We had a great camp meeting and Ten Commandments Weekend this year. It’s the first time we combined them and had them here at 3ABN’s Worship Center.
There was a great turnout. I’ve put some photos on Facebook (link below), and then I’ve added a few other photos below that.
I spent December 19-23 at the Generation of Youth for Christ (GYC) convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I have attended each year since the first one, and as usual GYC was very good.
I arranged my own hotel through Priceline this year, and that saved me a little money (it was $60/night). The hotel I got was the Hyatt, right next to the convention center, and one of the main hotels other GYC attendees were using. My room was nice, with a king size bed, and a nice 15th-story view of downtown Minneapolis. For some reason the thermostat was a little flaky, and the wireless internet ($10 extra per night) was very poor — worse than dial-up. But I had a comfortable place to rest, and everything else worked well. Nothing I couldn’t live with.
This week I’ll be up in Minneapolis, MN, for the Generation of Youth for Christ (GYC) convention. My flight leaves at 6:07 a.m.! I should be there sometime in the early afternoon. Looks like we are in for a cool and snowy GYC … the third such GYC, I believe (Pine Springs Ranch and the one in MI were also snowy). For all of you that will be there, too … see you soon!
I’ll be back home on the 23rd, just in time for Christmas.
For Thanksgiving I will be joining my mom at Eugene and Heidi’s home in Arkansas (at OHA/OHC). I’ll be there November 22-25. It’s always nice to be with family during the holidays, and there is a chance I may see some other friends there as well.
In December I am planning to attend the GYC conference, December 19-23. Just yesterday I finalized by airfare and hotel reservations. Glad to have all of that out of the way. I’m still not sure where I will actually spend Christmas, but there is a good chance it will be here at my home unless I have a new car before then. The same holds true for New Year’s Day. It will be the first time I’ve been here at my home for those holidays in a number of years, maybe five years or more.
The Fall Camp Meeting was really nice. It was my first time hearing Stephen Bohr speak in person, and that was cool. We had really great music. The items by Stephanie Dawn were my favorites. There was an interesting Bible question and answer session on Thursday. One of the questions had to do with marriage in heaven; it is admittedly a somewhat trivial and speculative subject, but I am sufficiently opinionated that I couldn’t help but comment on it.
I also had a great time visiting with Rob and Christine Neall, and Chuck and Christina Holtry. I joined Rob and Christine on a short walk at nearby Rend Lake with the youth and earliteen group they were supervising. Later we all met at the guest apartment where Chuck and Christina were staying. It was fun to catch up with them. It was the Holtrys’ first time to 3ABN (hopefully not last). On Sunday everyone came over to my place for breakfast. We had yummy scrambled tofu courtesy of Christina H., as well as fruit and cereal. I later kicked myself for not taking any photos the whole weekend.