sponsored by Vida Nueva of North Georgia
August 16-18, 2002
Dahlonega, Georgia
The first ever Vida Nueva All Community was a tremendous success!!!!!
Each community presented their history and weekend structure. It was a great time of open sharing and discussion focusing on the common goal - ministering to youth in the name of Jesus.
We went from 7pm on Friday until midnight, resumed at 7am on Saturday, going until 1am Sunday morning. Sunday was a short day - 7am until 12:30pm.
We had 28 delegates from 8 communities, supported by 25 team members.
Some of the kitchen team, and others, relaxing before the guests arrive. (Click on photo to enlarge)
Charlie and Vida Lou delivering drinks - and the flowers and snack baskets for each table provided by the Camp of Colors (that was nice!)
A couple of our youth volunteers, Derek and Aimee, helping in the storeroom......
Glynda manning ("womaning"?) the registration table....
Folks socializing during the reception ....
Some nice person made this cake for the occasion. The photographer wasn't quite quick enough.....
Let the meeting begin. Dan (from the lost tribe of Maine) introducing himself, while Danny (Central Georgia) looks on....
Kevin (Mid-Hudson) and Bill (another Maine-iac) waiting their turn..
Kevin, Marilyn, and John presenting for Mid-Hudson......
Jim (Texas), Glenda and LouAnn (North Georgia), Anson (North Georgia), Jessica and Jeannette (Texas), Joan (Pacific Rim) with John and Marilyn (Mid-Hudson)
John and Joan (Pacific Rim) teaching a new praise song :) ....
Saturday evening's dinner had "Gone With the Wind" theme...... Becca's mother just "threw this together" for her (with her husband Hans - the Iron Chef)...
After the Serenade we had a time of mixing with the delegates, team, and serenaders.......a sort of Hoot!
(yes - the young lady with her tongue out is the mother of my grandchildren)
After breakfast, Sunday morning, we all sang the VN Song....
Vida Nueva is NOT an adult weekend....as evidenced by a time of praise in the form of dancing to "Stomp" after chapel on Sunday morning.....
The Kitchen team in a rare break from cooking and cleaning.....
The group......
.....while we all represented different cultures and different approaches to conducting a weekend, we all came together as one in the love of Christ to help each other continue and grow the special form of ministry to our youth.
God is good!!!!!
We will meet again next year and continue to communicate regularly in the interim.....these words and pictures do not even begin to depict the blessings given and received during this event.
