“We were all in General Session.
I can't remember which song it was that we were singing, just that it was totally God-fueled and alive. My voice was gone, but I wasn't going to let that stop me from praising
the Lord with all of my heart. Totally swept up in the moment of worship, I remembered that this life really is nothing and that God is what it's all about.
We can imagine that we are "good Christians," but unless we realize that what God is up to is bigger than just us, we are screaming into the wind. Sometimes I don't like to remember that I am not what life is about, but then I realize that there is a God who loves us all and is totally in control.
FUEL is the reminder of that truth every year, and I praise God that I can come together with so many others and learn that God is living, active, inviting me to work with Him, and how to seek after him.” --Jordan Durham
“One thing I learned, or was rather reminded of, this year at FUEL, was that God's timing is PERFECT.Everything He wants to happen, in my future, my family, EVERYTHING, will happen in HIS timing. Which is PERFECT. I just need to be listening to what He has to say. And then do it. Because if His timing is perfect, there isn't anything I can do to add to it that will make it any better....I mean, how can you better PERFECTION? So, I guess you could say that God is teaching me, DON'T RUSH IT. Everything will happen
in His time, and me trying to take it on too soon won't make it any better. Whatsoever. Only worsen it, in fact. So I just need to TRUST Him. and Listen. and Relax...knowing that all is the most loving hands it could ever be in. Because He is exactly perfectly on time. Never too early. Never too late.
PERFECT.” --Rachel White
“FUEL is my favorite place on Earth. I'm sure anyone who reads this will agree. My entire year is planned around FUEL, and I can't imagine my life without it. The impact is life-changing, fun-filled, and it gives me a reality check every time: There is more to life than this and it's bigger than me. So what am I going to do about it?
This year was a little different for me however. The Cheat giving me the title "Rarest of Beasts" for my being the youngest staff member in history, had a lot to do with
it. Although I was staff last year, this time I had not only worship to lead, but a class to teach and a counselor title as well. I was terrified, but I knew God had put me here for a reason, so I pushed on.
Because of it I got to see and experience so many things and I wouldn't change it for the world! This year God impacted me in a different way. I walked away this year actually feeling like I wanted to change, to become a better person, and to become more like Jesus (which is what it's all about anyway, right?) God knew what He was doing when He put me in these roles. He let me see what it was like just to watch everyone else and to realize it wasn't all about me and my journey, but my part in the journey of others as well. Watching those of you who went and teaching some of you helped me to grow more than I thought I could. The fire and passion you guys have was the thing I needed to see the most. I love FUEL and all of you who who go knowing there's more to life than us. It's all about God and what to do next after the week is over. I can't wait for next year! God Bless!” --Amber Cain
“FUEL is a refuge.
A place where we come and don't have to worry. We don't have to fear. We don't have to be insecure. We can be honest and we can show our imperfections because, lone behold, everyone else has them too.
This year was all about running away for me. I had been gone all summer, but this was the last week that I would be away at a church camp or mission project. It was my last chance to run from the all the parts of my life that I didn't want to face.
On Thursday morning, I walked out to have some quiet time in the chapel- most likely the only quiet time I
would have all day. On my way there, God stopped me right in my tracks. "Amy, this is the last day you can run. You have two choices. You can go home and continue to live like this, or you can try to mend things. I will help you."
FUEL is a place where God changes hearts. Refuges are not meant to be a place to hide forever, but a place to heal and move on. This year, he worked to change my heart so that I can bring those changes home to deal with everything that I run from instead of just pretending that it will mend itself. He never fails to bring us a fresh perspective when we chase after him.”--Amy Cunningham
“Fuel is the best place on this planet. Period. Some people will not agree and say its just another Jesus Camp, or Bible Camp, but its so much more than "just a camp." Its a life-changing, God-driven, soul-empowering call to change the way you look at life, God, friends, family and the world in which you live. I believe that if someone attends Fuel, their heart will change. Something about them will not be the same. In the past, it was at Fuel that I felt God's call in my life that I should become a
pastor. But this year he just kept speaking, telling me just exactly WHAT I need to change.
But the most stirring amazing moments of the week were the last two days. God spoke through both Seth Ross and Alan Cain, and they brought out the scripture and the words of God to everyone. I knew God was speaking through both of them, expressing how Jesus, the fifth element, would change our life and would give us a new heart. God told me I needed a change, and he told me, again, that he gave me the One who can change me.
God moves, and we follow after him in a life long journey. Fuel is the energy for that journey.” --Jake Ballard