Day 1 is under our belts! So far this trip has been a ton of fun! Spent half of day one driving and the other half at the beach. I never knew that boogie boarding could be so much fun! Big props to Angel for teaching me how to read the waves and Chris and Kaylin Bennet for bringing the boards. I had a great time. As the sun started setting, we looked out over the crashing waves and saw a small pod of dolphins swimming. Some of them even got to within 100 yards of the shore. They are quite amazing.

Post beach fun, we sat and just admired the sunset, knowing that God has a special task for us this week…Open Your Eyes!

For those who don’t know, our youth group, SWITCH, is  going to camp this week (Monday – early Thursday morning). Our camp is going to be just outside of Los Angeles and I am pretty pumped about that. Never been there, just sounds like an interesting place. So here’s a general plan for our camp:

Go to the beach, work our rears off, play at Six Flags

I’m excited to see how God uses this time to bring all of our youth closer together and push us into a deeper relationship with Himself. Stay tuned for more Cali fun.

I came across a good post on Pastor Steven Furtick’s blog today. In it he talks about how the issue with the American church is not that we need more depth in our study of the bible, but rather our depth needs to start forming from our application of the truth that we are discovering. This post echoes a lot of what I feel God teaching me right now. I feel like I have gained a lot of theological knowledge, but need something more. God requires more than just our cognitive comprehension of His existence and purpose for our lives. We have to act on that knowledge. We have to step into the purpose that we have been given.

Here’s the full article.