Thank you so much to the ones that have been praying for me during this week during our first youth camp of the summer! I can honestly say that it was one of the best weeks of my life. We had youth from literally all over the country come to hear about the one true God for four days. And it was an amazing four days at that. We have had changes at the camp recently as we have lost two interns for the summer, Anna Sanders and Tori Walker, so continue praying for them as Anna starts her senior year and Tori starts her first year at the University of Kentucky (yuck, I know). But we have gained one new intern named Tyson Lott from Montgomery, Alabama who is about to be a junior at Auburn. Pray for Tyson as he begins his five week internship here!
Update on Seth Peacock: He was very sick a couple of days ago, but received a shot, lots of medication, and lots of sleep and is doing much better! Unfortunately, he leaves tomorrow to make his journey home on Saturday night, so please pray for safe travels for him! Seth has been a big blessing to the camp, and we will miss him so much! I hate to see him go partially because I know I leave two weeks after him, and my heart is starting to break, but we are not going to talk about that here!
The youth camp was probably one of the best weeks of my life in all honesty. It was so great to see youth that passionately love Jesus with their whole heart, and so encouraging for me. But my favorite part wasn't the games, the competitions, the band, the speaker. My favorite part of the whole week occurred Tuesday night. The theme of the conference was to be and make disciples. We talked the four days about what it means to be imitators of Christ and what that looks like in modern day life. At Tuesday night we talked a lot about serving one another and at the end of the conference we had a foot washing ceremony. I personally did not get to wash feet but watching the process was one of the most humbling and amazing experiences I have ever witnessed. As I watched tears stream down the Ecuadorian youths' faces, my feelings will never be explainable. I was reminded of when Jesus washed his disciples feet, and I immediately identified with their feelings of unworthiness. I placed myself in the position of the disciples and realized the incredible worth of this ceremony. I can never put in words what the Lord did in my heart that night, but it was a life-changing, perspective-changing experience that I will never forget. I hope and pray that you all can experience that ceremony, because I can not even try to explain the significance and the ultimate humbling experience.
I am being amazed by the Lord every day in a different area. For that day it was the incredible, unfailing, unchanging love that our father has for us. And that night I got a little glimpse of that love in a different country with different people, in a totally different language but the same love and the same act of love that Jesus did for his disciples.
Things like these happen every day around here. The Lord is so prevalent here, but he works in a different way in my life every day to show the same love He has for me. I have had the absolute best time here in Ecuador, and my heart is breaking every time I think about going back to the states in just two short weeks. I have done so many fun things and met so many incredible people, that all I can think is: this is my home. I can't imagine how out of place I am going to feel when I go back to the States, so begin praying for me in that period of transition. I have been coming in contact with different people every week, leading worship every weak with the incredibly talented Seth Peacock, seen so many things that I have been changed from the inside out all over again!
I can never thank you for the outpoural of prayers on my life! Keep praying for us as we have a youth camp in the jungle next week, but I am staying at the mountain camp to help with a VBS here. So many exciting things are happening as I am going white water rafting tomorrow (for the ones that know my story of last year, I am securing my self in that raft so what happened last year will not be repeated)! And my birthday is next week and I AM SO EXCITED! Thank you and I love you all!
Morgan Ramsey
Isaiah 6:8
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