Ride the Rapids, have some fun; ride the Rapids everyone!

Today I had the great privilege of joining the 7th and 8th graders of Westminster Academy on their annual Rapids water park excursion. This is my 3rd year going to the Rapids with all my students and each year is just as much fun as the previous one!

I love being able to hang with the students in an environment that is much less abrasive than the church building. I got to have some great conversations with students in lazy river, in line for rides and around the lunch picnic table. For me, this is ministry. Not b/c I was having a blast at a water park all day, but b/c here some of the hierarchical structure of ministry was broken down and the conversation and general opening up was not to Chris the youth leader, but to Chris the mentor and friend. This was both wonderfully encouraging and fearfully humbling all at once.

So, I hope and pray that today's activities were both fulfilled and memorable! I also hope and pray that they were impacting for some of the students I chatted with, b/c they were for me.

Thanks for letting me tag along :)

For His Kingdom...