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Day 4: All for One, One for All!

Hey there family, friends and others! It's time for a change of pace and this time it's Brigitta and Maya here to tell you about our day. Today was our final full day here at Falcon and the leaders treated us to a big brunch and some much needed sleep. They prepared a meal of bacon, pancakes, eggs and more and let us sleep in till 10! WOW. After being well fed we had our first session of the day which was led by Dave. He talked about spiritual gifts and how each of our gifts helped create our team as a whole. He then tied that into how as team our gifts are much more valuable than on our own. We looked at the board where we had written down the gifts and names of people who belonged to them and realized that as a team we had almost every part of the board covered and that we really are meant to be here together to serve God to the fullest. Following that touching session we jumped into Cory's final and most epic challenge yet! Cory, if you please...

My pleasure! The teams merged into one final grey team. The team had to create a post bridge and transfer 13 of the 15 members to a designated buoy. The catch was, once you completed the bridge, you could not help hold the posts for team members to follow, therefore making the bridge much weaker. If the team did not complete the challenge in 20 minutes, we would ALL be have nots for the rest of the week. However, members could volunteer themselves to be a have not and gain 5 minutes for the rest of the team as the finish time drew closer.. If the team succeeded, we would also win a team reward... a drive in movie outside! In order to finish this challenge, we would all have to rely on and trust each other. It. Was. Awesome. I've never been more proud of our team!!! Back to you girls!

Thanks Cory! So as he said, the challenge was awesome and in the end the have nots were Melissa, Sam, Cory and me (Brigitta). After we successfully completed that final HOC we settled down for our second session. Cory brought us all down to earth and explained the Romans Road to us, pulling certain verses from Romans that that simply explained the Christian faith. He put us into groups of two and three and each group was given a verse to pull apart summarize. In the end all the verses were put into order and they explained how we as sinners come into the Kingdom of God through Gods love, grace and compassion. It was definitely a session to remember. We were then given some time for ministry prep, which allowed us to build on ideas for songs, games and english lessons. Our creative minds were then treated with a great BBQ supper prepared by the one and only Acksanna! After our mini feast it was time for our final fire-side of the week, however there were no testimonies this time, but some very intimate foot washing. We sat around the fire and as you felt lead you went and sat in the chair with the basin, and someone would come to wash your feet, and pray over you afterwards. While you're feet were being washed the rest of the group would silently pray for you and when the foot washer sat back down, the group members spoke words of encouragement for you. It was something I don't think anyone will ever forget and was one of the most intimate moments for our group as a whole, as we saw the soft and the humble and even the vulnerable side of each member. This amazing experience was followed by a great drive in movie (which ended up inside due to mosquitoes) where we all laughed and had a great final evening together, with everyone looking forward to the trip ahead of us.

-M & B