With this being fall, revivals are in full swing and along with revivals come barn parties.  In October, I have been to 3 barn parties.  Two in a barn- one with black lights, one in a shed with homemade caramel popcorn and homemade french fries. Yum, yum!!  This weekend I will be going to 2 more barn parties.  With as many barn parties as I am going to, you would think I like them.  I don't.  They are normally freezing cold, dusty and dirty.  You never come home with out straw everywhere. 
This past weekend was my church's youth night.  The theme was "The Masquerade". We made everyone wear a mask and then played a game called "drop the blanket".  I was in charge of that game.  The other games were 4 square, scuffle board, and family feud. We also had our version of cash for clunkers.  Everyone was given the opportunity to decorate and then hit a very old isuzu pup truck. 
The reason behind our theme came from a saying on the cd Jesus Freak by DC Talk.  The saying was as follows" The single greatest reason for Atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable. Decorating the truck was to show that people can make themselves look good on the outside but they are dead on the inside.  It also showed that we will pay to beat up our own body with drugs, alcohol and tatoos.  A body that was given to us by God, we destroy it instead of using our body to glorify Him with it.
Pictures from the weekend:

Does it look like we had fun with that truck??
~RoseKay

Destination: Texas
Travelers: Rachel & Rose
Reason: Because we can.
Dates: Sept 18-22


 ~The Alamo

~The Riverwalk~

Sugar & I make a great combination

-take note to the car in the tree

~Japanese Tea Garden

~Rodeo Night~ 

Rachel~ Rose~ Nolan Leach- trick roper

~We Love Ribs

~Cowboy Church in Bandara
 
the preacher

the worship band- the only time I've ever heard Love Lifted Me in bluegrass 

~Trail Riding Sunday Afternoon at The Silver Spur

 

~Rachel on Diesel, Rose on Butterbee

~Cabelas in Buda

~Ready for Deer Season~

. . . And that's Texas in pictures. Going on a trip with no plans just a rented car and a laptop. . . Oh the fun girls can have!!

~RoseKay

    In the middle of July I was able to go to New Mexico with a group of Dunkard Brethren to teach Bible School at the mission they have in Cuba, New Mexico.  To give you an idea how far removed we were from civilization, it was an hour to Cuba, the nearest town and two hours to Albuquerque where they have a mall at. Also, animals roamed. We were staying on the Navajo reservation in the village of Torreon.  Everyday we did a work project or hiked in the morning and the afternoon was reserved for preparation for Bible School.

~home sweet home for the girls

the church on the outside- quiet

the inside- filled with children

the school we held the Bible School in.

my girls, the 10-12 yr olds, that I taught

Joe (spike), Stacey, Lisa, Dayna, Deric- the youth that played volleyball with us every night till dark.

Picking up trash and the sites along the side of the road:

pretty posies in our hair

wild horses

a cow in the desert!!!!!!!

a house that was never lived in or finished because an owl sat on the house.

painting the barn. . . and singing at the top of our lungs

See how easy it looks for Kalynne to get there. . . I obviously wasn't so lucky. . . I'm just a rock hugger now.

alfalfa!!!

dots- Wendy, Rose, Violet. . .. Hawk Nelson twins- Kaila and Aaron
 
our group. . . all girls and Nate with advisors of Ken Sue, Donny(not pictured) & Miriam, Mike & Elma.

the Torreon staff

the ride home- 13 people in a 15 passenger van- not so fun. . .