Hello everyone! We had a wonderful day yesterday. We had a late brunch and a sing-a-long where we encouraged all the men to try their hand at song leading......with encouraging but varying results!

We had an excellent brunch and then on to Sabbath services with an excellent dinner and dance to close out the evening.

Some of us enjoyed a walk to the top of Mt. Oliver and were able to see the surrounding area -- what a beautiful view! Camp Oliver is nestled in a little valley that is at about 3200 feet above sea level and it provides such a beautiful backdrop for the Young Adult Weekend and the information that is being presented. The young adults are already asking is this can be an annual event.

Mike Elliott gave the sermonette yesterday and talked about the blessing of being in the Church as a 2nd generation follower of God. He related how God had blessed him with the opportunities to travel and own a business and also how what he had been taught was able to keep him on the path he needed to stay on even when trials and tests occurred.

I talked about how skeptical the world is and how that can creep into our thinking in regards to God's word. Do we believe the promises of God and does our life reflect that type of belief and faith?

We are going to finish up today with the last three hours of the seminar and then we have to be off to the airport to take some of the East Coast young adults to catch their flights. It will be a bit sad to have this come to an end.

It is interesting to read the news and see all the chaos and confusion in the world and then see how intent these young adults are on learning God's way of life. What a contrast! It will be interesting to see how they use this information to fortify themselves in a very skeptical world.

Until next time,

Jerry de Gier