3dyc: Day 1

It was a great first day at 3dyc! We arrived safe and sound, got in our rooms, and headed for lunch at Wendy's. We had two dodgeball teams compete in the dodgeball tournament. One of our teams lost pretty early (the one I was on), but one of our teams came close to making it into the final round. We had a ton of fun cheering each other on.

The worship team, Before Morning, was awesome! They have a passion for worshiping the Living God who created the stars and gives us breath. They encouraged us to be excited about our God who has given us all we need and more!

Our speaker, Jon McCallon, has been awesome. The theme for this year is Inside Out. Jon used a fruit that he learned about in Costa Rica. When you look at it from the outside it looks normal. But when you crack it open it looks pretty gross, kind of like monkey brains, which is the name of the fruit. But apparently this fruit is the most amazing thing Jon has ever tasted. When God comes into our lives, he takes our lives, which might look like a mess, and makes something great.

God wants us to bear good fruit. By bearing good fruit we bring glory to God. But, so often, our lives are a mess. God needs to work on us from the inside first. Then, by cleaning up our inside, our actions will glorify Him. We can't do anything to clean our insides. It all depends on Jesus. Without Him there is no hope.

I believe that God is doing amazing things in our students already. Pray that God will continue the work that He started and that our students will make decisions to follow Jesus, not only here at 3dyc but at home as well. We have a couple more sessions tomorrow, as well as a volleyball tournament and some other fun. I'll post more tomorrow night, as well as some pictures. I'll try to keep you up to date on our Facebook Page, KLMC Youth, throughout the day tomorrow as well. Stay tuned!

-Norm