New Life with the Youth Group

Last month I went with Jake's youth group from Anderson First UMC to New Life International in Underwood, IN. This has become an annual trip, and something I always look forward to. This year was extra exciting because we helped with the assembly of a new controller that will make the whole system more automated, and also easier to provide clean water to larger groups of people.  Lucky for us, we had its creator, Dave, with us! :) It was amazing to see how technical the inner workings of the controller were (assembling them is definitely not my forte), but even more amazing to see how God cleared a path for Dave to come to New Life International. Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps. Of course it's always fun to visit with all of my New Life friends for a weekend as well. I came back inspired and thankful. As usual, such a great weekend!

Instagrams Of Our Month

 

Golden Harvest with Nate/ Dogwoods in bloom/ Bookstore in Grand Rapids/ Our Bronner's purchases/ VanDyke street in Holland, MI/ Nightly bike rides/ Vera Bradley outlet sale/ New Life International retreat center/ Lunch with Grandpa/ Aud and Em at Emily's bachelorette 

New Life International

This past weekend, I headed to New Life International with Jake and the youth from Anderson First UMC. New Life makes water purifiers that are sent all over the world to provide safe drinking water to villages in need. They also have an amazing retreat center out in Underwood, Indiana where we spent our weekend. The McGuires who started New Life are an amazing family and it is a joy to visit with them. I always leave feeling refreshed and inspired. Jake and I had a great time with his youth group. I really enjoyed getting to know all of them a little better through this weekend.

Added bonus, we got to meet with our friend, Brad, who works at New Life! We spent our time putting labels on purifier parts and cleaning up a camp ground on the Underwood property.