LAKES RANCH WEEKEND DECEMBER 4TH-6TH

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Our second LakesRanch camp with " Horses4the Lord ministries"
We had 30 people turn up for this camp.
80% are non christians but that's good.
Rob Holding, our new pastor to be, had agreed to be our guest speaker.
So he came and his 2 youngest children.
The first meeting was after breakfast in the morning.
Rob spoke on" What we believe" and that was a good message, plain and simple. The gospel in a nutshell.
The we went riding for 5 hours with a good rest at the lake with a BBQ lunch that the camp had organized.
Some of us also swam our horses in the lake.

When we arrived on Friday night, in the rain, I was mumering and complaining to the Lord, saying, surely we won't be riding in the rain?
In fact, my attitude about the weather had not been good from the whole week. The forecast was for rain all Saturday.
When the Lord finally got through to me with his voice, I repented and said sorry for my bad attitude.
I got a peace and calm in me that I can't explain.
When we all started to fetch our horses it was cloudy but dry.
When we rode out it was dry.
In fact the weather became warm and sunny and by the time we arrived at the Lake it was warm enough to swim in the lake with the horses.
See, the Lord knows, and He loves to answer our prayers. He also looks on our attitude and wants to correct us when not right, in my case my worry and fear about the weather. When I gave it to the Lord, the weather changed to fine.

Rob rode my horse Venus, our 16.3 hh clydie cross and she is very strong and capable.
Brian rode Lady, as usual and I rode Snoopy.
We rode through pine forests and along the lake, through the lake, to a small island and found hot water under some sand on a beach there.

One lady got nearly swiped off her horse... it was quite funny, and no accidents happend.
Rob prayed for a safe trip before the trek.

We also rode along the thermal pools and saw steam in the distance. We went through some forest zig zagging along trying to avoid being hit by the trees.
But all good riding experience and sarah was our trek leader giving us good advice.

before we rode off to the day trek we had a brief lesson in the indoor arena. That helps us get to know the horse before we ride. A quick morning tea in the indoor arena before we ride off is also a bonus.
After breakfast Rob Holding spoke on what we believe . Then he sang a song. He has a good voice and I am sure it was appreciated.

At night after tea Rob spoke again but 3 UK ladies walked out just before he spoke, which was quite rude, and made me wonder " what are they so afraid of to hear?" If they believed we just believe in fables, then there is nothing to be afraid of and they would just stay and listnen....??? hmmm, makes you wonder aye?
Me swimming with my pony Snoopy in lake Rotoiti.