Each year our older boys participate in Leadership Training for Christ (LTC), a big event for 3rd-12th graders to examine their talents and leadership abilities. Each year there is a special theme and book of the Bible to focus on. This year’s book was 2 Samuel (tough book to study!), with a theme of “The Rock”.
Going along with “The Rock” theme, Asa (seventh grade) took this picture
and entered it in the “photography” category.
Framed in black, this photo looked pretty cool.
We were blessed to spend our nights with good friends who live close to the convention center in Kansas City. That may have been my favorite part of the weekend…spending time with people we love and don’t see often enough. We enjoyed a wonderful, relaxing visit on Friday before the LTC activities began!
Friday night and all day Saturday, our boys (along with hundreds of other kids from the midwest) participated in dramas, puppet shows, choirs and other events that they had spent weeks and months preparing for.
This is our friend N, pictured with Justus and Asa at LTC.
We got to strengthen relationships among our local church friends. We got to hug friends we only see once a year at LTC. We got to catch up with friends to see how the past year has gone. We got completely exhausted! It was awesome!
Our friend S, pictured with Justus, Elias and Malachi at LTC
Sunday we were back home in time to celebrate our Risen Savior with our local church family. We had a big Easter feast with Adam and BryAnna and a big Easter egg hunt with our church small group in the evening.
It was for sure…another awesome weekend!
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We were at LTC in Kansas City, too! :) We took 22 kids. This was our 6th year at KC. The kids love it and all of us who went were blessed by being there.
Aah, I wish I could have met you! Maybe next year?!
Do you live in/near KC? Just curious, b/c I live south of KC! :)
We live about four hours away. KC is the closest LTC in our area!
I love that picture of God spelled out with rocks! So perfect!
Sounds like an exhausting but awesome weekend! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, what a great experience for your boys! Thanks for sharing.
I think Asa should sell framed copies of his picture!
Great picture, Asa!
You are an awesome mom, writer, blogger, homemaker and I am so lucky to have you as a cyber friend!
What a great weekend! How nice that Adam & Brianna are still a couple too! ;)
Yep, they’re actually engaged now! GREAT couple!
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I’m from Kansas City (I live in Florida now,) and my church always participated in LTC. I was too old to attend by the time we started going to that church, but I always heard great stories coming out of it. I wish we had one closer to us in Florida, but I believe Alabama has the closest one, and even the one in Alabama is about 12 hours from where we are in Florida :) Glad to hear you guys get to attend!
Glad you had a great weekend and what a wonderful weekend for your kids. BTW, I’m guessing your eldest has had a major growth spurt! Looking forward to your parenting tips for teenagers! lol
Julie in Australia
If you’re referring to the picture with three boys…one of them isn’t mine, he’s just a friend of ours! But the boy on the right is my oldest and will be 13 this summer. I have NO idea what I’m doing!! :)
You’re thankful for time away with your family this week and I’m grateful for time at home with mine. Wasn’t God good to give us families?