For four years, I've been at Missouri Baptist. And in that timeframe, they've had several student trips to places like Chicago, Atlanta, and so on. I never had a chance to go on these trips due to previous responsibilities. But just this past weekend, I finally went. And whats better, it was with a bunch of my friends.
Friday morning, approximately 30 students piled into the school's bus with high spirits, ready to head down to Louisville, Kentucky. There was a conference down there design for young christian college students. So not only were excited to be getting out of classes, but also to learn about our God.
The ride was approximately four and half hours. we stopped once to grab some food, but then were back on the road. on the way up we bumped all kinds of music, anything from Christian rap to alvin and the chipmunks. We even had time to watch a movie! Jokes were thrown around, people danced in the walkway, and laughs were shared. pretty soon, before we even realized, were were in the Louis!
The campus we were on was absolutely amazing! It was large and spacious. It even had its own hotel! My roomates and I called ourselves the 1200, because our weight added together was over a ton.
After getting settled in our rooms, we met up for dinner and ate pizza. After that was the first lecture of the conference, followed by a concert, which featured famous contemporary Christian artist, Shane and Shane.
The next day, after a night of classic funny moments never to be forgotten, we began attending different elective sessions about various subjects. Needless to say we all tried to get sessions with each other.
Then came the time I dreaded: time to leave! So with heavy hearts, but more educated minds, we boarded our bus and headed back. Now I'm a city boy, been one all my life. So as we drove back to Saint Louis through the country, and as the sun set and it became dark, all I could think of is how it would be so much like a horror movie if the bus broke down.
But thankfully it never came to that. We arrived back at MoBap with no issues. We went our seperate ways, but closer than we had been before.
Monday, February 11, 2008
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