfolding. All of you will be leaders of the first order in the church. We need YOU!
I will be eager to follow your summer adventure. May God’s peace continue to soak into your souls, so others will see and hear anew.
May we all come to the doors of the Kingdom as with the hearts of fascination as little children… blessings on your summer 2011.