Biola-lah-lah

Dorm rooms, cafeteria lunches & dinners, boy/girl talk, blooming faith, big dreams and some fears.
A typical week at a Christian college, this time we've been at Biola in LA.

There is something beautiful about this generation. I find myself talking with people who are dreaming dreams that no one else dreams. They wonder what to do with them. "I all about film production and linguistics, but I don't know how they'll fit together."

I also find myself talking with people whose eyes are just starting to open up to a huge world out there. "I had no idea that they don't do small talk in your country."

There is such innocense, eagerness, resistance to conform and a battle to surrender. As cheezy as it is, the small things count. Most students just need someone who'll listen to them and walk the road.

Traveling in S. California

Heidi and Erik are traveling in Southern California. We are half way through our trip. Frist we drove to San Diego and visited Horizon School of Evangelism, where we shared in their chapel time. Technology is horrible, our videos did not work at first, but eventually did. But regardless, the students really enjoyed our presentation and asked lots of questions afterwards.

From there we visited Azusa Pacific University. We had a booth set up on campus. The big event was the Biola Mission Conference. It's the largest student lead missions conference. There are 93 agencies here this year. WE are having a great time and talking with lots of students. Several students came up to say hi as they have been with OM before on trips. Some even just last summer. They all exclaimed they had great times with OM.

DanceLink

Today OM launced a new ministry called DanceLink. It focuses on using dance as a tool on the mission field and in churches. And building up dancers and train their hearts spiritually for ministry through dance. We saw some great dances. And heard testimonies of the dancers and their willingness to use the gifts God gave them. In July of this year a team of dancers will go to Albania.

University of the Ozarks - Alpha & Omega

Last night I attended the Alpha and Omega group at University of the Ozarks. They were a fun group. I shared the Haystack Story with them. this is a group of about 20+ students that meet each week for fellowship, worship, and prayer. Most of them are going to Guatemala this summer. Very cool.

Afterwards, we all went to "Tasty Freeze", an awesome little burger eatery. Very small town.

JBU World Awareness Week

One year ago, I attended the JBU mission week. Richard Sharp spoke last year. This year, Dr. Yung-Gurl Kim (a former professor of mine) shared about his agency that he is involved with. Basically doing community development for poor communities. This year a newly formed SMF ran the week. They did a great job. All the reps met one night together for coffee with several students for an informal time together.