You Are Here

Hello!

I feel like once again I have been slacking on my blog…sorry guys!

Last week I had the chance to once again attend a summer conference called CIY (Christ In Youth) and it was amazing!  There were so many fun times and so many emotional times.  This week’s theme was “You are here” which focused on the fact that God is always here, no matter where we are.  I didn’t really think I would enjoy CIY, as much this year when I found out we would be studying the book of Daniel.  Boy was I wrong!  Come to find out…the book of Daniel isn’t just about the story of the lion’s den! (Some of you may be shaking your head at me right now, trust me I know I sound dumb)  I was blown away with all the awful things that we learned Daniel went through and just the fact that he stayed faithful the entire time!  All in all it was an amazing week of learning and finding out what I need to change in my life! 

Now…let me just talk about the campus for a second.  The CIY I attended was located at UNL, which is a BEAUTIFUL campus, and as the “campers” we got to eat at the cafeteria for all of our meals.  OH MY GOODNESS THE FOOD IS SO GOOD!  Everyone I met on campus were some of the nicest people, and the cooks always had a smile on their face! It was the perfect place in my opinion! 

What I love about CIY is the fact that they have a balance of very serious times, but they also have lots of goofy and fun times as well.  For example on the first day the band that was playing (Carrollton) came out and told us that they were supposed to get us pumped up for session! So logically they start playing Royals by Lorde.  It was SO much fun to have 1500 kids singing all at the same time!  Then on the 4^th day of camp, everyone was supposed to dress up as animals, and when we went to morning session we had one giant animal dance party! The coolest part was that they would be able to tie all of these goofy moments back into the lesson!  It was amazing!

Now for the “scary” part.  On the last day of CIY every kid gets a kingdom worker card.  A kingdom worker card is a challenge that you choose to take.  It’s a little piece of paper inside an envelope, and it has a challenge on it that you are committing to do for God.  I personally have not opened mine yet, but I will soon.  Some people rip theirs open as soon as they get them, but I prefer to really sit and pray about it first!  All the cards are completely random, and once you open it…its go time! 

If you ever get the chance to attend a CIY then go for it!  It’s a week full of inside jokes and God changing people’s lives.  God is doing some really cool things through this conference, and I can’t wait to go next year!

Have you ever been to CIY?

Where was yours located?

P.S

I will be posting pictures from CIY soon!