Good evening from Talledega, Alabama! Training Week is fully underway as over one hundred staff members have converged on a local conference center for six days of learning about our purpose as a Student Life staff, meeting our teammates, sweating in the Alabama heat, and worshipping Christ together.
I arrived in Birmingham nearly two weeks ago to begin audio engineer training. To say I wasn't overwhelmed initally would be a lie, as I am in charge of equipment worth more than I care to think about. During those two weeks, we rehearsed in the Student Life warehouse with our full setup of lighting, sound, and video.
Today, all the other staff members arrived, and I met my team of twenty-three teammates (Go Big Orange), including a college student from Kenya here to speak about his experiences with a ministry that supported him physically and spiritually. He's a great guy, and I really look forward to getting to know him better. As far as I can tell, each person on our team is awesome. This summer is going to be great.
This morning, we met at the Student Life offices in Birmingham and enjoyed a barbecue lunch together, then we loaded into our vans and trucks and headed for Talladega. After about an hour drive (during which the college student from Africa told our driver, "You drive like a Kenyan,"), we met together as a staff as the president of Student Life shared several goals for the staff. Then, we met as a team for the first time and went over team goals. After dinner, we began load-in in the worship center and finished about five hours later. I hope to have pictures tomorrow.
Another very busy day is in store tomorrow. I'm so excited to see how God will move in each of our staff members and in students' and adults' lives. Pray that we would solely focus on Christ and seek to glorify Him above everything else.
I just finished reading Catching Fire.
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