blogging from the national youth workers convention

I didn’t think that we had wifi in our hotel room, so I didn’t pull out my laptop yesterday.  But it’s running at full steam now.

Kim and I are at the National Youth Workers Convention.  We brought 22 people from our team of leaders, and another 9 leaders from other churches in State College joined us.  This is a great week for getting our batteries re-charged, connecting with other youth workers, refreshing our personal walk with God, seeing some of the newest resources, hearing some great communicators.

Our team has been to some great seminars.  We’ve laughed a ton at the comedians, and worshiped with Starfield and Matt Maher.  We’ve eaten together, been goofy together, walked through the exhibit hall to see all the stuff, listened with a sense of awe as Phyllis Tickle and Francis Chan open their hearts and minds to ours…but I think the thing that has meant the most to us is simply the time that we have been able to spend with each other.

Most of our leaders are new–some of them are less than one month into working with students.  But, man, am I impressed with the quality people God has brought our way.  We’ve been able to spend time together, learning each other’s stories, creating some memories, having our hearts shaped together…this is good stuff.