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Hey everyone! Hope all is going well. The days
seem to just be “flying by,” if you know what I mean. Well, after
our long, yet fun days of planning, NAPF 2003 is well underway.
Mark Your Calendar!
NAPF Conference
High School Youth Conference
(Must have completed grade 9)
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA
June 28—July 2, 2003
Watch for Registration
Information in March, 2003.
The planning meeting began late Wednesday evening, October 2nd. We
all met up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which is about 20 minutes away
from Lynn’s home and church in Gurnee, Illinois. The church was
where we spent most of our days. It worked out great. Although we
were rather tired that night because of our journeys there, the fun
had just begun.
We started working that night and, throughout the rest of the week
and weekend, we accomplished a great deal. It amazed me how much
work we were able to get done in the amount of time we had together.
We had so much to cover and not a lot of time to do it. We did
everything from reading last year’s evaluations to deciding a theme
with ideas to go along with it. With all of our work, we had a lot
of fun too. We took many breaks to play, but most of our breaks were
for food. (You have to remember who I am working with!) These breaks
were also used to pick on me. It was everything from attacking me
when I had the football, to shoving an oatmeal cream pie in my face.
I couldn’t really defend myself because it was always 3-1, but I had
fun trying.
It was definitely sad when the time came to
leave. Then again, I was ready for some much-needed sleep. Between
working all day long and those late-night movies, I personally was
exhausted.
I could probably go on and on with stories and other things we did
because the meeting really was great. However, I think now I must
start focusing on how great NAPF 2003 is going to be. I am really
excited about what we have in store. I hope everyone is as excited
about it as I am and I can’t wait to see everyone there! Until then,
continue on your journey with Christ.
God bless.
~Whitney~
EQUIPPED FOR REALITY - NAPF -
WILLIAMSBURG, VA
High School students live in a
“Real” world and face real issues regarding school, friends, family,
technology, media and entertainment, drugs and alcohol, dating and
peer pressure, self-image and self-esteem, death, divorce, and other
world concerns.
Fortunately there are tools which can help equip
us all to face these realities. These tools and their use will be
the focus of NAPF this year: Prayer, the Bible, Fellowship, Worship,
Discipleship, Sacrifice, Love, Joy, Forgiveness and the Holy Spirit. |
