CIY "Move" Day 5: Got Power?

Today was quite interesting - we went to bed last night to the sound of rain and thunder, and we woke up this morning with no electricity! It was campus wide, which made for a difficult, yet still productive morning. We all set spiritual goals for ourselves to be accomplished over the next year and even proceeded to write out specific action steps to accomplish them. The campus employees and the CIY staff worked very hard to get the electricity up and running in the main arena where we had been meeting for worship and the messages, and it worked...for a few minutes. The power went out again right as we started the first worship song, but we were up and running again within about 20 minutes or so after hooking up a generator. God truly came through tonight again. Robin spoke tonight, and it was by far the most emotional evening as we were challenged to stand up and stand firm! Youth group time was great as we listened to the graduated seniors give their advice about being a Christian in high school, and we all laughed and cried and prayed together. I love it when the church becomes what God designed it to be, and we experienced that today and this week - we had true community. We will be having 4 baptisms when we get home (Robbie spoke up tonight), and possibly even a couple of rebaptisms...we still have a little more to talk through there. I forgot to mention in yesterday's post that Autumn made the decision to go into full-time ministry (probably MCC as her college first), and we have others that have been able to deal with sin and past issues that have been weighing them down. Chains have been broken and God's people have been set free! Pray for safe travel tomorrow (well, today), and I will see you soon. Thanks again for the prayers and support!