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2013 Lake Itasca Family Music Festival

Wow, it’s hard to believe the Lake Itasca festival is already come and gone this year!

Our festival weekend started on Thursday as we headed out to the festival grounds to do some prep work. (Sorry, we didn’t really get pictures.) We had fun working with friends to scrub the kitchen, clean bathrooms, set up the CD tables area, all sorts of things in the Snack Shack, and folding programs! Lots of them.

Friday, we had lunch with our grandparents who came out from SD for the festival. It was so special to see them again. Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa, that meal was really good!

Then, it was off to the festival!

The Lord really blessed us with perfect weather, so we never had to move the main stage performances to an inside stage.

Alzen Family

Wissmann Family

Burie Family

Froemming Family

Johnson Family

P1000289 It was so good to hear the Berge family again!

We always look forward to seeing friends here, too.

Daniel and Jonathan had some fun one morning.

pedal pedal!

We each got to participate in leading workshops.

Mom and Dad worked hard again in the Snack Shack and cleaning bathrooms, respectively. I’m sad to say that we didn’t get pictures of them in action! But here’s a few smiling faces…

And the Wissmann family’s children’s hour was wonderful again, as well. (Be sure to check their blog for more festival photos!)

“Phillipians 2:3-4”

Ida Scudder, missionary doctor to India

the two Nebo’s

We praise God for giving us a wonderful weekend full of encouraging music and great fellowship! Mark your calendars for next year, the first full weekend in August!

“I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.” Psalm 9:1-2

Lake Itasca Family Music Festival 2013

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This week we were in South Dakota for a youth/family camp, singing and enjoying great fellowship. We had never been to this one before, but we came away with many wonderful memories, refreshed and encouraged hearts, and many new friends! It was an incredible time of fellowship, teaching, and worshiping the Lord in song.

It is good to give thanks to the LORD,

And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night,

On an instrument of ten strings, on the lute, and on the harp, with a harmonious sound.

For You, LORD, have made me glad through Your work;

I will triumph in the works of Your hands.
Psalm 92:1-4

Each morning after breakfast the group of campers divided up and went to different classes, where the word of God went out and important lessons were taught. Then we all joined together for a wonderful time of praising the Lord with music! It was certainly a joy to be surrounded by people who praise Him with their whole heart!

Then it was lunch time in the “chow hall” as someone called it. Meal times were a lot of fun…there was an awful lot of laughter that was goin’ around camp. It’s so good to laugh!

We made lots of new friends! Free time after lunch was spent swimming, playing games, fellowshipping, and Dad was even able to record another testimony for The Storyteller.

Each night we gathered for singing and a message given by Mr. John Morris. The overall theme was “relentless.” God loves us relentlessly, He pursues us relentlessly, we need to be relentlessly devoted to Him, and we have a relentless mission of spreading the gospel. The Lord was really working in people’s hearts this week as we were given the opportunity to respond to the gospel and the messages.

So many wonderful things this week–challenging and encouraging messages, new friends, great fellowship, and amazing food (the cooks worked so hard and did an incredible job!)–we just praise God that we were able to be a part of it!