Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Day 1)

What we did today:

8:30 AM - Arrived at the Congregation House to meet up with our new friends from Bethpage Kannapolis, prayed, climbed into the car and drove a long time.

Got stuck in a traffic jam.

Stopped at Subway in a gas station with four little tables and a line 20 long. We ate in the car.

Stopped at Target to buy Christ Kin (secret pal) presents. We snuck around (sort of), picking things out under the cover of midnight (not really.) Pretty much, they're not a secret any more.

2:30 PM - Arrived at Massanetta, got registered, found our rooms (upgraded to less scary than last year), hung out.

At the conference we went to:

• Opening with skits and singing and energizers


• Dinner with pizza and apples and pretend dippin' dots


• Opening worship


• Encounter groups - lots of games and mixin' and minglin' with our small groups


• Fun time of game playing and ice cream sundaes


• Devotions

Tori says, “Massanetta is the coolest place in the world. Everyone is so energetic and so welcoming. And I can’t wait to see what is so come. I’m so excited. I’ve just been here one day, and I already want to be an enabler.” (In Massanetta language, Enabler is a high schooler who leads theme, activities, encounter/small groups, etc.)

Where did we see God today:

• In all the people singing and clapping.


• In the beautiful mountains that we drove through on the way here.


• During worship, especially singing.


• In people coming together and making new friends.


• In the way old friends can be reuinited.

Who's on this great adventure: Tori Rinker, Kasey Moore, Hannah Clark, Hannah Rothrock, Holly Burgess, and Shelli Latham. (That's us looking so happy to be standing in the sun before our first journey into Hudson Auditorium - minus Shelli.)