Summit Ministries

By Hannah Zarr

What an amazing day! It almost feels as if we've been here the two weeks already because we have learned so much today and have done great activities, plus wonderful bonds of friendship have already begun.

At our first class this morning, some of us were thinking this actually was not a Christian seminar, because Chuck Edwards took the side against God. We started to get frustrated after our arguments for why we believe in God were shot down by Mr. Edwards. The room heated up as some had no arguments left, while others started to wonder if their beliefs could be defended. Chuck Edwards "turned back" into himself and began his very intense talk about why we are here, and worldview training. If Mr. Edwards would have been a real atheist, he would have gone away feeling proud as an atheist, thinking he had proved Christianity wrong. Please pray that by the end of these two weeks we will go away from here being able to truly defend our faith.

After impactful talks by Dr. Robert Linden on leadership, we had free time. Some sat out on the porch in the fresh mountain air, talking with new friends or spending time with the Lord. Others had a good time just hanging out and fellowshipping, or shopping the cute downtown shops.

This evening was packed full of excellent times. We all went to Garden of the Gods and took pictures of the gorgeous red rock and had fun climbing up some of the neat formations of rock--carefully of course! Afterwards we had a yee-haw adventure. We went to Flying W Ranch. We acted like Indians in a teepee, went inside old jails and mines, and enjoyed the cute western shops in old west buildings. Then we had a delicious cowboy dinner with all the cowboy food you could imagine. But that wasn't it--believe it or not there was more fun on the way! A greatly talented and hilarious band played fun western music for us. We couldn't believe how fast they could move their fingers on their violins and guitars!

We've already had great lifetime memories--and it's only the first full day! We are so excited for all that God has planned for us to learn and enjoy!