Weekend in Beaver Spring
We got to spend four days in Beaver Spring, PA last weekend. We arrived late Friday afternoon and heard Zac Poonen's first talk that evening. On Saturday we heard three talks and were served lunch; on Sunday two more talks with lunch in-between. Sunday afternoon we enjoyed a scenic drive for an hour to State College to visit family.
Saturday evening we had a sweet time of fellowship and a meal with a local family and some other visitors from Virgina who were at the conference. We all went from being strangers, to being brothers and sisters in a matter of minutes. How does that happen apart from Jesus? The evening was a high point, in addition to the teachings we heard.
Approximately three hundred people, with many children and young people, traveled to this small town and listened with rapt attention to seven lengthy talks about experiencing a deeper live with Christ. The man has great wisdom and opened the scriptures to us in revealing and challenging ways.
During the meal times at the conference, he and his wife got in line with the rest of us to be served a simple meal on styrofoam plates. He consistently demonstrated the kind of humilty that comes only with deep commitment to Christ. How many would travel half way around the world to speak in Beaver Springs, PA?
We were grateful for the experience to get a glimpse of something way, way beyond the experience of most in fellowship with many who are like-minded.
