Sunday, February 15, 2009
Katie is in grad school at south and jenny plays softball there. these girls have the most BEAUTIFUL voices and they led our worship for the weekend!
This was before one of the talks as people were still coming in.
Some of the Jaguar girls hangin out at the Retreat!
This past weekend I went to a girls retreat we had at south alabama! Troy University will have theirs next week and also the men from troy and south alabama will be combining to have a "Burly Man Retreat" next weekend!
Our theme was "Treasuring Christ" We had some awesome speakers talk about Why we should treasure christ by presenting the gospel and talking about what Christ has done for us. The conference also focused on HOW we can treasure Christ by treasuring His people (other christians) and also by treasuring the Lost (loving them as Christ loved us and sharing our faith with them)
The speakers used examples in scripture specifically looking at the lives of Mary Magdeline who was devoted to Christ and also Simon Peter. We were all challenged as we read the scripture where Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Do you love me?" when Peter answered yes the Lord replied, "Then feed my sheep." He repeated this three times and personally was challenged that our love for the Lord should motivate us to action because he first loved us!
We had about 20 girls from south alabama come and not only did we learn so much and get refreshed in our walk with God but it was a lot of fun! We had a giant sleepover and dance party of course! It was great to hang out with just the women and we wish the guys the best on their Burly Man retreat next weekend!
This is Roy and Becky McDaniel! I had the great priviledge of attending Troy University with them and calling them some of my very best friends!
The Mcdaniels and I interviewed with Campus Outreach on the same day and they are on the support trail along with me! Keep them in your prayers as they like me seek to share our ministry vision with others, raise support, and get on campus as soon as possible!
The link to THEIR blog is now on the left...it's called "McDaniel Moments"
One of the main ways I've gotten to get to know some of the students involved with CO at Troy and South is through Swing Dancing! I LOVE going because it's fun and well gives me a chance to be around ministry, hang out with students, and even get into spiritual conversations!
The american legion in pensacola puts on the dance every friday night and when a trip can be arranged students from troy and mobile make the trip!
It's lots of fun and has been great to build community and relationships through dancing and all of the driving!
One way I got to know several of the students from south alabama was when our car broke down outside of the swing place! we had to wait for other people to drive all the way to mobile to drop off their carloads and then come back and get us. We didn't get home till 4:30 AM! We waited at a nearby waffle house where some of the sophomore girls got to share their faith with a waitress (since we were there for hours!). A waitor there actually came to talk with us about Lord and told us how God had changed his life...It was really encouraging!
