After many hours of traveling we finally arrived at the University of Tennessee around 9pm (ET) last night. Thankfully everyone arrived safe and sound…and our luggage made it in one piece too! Once we checked into our housing we headed out for a late dinner together and then back to the dorm for some card games and the chance to toss around the football (It can’t be a youth trip without a ball to throw around of courseJ).CHIC officially starts tonight at dinner so until then we have some time to kick back and check out huge welcome party they’ve got going on (bands, games such as human foosball, lots of free food, the pool, and most importantly WATER!). Needless to say we are all a little tired…but I know we’re all excited to be here and see all that will be going on this week. The students are doing great considering the fact that it was such a long day of traveling yesterday. It’s been fun to see the students getting know new people and having fun. There seems to be an excitement brewing as we anticipate the official kickoff of CHIC tonight. It’s going to be awesome worship alongside thousands of people during the main stage time. Thanks for all of your prayers and support…I could feel them as we were traveling yesterday. Continue to pray that our group would bond together over this week and that our hearts and minds would be receptive to what God may want to say to us while we’re here.
I’ll try to update our blog as much as possible this week so check back soon. For now, here are a few pictures from our trip here and as we began to get settled in last night. I hope you enjoy them!
Getting ready to board the plane
lots of good snacks (given to the group by Laurey Ahonen)
Dinner at a weird pizza place
"Ummm...Jeremy my sheets don't fit on my bed" - Greg
Great pictures! Wish I was there with y'all (you are in the south afterall).
ReplyDeleteAfter counseling at boy scout camp all summer, I would think that Greg would know how to make a bed. Must be the jet lag!!
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