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A Family Following God into the Future

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By Hannah Peek
This past Thursday the fifteen-person Leadership Development class piled into a van and drove up to Cameron Highlands for a weekend of relaxation and future planning. Little did we know how God would change our lives in this time and form a family.
After a crazy van ride, we arrived at a quaint guest house in the Cameron Highlands and our team set out on a journey of many discoveries and tears. It began by taking a lot of time to ourselves, we had time to appreciate God’s creation through our house’s stunning views and beautiful garden as we considered our spiritual lives. Then we were encouraged by our teachers, Mr. Ronzheimer and Mr. McClary, to express what we had realized during these times with others. Ultimately the vulnerability shared during the small groups would collide in the climax of the trip; a five-hour long action of God.
“The most memorable part of the whole trip was the five-hour long prayer,” says Lydia Brooks (12), “It was really cool how we could all lay hands on each other and pray for each person individually. Being able to speak God’s words and see the resolutions in people’s lives was amazing.” What was it about this process that had such a huge impact? Each person wrote down things that were holding them back and threw it into the fire, then had a statement of renewal spoken over them. After that they would join the group and whoever felt led would speak truth to them. There was never a silent minute. That night so many wounds were opened in order to be healed and a deep bond was formed.
Elizabeth Horton (12) reflected on this time by saying, “We went to such relational depths with each other that we became our own family unit that although dysfunctional, is full of understanding.” Returning from those literal and physical mountaintop moments has been a journey all its own for us but we know that we can always fall back on our family and our God.

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