first official day.

officially, today was our first day. we finished orientation yesterday..and this is what we've been preparing for. we left a little after lunch for the university. we walked around the whole campus, praying, and realized that sunday is gonna be alot of walking. it took us a little under an hour to get all the way around the campus. soo..walking around 7 times is gonna be fun! i definitely felt better after today about our mission at the university. when we went on friday there weren't many students at all..the campus was pretty deserted..and we were wondering if there were going to be any open doors on campus. today..there were ALOT more students. so that was comforting and reassuring.

i met one guy from the middle east. i shared with him what i was doing while he lead me to the multi-faith room..but we didn't get long to talk. the multi-faith room is definitely dominated by the muslim faith, not surprising. muslim is definitely one of the predominating religions in this area. there also seems to be quite a bit of wiccan practices happening.

the place we are living is basically a college residence which turns into a conference center over the summer. so we never know what kind of conferences or groups may show up. the other night there was an after prom party here. alyssa was sitting in the lobby when the students all came in and overheard the directions. they directed the students (high school couples that were checking into rooms together) to smoke in their own rooms and drink responsibly. this came as quite a shock..but thats how it goes. they were sooo loud. at about 4 am they banged on every window. it was a nice welcome and greeting for us statesians. :) so there is a prom party here tonight as well..and 2 tomorrow. so the next few nights should be interesting.

i also kinda met one of the guys at the front desk. his name is tyler..and hes working here for 2 more days..so if God wants anything to happen there it will have to be quick. which i'm not worried about. He's got it all under control. so right now we have 2 front desk guys to be praying for: tyler and frankie.

our plans for tomorrow are more prayer walking and doing "surveys" on campus to get an idea of what the spiritual-"ness" of the students is like. i'm praying we meet at least 1 christian. i think we will find alot of "no religion" people, muslims and maybe even some wiccans. be praying for boldness as we will basically just be putting ourselves out there..definitely out of my comfort zone! and also be praying that some really good conversations will start and that seeds will be planted. love y'all!