Another highlight of my summer!

In June I had the incredible privilege to take 5 of our Lifeline girls on a senior retreat to Silver Lake in Michigan. My friend Debbie Mann went with me to help and we had a great time! It was such a treat to get to hang out and spend time with each of these girls before they head off to college. Left to right: Me, Amanda, Erin, Cat, Casey, Debbie and Lauren.
This is Amanda, Casey, Erin and Lanette on the 4 hour beach walk. We were in Ludington and we took off to walk to Big Sable Lighthouse. It was supposed to be about an hour walk each way, but after walking for about 3 hours we decided we were lost and we turned around to head back. By this time everyone was beat from walking in the sand and I was PRAYING for God to do something (I wasn't feeling like a very good leader at all). We came upon a Christian camp and watched a frog and turtle race (how random was that?) and I decided to ask the director there at the camp if there was someone that could give us a ride back. They were happy to help us out and much to the girls delight these 2 cute boys (staff from the camp) drove us back to the beach where we started. Thank you Jesus for answering that prayer and making the boys cute and nice so that the girls weren't mad at me for getting them lost!
This is us cooking our "hobo dinners" at the shack. Some of the girls had never heard of hobo dinners (where you put your meat and veggies in a foil packet and grill it all together), but they loved them! We had a great time together with lots of really interesting conversation around the campfire. These girls are so awesome and I am so blessed to have them in my life!