Wow what a week it has been. From the worship team to the Catalyst Cup competition to the nine students that SLU brought this week, it's been a little hectic. The worship team has been going pretty well. We had a few issues with folks (including myself) showing up late to meetings and not respecting each other's time, but it has wrapped up beautifully. I am pretty impressed with how far we have come and I am blown away by how God has used the musical experience to build community between the team members. There is nothing like common experience that is bigger than the individuals involved to build community on a team. I have had a lot of fun playing guitar this week and watching 180 college students and staff sing their hearts out to God together.
On Wednesday evening, during the time we are allotted to meet in our campus groups (as opposed to the one large multi-campus group). our nine SLU students were asked to reflect on their experience thus far and share a story of how Jesus had impacted them over the course of the week. I was amazed by the stories that were shared! Each student could trace the specific ways in which Jesus had connected the events of the week to form an intentional and personal message just for them. It was incredible to realize that every single one of them had individually encountered Jesus in a very significant way in just the first few days at Catalyst. All of the sudden, all the stress of the worship team and some of the trainings that I had to do melted away and I was reminded why it is that I felt so compelled by the call to campus ministry in the first place. I love watching God move in the hearts of people that seem so far from Him, watching their eyes light up when they talk about how they felt His presence or heard Him speak to them. It is simply incredible.
Tomorrow is our last morning here at Camp Windermere. Thank you for your prayers this week. Please pray that God would use our last few hours together to continue calling people to mission at SLU and on campuses throughout our region.
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