The second day of CIY has always seemed to be the most eventful, mostly just because we are all just settling into our new routines. Ken Anthony Marshall was fittingly assigned to be the Party Princess for our day, with Emily Ross playing the part of the newly created Mrs. Sparrow. Everyone went to breakfast around 8:15, even though the hotel staff is very lenient and usually lets us get in a little bit early, or a little late for those guys who want to sleep in a bit (usually me). No one got a whole lot of sleep as most of us had some fun the night before, but we didn’t let that affect us. We went into the morning session with no one really understanding what to expect, but you could feel it in the air-SOMETHING had to happen to Ken. As luck would have it, Ken was randomly selected to compete in the craziest competition held during that service. Both Ken and another randomly selected insane person were forced to eat an entire can of sardines, and with their pride hanging in the balance, Ken and the girl were off. It was a nail biter, but in the end, the girl came away with the prize: a beautiful jester’s hat and bragging rights to be the craziest person at CIY for the day.
After all of that fun time, we got to have our first Encounter session of the camp. Encounter is a time when we all go off by ourselves for a short period of time, and we get to study our Bibles and our student handbooks by ourselves. I personally wanted to be near to the coffee shop, just because it smelled SO good that early in the morning. Anyways, after a little bit, I went and met up with the other 11th-12th grade guys for our D-Group. Mr. Jim Brown led us through a group discussion, where we got to ask some tough questions and left us thinking about the topic for the day, which happened to be the Holy Spirit and what it really is. After that, us guys were dismissed to lunch, even though we had a big chunk of time in between when we got out and when it was Crosspointe’s lunch time.
After we had some deliciously undercooked burgers, we had our free time. Free time is just a space from right after lunch through to dinner where students get to go out and have some fun. The three choices for the day were that we could either go to the beach, go the nasty, over-chlorinated pool, or just hang out in the lobby and do whatever. Most of us went to the beach, where a couple of us got burnt. Of course, I personally will never get a tan before getting a really bad burn, but that doesn’t stop me from trying…
Once we were done there, we went to go eat at a personal favorite of mine, Golden Corral. We had a nice time, and then we got back to the hotel in time to get to the amazing worship service. The Aaron Pelsue Band was incredible as usual, and the energy was just filling up the room as the night went on. The speaker had a very moving sermon, encouraging all of us students to move to where the Holy Spirit would guide us. It was the best experience of the day, just to feel that power flowing through the whole building. Afterwards, there was a surprise for us. The leaders took us to our evening devotional time, but instead of heading to the same spot as the night before, we were led to the beach! It was so beautiful and so serene, except for a couple more students from another church who were enjoying themselves, and it really helped set the mood for our time as a church. A lot of people spoke up and let the rest of us know what was on their hearts, which surprised and really encouraged me personally. After we left the beach and made our ways back to our rooms, everyone was winding down and getting some excess energy off on the walk home. I really enjoyed my bed that night, that’s for sure! It was a draining day to be sure, but I cant wait to see what else is going to happen in each and every person here.
With love,
Taylor
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