CIY wrap up

Parents,

We have had an amazing time here at CIY. Every single one of the students on this trip have experienced something great. Many of your students have learned to forgive someone they have held a grudge against for far too long. Others have made a commitment for the first time to follow Christ. The Holy Spirit has really been moving through these students and they have come to understand what it means to follow God, what it means to be a part of the church and what it means to be in community together.

I cannot tell you how many students the sponsors and I cried with this week as we saw, heard and experienced God working in their lives. Please be in prayer for us as we come home that we will continue to grow in our walk together. Also, please be sensitive to the heart change that has happened in many of your students. Many of them are coming home with changed hearts. Yes, their actions may take some time to change. Salvation is not an overnight process. It will require still more prayer and patience and most of all love to help your students understand even more what it means to be a disciple of Christ. Be proud of your students as they have tackled some difficult things this week. Know that they have opened up in ways we have never seen and shown us just how difficult it is to be a teen in today's society. Your students deal with things that you could never dream are issues for 14-18 year olds. Please be in prayer for them and encourage them in their walk as they try their very hardest to be followers of Christ.

Also, please be sure to thank Chris Holt and Casey Coates for all they have done for your students. They are such a big part of what happened here at CIY. They have truly worked hard for the kingdom if God this week and you will be able to see the fruits of their labors in your students changes hearts and lives.