Greetings from The University of Texas at Arlington! We are wrapping up day one as we speak, all the students are in their dorm rooms, ready to try and get some sleep (or at least I will, that's for sure).
The dorms are a great fit, the girls dorms definitely win though, they are far nicer and each girl gets their own room in the suite.
Today was a lot of getting to know the campus and getting a feel for camp. Despite the blazing heat I didn't hear any complaints from our students. I am sure they are tired of hearing me say over and over again to make sure they are drinking water, but I don't see myself letting up on that!
Tomorrow will, of course, be our first full day. A day filled with lots of rec activities, crazy games, and some great bible study. Tonight in our Church Group Time I challenged our students to look at where they were before camp started and really latch on to the things we learn while we are here so we will be stronger when we leave. I compared a youth camp to a sports camp, you go to sports camp to be conditioned for a sport or to get better at a sport. Well we are at camp to really learn what it takes to grow in our personal relationship with Christ.
The theme for camp is "Devoted," we are asking the question, "what does it take to really be devoted to God? To love him with all your heart, soul, and strength?"
I encourage you to pray with me this week, that these students would begin to catch that. I can tell that many of them already are and it is only DAY ONE!
I hope to upload some pictures and video tomorrow night, so check back here.
Remember, you can e-mail your son or daughter while they are at camp, and you can even watch the worship sessions live each night! Click here to go to the Student Life at UTA page!
We had one student who received an e-mail today and I know they found it very encouraging!
If you have any questions let me know, I can already tell this is going to be an incredible week, both the speaker and worship leader did INCREDIBLE jobs tonight. I know that the Lord is going to use them in a powerful way to reach the hearts of the students of EVC.
Good night, and you'll hear from me tomorrow!
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