CIY a Change of Hearts

Wow...this past week has been amazing. Not only did I get to experience some Southern living but on a much bigger scale I got to experience God at his rawest. It was such a good week everything went perfectly. Our traveling was without problem and actually the time flew by quickly. The benifit of being a sponser: permanant shot gun seat and all time radio control. Our theme for confrence was really good this year it was called ONES. The concept is that no one was meant to be alone and we talked about injury, influences, and the value of a great friend. The speakers this year were phenomenal, one in particular named Jayson French was especially good. That man could throw it down, when he spoke not another sound was heard and 1500 sets of eyes were locked on him. I actually got the chance to meet him and on top of being a great preacher he's also a pretty cool and down to earth guy. The Aaron Pelsue Band provided the worship twice a day. This is the third time I have seen them and this is probably the best they have sounded. I would love to see our elders face as they watch this kind of worship. Nothing like rocking out for Jesus. But honestly it was great and now being older it is so cool to watch the kids in our group worship this way and really get into. You could see God breaking down barriers and blockades in their lives all week. The changes a week can make are astounding. It was awesome hearing the stories and choices that were made in our group almost half of our group made a decision to either be baptised or rededicated. It is impossible to go this confrence and not be moved. But there is always a downfall... and it comes with coming home. It is so hard to go from such a spiritual high back into your normal life. For seven days our days were all spent completely focused on God, we were free of worldly distractions and problems. But going back home is always a shock you just want to go back to where you are free to be yourself regardless, and you can actually feel and see God working in you. But for now we will ride our highs out and hopefully carry out the changes we vowed to make along the way, because God is knocking on our door to go out and change the world.

Carrie Out