One thing I keep being reminded every GTD event is that Christ-centered outdoor recreation ministries are needed now more than ever. I can't even begin to tell you the impact that God is making when we take a break from the high paced, high stress, high pressure, heavily technologically saturated "concrete jungle" and go into God's amazing playground to combine play, nature, camping, healthy risk taking, adventure, physical activity, being outside your comfort zone, togetherness, teamwork, purposeful daily tasks, an intentional balanced & Christ-centered daily agenda, campfires, doing hard things, sharing highlights of the day, reading God's Word, talking to God, worshipping God, putting the phone down and actually engaging with the people you're with, making pizza quesadillas (I had to throw that in), & most importantly (this is the real force multiplier) - honoring & seeking God first. I'm not exaggerating when I say that it's! life! changing!... it's trajectory changing... it resets, refreshes, renews, & revitalizes in jaw-dropping ways. It's the perfect environment for God to do a great work in & through you. I know this personally from 30 years of witnessing the impacts. I also know this from my own personal experience because God kept renewing & reviving me thru GTD trips over the past 5+ of the hardest years of my life. So I'm not just the "director", I'm also the participant and the recipient. As I see the stark contrast from the peacefulness & fulfillment found in the setting I just described versus the road raging and oftentimes hopeless, heartless, & ruthless "man-made" setting that brings young people to epidemic levels of suicide, rage, & disorders I think to myself the words of Mordecai to Queen Esther when God used her to save the Jewish people, "And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?"(Esther 4:14). I'm convinced that GTD is the precise ministry "FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS". Not to sound overly dramatic, but as I look around at a generation of kids, youths, & young adults addicted to brain rotting technology that oftentimes leaves them hopeless, lonely, afraid of everything, & sometimes even as dumb as a box of rocks (such as a lack of common sense or even able to do basic math without a calculator or unable to find a location without a map app that they have driven to numerous times) then I realize this ministry (GTD) was built by God "FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS". We have completed 30 years of ministry, and now God is RELAUNCHING us into the next 30 years "FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS". Don't underestimate what God can do in your life & soul when you get outside with a Christ-centered outdoor adventure ministry!
(*this is a screenshot of a text message from a new participant and a new friend that joined us on a recent GTD event. Glory to God!)
Thank youuuuu soooooo much to all our supporters and volunteers and prayer warriors that make life change thru Jesus possible!! You share in the fruit because you shared in tilling the ground!
Going The Distance Adventure Ministry
God-awesome Adventures Since 1996! CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF MINISTRY!
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