Day One Down

So today was the first full day of Beach Break 2008. It was a pretty amazing day. It was pretty interesting to start out. We woke up early and had a quick breakfast and all of the kids spread out for their morning quiet time. It was a good time to get away and start a new chapter in my "Lord, Save us from your Followers" book (more to come about that book btw). After that we went outside and sat on the grass to get read for our morning Bible Study time. Apparently they don't enjoy Christian gatherings because the sprinklers turned on right in the middle of the Happy Birthday to Julie Tate ballad that we were busting out. So we moved to the pool where we had worship through music and listened to Dougie speak. He did a cool thing where he taught from the middle of the pool. He did it just so that everyone could hear him but it was really cool consider that the theme of the week is to PLUNGE so I thought that was cool. We then got in our Tribes (go Krunkawa) and had some talkback time and had rec time. We did a scavenger hunt that was pretty cool. After that we ate some lunch and headed to the beach and pool for some free time. It was really hot out today and a few of us got a little too much sun. By the time worship had arrived we were all pretty worn out. Toby did a decent job and the band did a good job leading us in worship tonight. We had some more talkback time and then had our church group time where our kids got to share what God has been teaching them over the week. Even though we have only been through one day it is pretty cool to see the beauty of the ocean and the beach and all the creation of God. Please just keep praying that God would enter into the lives of our students this week and that He would totally destroy everything that they think is more important than him in their everyday, minuscule lives. Show them that all the other crap just isn't important. More to come about our week here.