What a weekend!!! Our Second Annual Field Day was a success. Not that I’m saying it all went perfect, I mean we started off almost an hour late. And sadly, some of the stations didn’t even get used. But, truthfully, we couldn’t have had a better Saturday. I hope that you got to be there for it, but if you didn’t you may want to go ahead and schedule it in for next year.
Some of us showed up Friday night, just to get the finishing touches done, or so we thought. It was a busy night with different people coming in, and sadly a whole group having to go back home. Friday night was fun and we hated to see a whole group leave, but when someone gets sick there isn’t much choice.
Saturday morning started off early. Breakfast and a devotion started us off. Helpful children had filled the dunking booth, and also part of the yard. We laid out the jump house to be filled and hooked it up to a generator. We laid out bows for archery, set up the cup race, and checked the power on the porch for the evening entertainment. But kick-off happened. And so, began a beautiful day.
Three groups (almost 80 children) started the rounds. Skeet was shot, bows were drawn, target practice with 22s, an escape room, and a jump house filled the morning. We broke for lunch and were blessed with a message from Bro. Dion from the coast. He spoke on us being ready and not missing the mark. The local band Long Time Coming came to bless us with some Christian music, and a couple of our ministry girls got to finish the singing off.
The afternoon ended with use of that over-filled dunking booth and about 500 water balloons. It was an amazing day and we couldn’t have asked God for anything any better. And now begins the time for us to plant on the lease. And brings me to the most important part of this week’s blog.
Planting deer plots is an extremely important part of our ministry. It takes getting the soil ready, removing weeds and adding some fertilize. Then comes planting the seeds, and not just any seeds, different times call for different seeds. And lastly at the end of the planting when you think you may be done with the work, you have to go ahead and fertilize again. If you think about it, spiritual seeds are planted the same way. God prepares a heart, he starts showing us how much we each need him on a personal level. He sends people into our lives to magnify that need of ours that we didn’t even know we had. Then comes the seeds, not the same for everyone. We all come to Christ at different times in our lives, with different things going on for everyone. The seeds that are planted in your life will be a reflection of where you need God most. After we accept Christ as our Savior the work isn’t done. We have to learn how to be a faithful servant to the One who loves us most. That’s where all that extra fertilize comes in. We get that from going to church, Sunday School, and most importantly talking to God and seeking his face and his will in prayer and His Word.
I pray that seeds have been planted in your life, and you are now planting seeds in the lives of those around you. If not, and you want to know more about the one who wants to be your Savior let us know how we can help.
Love in Christ,
Briar Ridge