Go Time!!!

I can't begin to thank all of you enough. Through much prayer and hard work we will be loading up 160 folks from Fort Worth to have the best week of their lives!

The past few weeks has been extremely hard and stressful, but we can say with confidence that The Lord showed up again, as he always does.

When we step off the bus at Frontier Ranch on Sunday we will look like the city of Fort Worth. I will be sure to send an update of how the trip went when we get back the first of July.

Please continue to pray for...

Our leaders
Our kids
The assigned team, and staff at Frontier Ranch
The adults from Fort Worth that will be seeing camp for the first time.

Thank you for all you have done to help us make this trip happen!

Bryan

The Lord will Provide

In September of 2011, the staff of Fort Worth Young Life felt the Lord say that we needed to fill 3 busses from the West side of Fort Worth for Frontier Ranch this summer. 

By March of 2012, we were not even half full on our trip. This is when we decided to walk in faith and trust that the Lord will provide. 

In John 21 the disciples are fishing and having NO luck at all. This is when Jesus commands his friends to try the right side of the boat, and "when they did they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish." 

Fort Worth Young Life is committed to walking in faith. We believe that the Lord has told us to "throw our nets on the right side." We are chasing kids that are red, yellow, black, and white, for we know that the Lord will provide. 

We currently still have a good number of spots left for Frontier Ranch. I ask that you will join our staff and leaders in prayer for these spots being filled. I also ask for prayer that each and every kid that wants to go to Frontier will have nothing standing in their way, especially finances. 

Join us in celebrating the dozens of kids that have already signed up and in prayer for the dozens more to go!

In Christ Alone,

Bryan

ps- I have been inspired by my dear friend Zach Smith to start writing more frequently. I am sorry to everyone that has been sitting at their computer for the last year waiting for my next post. 

Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So!

This last Sunday, three full buses of 149 kids from Fort Worth, Texas rolled back into town. Fifty of those kids were fresh off their new commitment to a life with Jesus!!!

For the first time in a while, Fort Worth, Texas showed up to Frontier Ranch looking like Fort Worth. We had kids from all backgrounds, different races, and most importantly, a large number of kids who did not know Jesus as their savior. We had kids that have had family members murdered in the past year and kids that have parents in jail for years to come. We had some of the richest kids in Fort Worth sleeping in a bed next to some of the poorest kids in Fort Worth all hearing the TRUTH about Jesus Christ. Some hearing it for the fist time.

Now that we are home, we have switched our focus from telling these kids about Jesus, to teaching them what a life with Christ has to offer. We are four days into our three weeks of camp followup. During this time, we will be teaching these kids how to walk with Christ. From sitting down and having a quiet time with Jesus, to teaching these kids how to share Him with their friends, each of these kids will learn what it means to have life to the full.

I cannot thank you enough for your support through prayer and finances. The majority of the kids on our trip would not have been able to experience the best week of their lives without your help, and for that we are eternally grateful.

In the next couple of months, we will be setting up a time for a large number of these new Christians to be baptized. I will keep you informed on when this will be, and I hope that each one of you will be able to come and see these kids claim Christ in this way.

Here is our entire Fort Worth Texas group at Frontier Ranch

Ced, Othon, Cameron, and Irvin from Heights getting ready for the ropes course

My pre-game pep talk before the Folleyball tournament began

One of our Fort Worth leaders Nathan with Big Dom from Paschal at the top of the Mountain

Game Time!!!!

In less than eight hours we will be loading up three buses from Fort Worth Texas to head to Frontier Ranch.

Please pray that lives will be eternally changed.

Look for a new post soon after our return.

Young Life's Frontier Ranch

In Psalm 107 it says, "Let the redeemed of the Lord Say So!", and that is exactly what 135 Fort Worth kids had the opportunity to do last summer at Frontier Ranch in Buena Vista, Colorado. Right before we got on the bus to come home, we had our last club meeting. At the end of that meeting we asked every kid that made a decision to start a relationship with Christ during their week at Frontier Ranch to stand up. A microphone is passed around and the kids get to say their name, where they're from and something along the lines of "I came home to Christ this week." They get to "Say So." Last year there were around 400 kids from all over the country at Frontier Ranch. During "Say So," 108 kids stood up and let the world know that they had started a relationship with Christ. Over 50 of those kids were from Fort Worth, Texas. What a HUGE blessing!!!

This summer we are taking another step forward. As of right now we have over 180 kids from Fort Worth Texas signed up for summer camp. This means that we are going to roll up to Frontier this summer with four buses full of kids. FOUR BUSES!!!

With all this being said you can obviously see that we are in need of prayer.

Please pray for:

The kids that proclaimed Christ as their Savior last summer

The kids that still have questions

The kids that will be jumping on a bus this summer for the best week of their life

The kids that need financial help getting to camp

Thanks for everything

Bryan