Whats been up

Hey hey! What's going down eh? I've been at camp all last week which was totally cool. It's called CampEXP and usually three or four churches go to it. It's awesome!

So... where should I begin? How about beginning with how much fun I had meeting some new people. The sessions were totally awesome. Mostly we focused on getting rid of titles people have given us. I've got some really good quotes from this week if y'all are ready for 'em.  I'll give a brief recap of each session and include the quotes.

Alright so the first night was Monday and we had Cruvine Brewington as our speaker. He gave us his testimony and gave us some good advice as well as thought provoking questions. He said that "All that God has called you to do, He has equipped you to do." He also reminded us not to let the things that did not create us, define us. His talk was really good. Unfortunately, I cannot remember who gave which testimony because they were all very similar. Pretty much they grew up in the bad part of town and spent some time in prison for various crimes. I can't remember which one goes with who!

Tuesday morning was Joe Adams. Pretty sure he didn't give a testimony. He spoke about relationships and reminded us that God should be our number one relationship. He spoke about giving of yourself in relationships and making sure you find your worth in God not people.

Tuesday night was Kendrick Vinar who is the senior pastor at Grace Church Chapel Hill. He spoke about forgiveness. He told us that you have to own your role in your negative history or you'll always be blaming other people and carrying that with you through life. He said "You make peace with your past when you own your own piece."

Wednesday morning was Dornell Tayleor. He gave us his testimony and and said, "God chooses what you go through, but you choose how you go through it." It was a really good reminder.

Wednesday night I didn't catch the guy's name but he spoke about how God is bigger than our failures and wants us for Himself. It was a good talk.

Thursday morning was Heath Caddell. He said that "Life is a long road with small steps." And told us not to keep asking God to give us more of Himself when He's clearly told us to do something because really, if God's told us to do something, then He's going to give us the things we need as we need them. It was a good message.

Thursday night was about the Holy Spirit. I lost my notes from then cause... *cough* well... let's say some guys are not careful when they sign your notebook and end up ripping a page out and then you carefully put it down and end up stepping on it with your wet shoes and... yes.

Friday morning was by Jay Koopman (the same guy that spoke Thursday night) and it was about....not living Christianity through emotions.

So I met a lot of people, had fun kidding them.. swimming... splashing... word battles... lol

I have a decent amount of stuff for awkward+awesomes in the future! haha