It's tye-dye tuesday

Good morning San Antonio!!!!!
And good morning to every other city that people are watching us from.

 Well, it was a late night.  lt was a quite the learning experience for some.  lt may have been overwhelming for others.  From what l heard though....it was awesome, incredible, so exciting. . .and tiring.  Yes, people are already a little tired and the gathering just started last night!!!! But don't worry cause we slept last night and l'm sure everyone is waking up nice and refreshed and a few have gotten our morning workouts in.

Just a few more notes about last night(just enough to make you want to ask your kids what some of this is all about).  We had another delicious dinner of fajita's, chips and salsa and cinnamon churros for dessert!  Since the mass event doors don't open until 730pm and we finished eating at 6pm we had to head over so we could get good seats.  By the time we got to the Alamo Dome doors there were already a couple thousand people there waiting!  For some this was no surprise, but for others it was an eye opener.  Groups play games and talk and take pictures to pass the time outside as well as say prayers of thankfulness that it didn't start raining.  When the doors open for mass event the YAVs (Young Adult Volunteers) stay in front of the herd of youth to make sure they don't run down the halls, aisles or rows of chairs so as to keep some sense of control.  We made our way around to the side and everyone made it without having to look for a single person!!! We even had a surprise visit to our area by the one and only Leah Abel!!! Mass event was filled with dancing, clapping, singing, shouting and cheering.  And we found out that since our group is so big that if we all start doing the same actions we can get the whole crowd to start doing our actions in a matter of a minute or two.

Today we are having a more "to-go" style breakfast and headed to the convention center at 9am and break-out sessions, speakers and bands start at 10am.  Today will be spent in the convention center until we head out for our group dinner and then to tonights mass event.  lt is great to hear all the things that the kids are looking forward to and with so many that have not been to a gathering us adults are excited to see how they react and what they get out of this whole experience.

l would like to make a quick side note about the YAVs.  Some may not realize this but St. Lukes has about 9 college kids who paid to be here to volunteer for up to 15hrs on some days so that the high school kids could have all of this.  Some may remember the car washes that were hosted by college students at St. Lukes and those funds that were raised helped those students get to San Antonio this week.  We are so thankful for the thousands of YAVs that are here doing so much work so we can have a good time.  Please keep them in your prayers as they were here a day before us and working harder than we are.


Quote of The Day
"Every high five is one step closer to pink eye"
(don't worry, no one has pink eye)

POTD

We came to this city
Here we LiveLoved
Everywhere there is Christ
Really long days
Eating good food
San Antonio is great
Tasting local eats
Headed to the dome in hoards
Everyone has
Blue backpacks everywhere
Under the sky
San Antonio is alive with Christ