JULY 2020 VOLUME 2

Allie's Adventures
The Official Monthly Newsletter of Allie Hughes' Residency Experience

Celebratory fruit roll-ups at the top of a 14er Social distanced hiking Ice cream stop on the camping trip

July in a Minute
July seems to have come and gone before I
knew it was ever really here. While I miss
everybody back in Memphis, I have found
such a great community out here in the
Springs, and have felt so loved and cared
for this month. I got to celebrate my
roommate's birthday, spend the 4th of July
with my brother Austin, and spend over
1,800 contact hours as a staff member with
the youth during the second session of
electives. God has been so good!
Points to Ponder
On the family camping trip this month, the devotional times were geared towards
inwardly reflecting upon our "respectable sins", or sins that we fall into on a daily basis
out of habit (i.e. frustration, anxiety, critical spiritedness, gossip, practical idolatry, etc),
and how we can combat that with the Gospel. Only God has the power to grow us and
save us from our sins. All that we can do is prepare our hearts to be transformed, just as
a farmer prepares the soil and plants the seed so that God can take over and grow the
plants with rain and sunshine. This preparation for transformation is a process: Applying
the Gospel, depending on the Holy Spirit, recognizing our responsibility, identifying our
sins, cultivating the practice of prayer, and involving other believers. How can you
prepare your heart for the Lord?
"And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in
Christ Jesus." 1 Timothy 1:14

Ministry in the Midst of a Pandemic...Still

Despite continued COVID restrictions and mask mandates, we were still able
to pack so much into this month. The second session of electives happened
for the first three weeks of the month and were full of mountain biking
adventures, extreme leisure “hikes” to ice cream shops, baking, just hanging
out, and sweet community built on quality time and the Good News of the
Gospel. Each 2-hour elective session included a 30 minute devotional
created by our summer staff that focused on the theme to “Love Thy
Neighbor” and included Scripture that the youth were challenged to
memorize and recite the following week. Memorizing verses was not
something I had put much thought into while growing up, but I now realize
the continuous challenges that drive my need for Scripture to fight the
enemy. 

While the normal summer mountain adventures with the youth was not able
to happen, we were still able to find a way to camp with some of our youth
by inviting their families to join us. This ensured that youth were more
socially distanced in their families' cars during traveling and in their own
tents at night. We camped at Custer State Park, South Dakota, played all the
Spikeball at the lake, saw Mount Rushmore, and were convicted of our sin Hiking Elective in Ute Valley
and constant need for Christ in our daily devotionals.

ALLIE'S ADVENTURES
 JULY 2020 VOLUME 2

Prayer Requests
1. Pray for the staff here at V7PC
as we further navigate what
ministry looks like for the fall
as masks are now required in
all public places and schools
attempt to start back up in a
few weeks.
2. Please pray that the Lord will
Badlands National Park continue to grow His Kingdom
and the Holy Spirit will work to
transform our own hearts, our
students' hearts, and the
hearts of those in our
community for our good and
His glory.
3. On August 15th, I will take the
NCLEX for my Registered
Nurse (RN) Licensure. I am
Female staff at Mt Rushmore Residents on top of Huron Peak
very anxious about this as I

He is bigger than our trials. have not studied much nursing

material since graduating in
May. Please pray that the Lord
Last month, I asked for prayers about affirmation in ministry, and this month, the Lord has
made my purpose out here more clear. One of the students that I was able to minister to last
blesses me with the focus and
summer in the children's ministry is now a rising 6th grader and reminds me a lot of myself at stillness to be able to study
her age. She's growing up in the church, has two older brothers that she looks up to, and beforehand and the peace to
plays competitive sports. We were able to connect last summer, but she really latched onto think clearly while testing.
me during the elective sessions. This girl has become like a little sister to me. One of her
brothers even made a comment that I am from the future to save her from making the same
mistakes that I made. Support Raising
At the beginning of July, a close family friend of hers took his own life without any
I am so close to being fully funded for my
warning. No child plans for a situation like this to occur. My student was confused
first year! It has been such a blessing to
and struggled to process the reality of the situation at first. However, after lots of
witness how the Lord provides and truly
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heal her heart. She and her family are still grieving this loss, but despite what we're you feel called to give financially, there are
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4055 S Nonchalant Circle
Colorado Springs, CO 80917

Email: ahughes@v7pc.org

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ALLIE'S ADVENTURES