Good morning San Antonio

Well we are officially starting our first full day in San Antonio.  There were a few that started the day at 5:30 a.m. in the fitness center and others will be starting their day at about 8 am (30min before we leave for breakfast).  Just to clarify; the gatherings first event is tonight at 8:30 pm (central time) and will be live streamed!!! Just go to the gathering website and look for the link.  You can also check out the guide book that we received in our backpacks and those have all the information we need for the week from speakers to see to maps of the convention center and city area.

We finished last night with a little devo time and then passing out the official NYG backpacks.  For those that don't know about the backpacks they are something that is looked forward to every time.  The color is kept in secret until just weeks before the gathering starts and can almost be called a type of NYG social media. The kids started decorating/signing backpacks last night and usually continue to do so all week as they meet new people.  It is also an incredible sight to see the thousands of backpacks walking up and down the streets and knowing that every person wearing one is there for the same reason....to learn more about God and to share more about God.

Quick look at our day here:
We are lucky enough to be eating breakfast at 8:30 am (very late in the morning for most mission trips) at Denny's today!!!  Then we have a pretty relaxing day where we will get to know the area by doing a little exploring.  Tonight we'll have another dinner on the riverwalk.

We'll do our best to share what is going on throughout the week but our schedules are quite full.
Some prayer requests for the day are for positive attitudes, controlled excitement and for the kids to have FUN.  Thank you.

Poem of the day to come later...........


Let us begin things right
Every had a good night
The Alamo was quite a sight
San Antonio is quite
God filled
Outta this world fun