CIY "Move" Day 1: Grace

We made it safe and sound! It was a pretty smooth trip to Johnson City, Tennessee, and God blessed us with great weather and decent traffic.

Once we arrived on campus here at Milligan College, we were all tired, hot (found out the boys dorm doesn't have air conditioning-aaah!), and a little grumpy...but after a little down time things began to turn around. We had an incredible time of worship with the Caleb Miller Band and a great message about God's Grace (read about details of the band, college, speakers, etc. on CIY's website). It was a fantastic first plunge into the week, but what really was exciting is what happened during our youth group time.

I've been to about 8 or 9 CIY summer conferences now (between being a student and being a leader/minister), and I've never seen a "first-night" response like we experienced this evening. Your prayers are truly working in the lives of these teens already. Several deep-rooted sins were confessed with tears as well as even someone's first nudge of feeling called to vocational ministry! Usually the first night is a discussion about expectations, rules, details, and introductions with comments on how student's felt about the message/worship...but not tonight! Wow! God is doing something big already, so PLEASE commit to praying every day!

Hopefully there will be pictures to follow :)