Saturday, June 8, 2002

Today was a fun day. We spent the early morning cleaning up our sleeping areas at Exchange Avenue Baptist Church. Then we toured the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial site and headed to White Water Bay for some fun in the sun. After a short 3-hour drive, we are now in our hotel rooms for the night.

There are only 4 pictures for you today, which showcase what was the highlight of this day. The OKC Bombing site became a holy place for our students, as it is for many throughout America. We met God there today, as our devotion this evening made very clear. Our kids were only instructed to try to remain calm and keep up a spirit of respect and reverence since this site is so important to the citizens of OKC. They wound up spending their time crying with empathy and praying spontaneously. We gained a renewed sense of God's love and a heightened awareness of the reality of the events of 1995. Here are some pictures of our students living out their faith and bearing witness to our Lord's power in front of many, many people who were present.

As they stood reading the inscription next to this statue of Jesus weeping over OKC, one of the boys suggested they all pray. So they did.	Priority sang "Redeemer, Savior, Friend" outside the entrance to the memorial site.
These 2 guys began praying for the victims' families...	And within a couple of minutes, the whole choir was moved to do the same.