LifeLight

Wow we just got back yesterday from LifeLight and do we have some stories for you! Some of them are about amazing bands, and some crazy bonding, others are about uncomfortable sleeping arrangements, and broken tents. So lets just start out with Friday. Getting to the Souled out Village with a mini bus/van full of youth was the easy part. Putting up tents in the wind was the oh so challenging part of the entire weekend. Needless to say we had a few tent casualties/injuries. Even at this point there are two of the 4 tents that broke that I'm not sure I will be able to fix. Yes you heard it 4 tents broke. Both metal, plastic, and fiberglass failed to withstand the rage that that wind brought. And with only one tent up and doing mighty well. (at this point I'm very thankful to the family that donated that tent just a couple of weeks before the trip!) Needless to say we bought a fairly big tent and did what we could with sleeping arrangements. Anyone have any old army tents out there?

With the tent situations as figured out as they were going to get the concerts were very good. The highlights of the weekend for most of our group were Remedy Drive, Riley, and Mercy Me. Never heard of Riley before. They are this cool band with amazing electric fiddles. A husband and wife duo play the fiddles and this band not only sounds great but has a great message with their music. When listening to their songs there is no doubt who or what they are singing about.

One of the other really fun things that happened was the army man scavenger hunt. I got a bunch o' army men at the dollar tree and had the kids hide/take photos of them. With over 100 army men scattered around the festival it was fun to see where they showed up. There were army men on tents, atms, in porta pottys, merch tables, even out in the main seating area. At one point I saw a toddler who had collected 4 and was happily dismembering them. We even had an army man on the back of the van. He made it to Sioux Falls on our drive home, but we lost him on a bump.

Want to hear more of the crazy stories/fun we had? Talk to the youth who went and next year come join us for some fun :)