I’m headed to the ATL.

Back in college, there was never much doubt after sophomore year that I was going on staff with Campus Crusade.  So, our staff team didn’t go out of their way to recruit me, as I was already pretty much on board.  Consequently, I didn’t ever get invited to our recruiting conference. Six years later, I am still on staff.

This week I finally get to be recruited to join staff with Campus Crusade.

I’m driving 3 students from Western Carolina University down to Atlanta to take part in “Preview Weekend” where they will get a glimpse of how God could use them on staff with CCC, or in ministry in general.  I’m so excited to be going, partially so that I can say I’ve been to a recruiting conference.

Stay tuned to the blog for updates and pictures from the conference.

Oh, I’m also leading worship at the conference, so that will be fun.

Here’s a bad angle of the first day of cleaning the Peter Pan.  Better angles coming of subsequent days.

This video will be used at our orientation meeting tomorrow for the students.  11 came early, but all 63 are rolling in as I type this.  You get to preview the video!  Enjoy.  I shot this on a new Canon F200 Flash Camcorder and then sped it up to 3000% normal speed.

Day One.

I love the first day of project.  200 awkward conversations about where I live, what school I root for, and where to find a toothbrush within walking distance.  We started the project by taking awkward “I’ve been traveling for a full day but you want me to dress up and pose” pictures.

By this time next week, we’ll have inside jokes, guys will be honing in on which girl they think God wants them to marry, and the students will be on their second full day as ride operators, dippin’ dots servers (the ice cream of the future for the last couple of decades), or hot dog assemblers at the famous Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

But for now, we’ll just continue to talk about things to forget like what year in school everyone is.  Where’s my nametag?