try to keep up.

we've had SO much stuff going on lately!  it's been awesome, but its been busy!  i dont remember what happened before revival week, but it seems like something was going on.  then revival week.  then we took jr high students to CIY believe conference in st. louis.  

believe was great.  our students are not impressed by anything, and this conference kept their attention the ENTIRE time!  i LOVED the way they creatively shared the gospel, there wasn't a lot of preaching time, but the message didn't get lost because they played a video (one segment at each session) and when the video would stop it would continue in the stadium with the characters running through the crowds.  it was awesome.  

timmy made a rule for the trip, no cell phones or mp3 players.  at first, it had the opposite effect we thought it would have, everyone was quiet.  no talking at all.  and as i talked with people at the conference i found out that this generation feels completely uncomfortable without their technology.  so strange.  my friend lindsay (who randomly happened to be at the conference) said that there are even recovery seminars for teens addicted to technology.  so crazy.

there's this book mrs udell was reading when we were in joplin called "thrilled to death" kind of on the same subject.  i think i should read it.

believe was really energizing.  i walked away with a lot of ideas about trips we could do and events we can put on... just new ways to communicate the Gospel.  it was fun.

love.