Day 3 - It's All Coming Together

Sunday - Today we got to have a time of worshipping together with our new friends from Lebanon and all over the US.  This year our EFCA Youth Challenge Conference will be focusing on praying for, supporting, and learning about Lebanon.  Eight young Lebanese people have come all the way to share their stories and teach us more about their way of life, spiritual climate, and culture. Yesterday and today we have been creating a life size set that will show the streets, art, architecture, and feel of Lebanon. It's still a work in progress but the work included painting, drilling, transporting and lifting  large wooded pieces to create a Lebanese neighborhood.  We have prepared some before and after pictures to show you hopefully by tomorrow once everything is completed.

We are all adjusting to the time zone and are slowly getting a better idea of where we are as we commute from Kansas to Missouri everyday. After we were dismissed for the day we found a Steak
'n Shake and got to have steakburgers and milkshakes!

Please pray for our youth specifically as they are entering this new environment - the conference is for them - but many of them don't know what to expect and still aren't sure what the big picture will look like. Nearly 5,000 youth will be driving and flying in tomorrow and we will begin the actual conference with speakers, music, seminars, games, etc.  I am praying specifically for the youth to be sensitive to the Spirit, attentive to the lessons taught, and active in how they obey.  I thank the Lord the our 6 youth that have come and are putting up with us 6 adults.

Please enjoy this video

- a silly tour of our Airbnb
- singing in Arabic - guess the song!
- behind the scenes of building a neighborhood

Muchos Mahalo
 - Hannah