2nd day in Atlanta

Man today was simply amazing! God is working and moving. Break down of the day!

8:00 - Wake up to Coke and Grapefruit juice at our door! Amazing service here and it was free....Great way to start our day
9:00 - Check into the Conference and walk around the convention area (Get 2 new T-shirts)
10:00 - Seminar 1: Tony Campolo - Postmodernism vs Modernism
- This seminar was amazing. Talking about Niche, Darwin, Plato, Socrates, and Einstein. Tony Campolo studied under Einstein for 2 weeks, amazing. He brought up alot of science and how it relates with the bible, and how we need to be teaching our students about the fundamentals of Christianity before they go to college and get faced with a lot of higher education and they get confused in where God fits into it all. We then talked about becoming like Christ and not just preaching about Him. Allow our students to do something heroic for Christ instead of just sitting in pews and chairs!
12:00 - Lunch in the CNN center with friends, while a massive fight broke out with like 8 cops! Awesome really good story for youth when we come back!
1:00 - 1 session - Andy Stanley
- He talked about leadership and how we need to 1. Clarify - What we retreat too when things are unsettling, the big rock of our ministry! 2. (I can't remember the exact word, my notes are on the other side of the room, and I am tired) :) Anyways he really challenged us to make sure we have our ministry clarified and that we rely on the Lord and not ourselves!
3:00 - Walked around the center again, no new T-shirts.
4:00 - Seminar 2: Chap Clark - Being a theological leader
- This Seminar was great, because it really talked about being obedient to be who God has called you to be. Also your Vocation is Kingdom your Job is.....Whatever pays you. Your first thing you do in your life is your vocation and then your Job falls 2nd to that. I am kingdom minded by being a youth pastor. My wife is being kingdom minded by loving students and others. That is her job right now. This seminar really got my thinking about making sure I am doing what God has called me to do!
5:30 - Ate dinner with some great youth pastors and their wives! I had soup....I am trying to not eat a bunch of crap every meal
7:30 - Session 2 - Francis Chan
- Great night with Francis Chan speaking on staying in tune with God. Then he asked a great question. If he interviewed the students in my youth group and then interviewed God would they say the same thing about me? Also talked about not lying to others and ourselves, Really honestly knowing that we are growing in God and getting to know the bible more and more and more. He kind of went all around but still had some great points non-the less.
9:30 - Had some great worship, and really a crying out for God! Love worshiping with a couple thousand youth workers.
11:00- finishing blog, and eating chex mix!

Tomorrow is a planning day for me here in Atlanta! I am taking some alone time with God and seeking out what He has for this Youth group back in Middlebury! To God be the glory!

P.A.