Arkansas Youth Conference 2022

Look who greeted us as we walked in :)

Part of our group eating at The Flying Fish.

Trey, Noah, and the adults sans me and Tim.

Our group minus Tim and Jamie.

Such a great environment.

"Renown" lead the worship this year.

Brent Crowe was our speaker for the weekend.

Jered Hall was the illusionist/our entertainment.

The kids really enjoyed him.

Makena and the Ascend group from Arkadelphia

There are two kinds of people in this world: The kind who sleep great in hotels (left) and those who get no sleep because of the first group snoring so loudly (right)

Yes, he does snore at home but for some reason it is worse when we have to stay in a hotel room. I think he was the only person in the room that slept. When I got up, Trey was on the floor and Makena had on her earbuds and sleep mask.

The "theme" for this year's conference was Focus "Let your eyes look directly forward." Proverbs 4:25

The conference was split into four sessions:

1. It is possible to experience God's love...when we know God intimately and trust Him completely.

2. It is possible to understand God's love...when we believe "the Lord will provide."

3. It is possible to trust in difficult times...when we believe that God is sufficient and sovereign.

4. It is possible to tell a redemption-love-kind-of-story...when Jesus is the hero of your story.

The text was from Genesis 22:1-19, and there was just so much good stuff.

To be completely honest with you, I didn't want to go to this conference. My mom usually does this with the kids in our church (we are a small church and don't have a ton of kids...) but she had surgery on the 4th, so I (reluctantly) told her I would go in her place. I had been dreading it all week. I don't love to be gone away from my house. I'm a homebody.

But I went, and I can say that I enjoyed the speaker and that the Holy Spirit is still working on my heart from things that were said over the weekend. I believe the kids had a great time as well. I was also able to get to know some of the kids a little better. Even though I am still recovering from little sleep, I am truly thankful for this opportunity.

Much Love,

Beth

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