Wednesday night we attended the evening chapel service at "The Ranch", and were so blessed! Watching those boys and young men truly worshiping God was awe-inspiring. And as they prayed for and over each other, our hearts were filled with thanksgiving for the work that God is doing in their lives. The young men who will be graduating this weekend introduced themselves to the new cadets and then prayed over them. I'm sure that the new guys were wondering what in the world was going on....but what a contrast.....the "newbies" with hard faces, full of resentment and anger, and the faces of those graduating....open, and oh, so different!

I must confess that I was really hesitant to come to Bonifay...in fact, we had nicknamed it "SOWER Siberia" - mainly due to its lack of cell phone service. But God truly has a sense of humor, because I feel that I have left a part of my heart in Bonifay, and there are several young men that I will be continuing to pray for on a daily basis....and, yes, we will be going back! In fact, we plan to drive over (from DeFuniak Springs) for the service and graduation on Sunday....!