Siesta time, Day 1

Back in the hotel room chowing down some well-earned Arbys after a big morning of PRACTICING DISCIPLESHIP! We gathered with about 250 kids all from the MT synod for a morning of worship and small group learning.

From my perspective, the youth did a great job during worship. I would venture to guess that they displayed more enthusiasm during worship than our congregation really does. Although, you never know what Dave Scrupp would do if Lindean was up front doing actions along with hymnal verses. Heh heh. Also, highlight for us was the fact that I forced Courtney to share her talent with the room by playing her song, Agape, during communion.

This afternoon we will head out for our photo scavenger hunt that ties into our small group topics: Giving, Studying, Praying, Inviting, Worshiping, Encouraging, and Serving. Then on to the Superdome! Tonight is the night we get a chance to be on the floor so the group is very excited about that.

Other random observations:
There is no truly cold water here, not even in the shower.

Minnie is really good at typing on ANY keyboard.

You can't fall over that railing with that wristband. (We all have gold wristbands there are also green and purple. Imagine the attempts made to keep all 38,000 participants sorted and moving in the right direction!)