dance like David danced.

so this weekend
i went to malibu
with intervarsity christian fellowship.
so glad i went.


we got to the place a bit early,
so we stopped by a beach.
i have never seen so many surfers in one place.
the waves were amazing.
as if they were machine powered in perfect timing..

then we took a quick drive through pepperdine university
such a nice campus
the view is pretty breathtaking..
they have deer there!
all we have in sb are raccoons and skunk.
pepperdine.



so we get to the salvation army campsite,
and it's really chill.
a bunch of different fellowships from different schools around socal.

the first morning,
i'm sitting outside, and i just finished my devotional
and i look up past the trees
and this is what i see:
way up at the highest peak of the mountain,
i see a cross standing there so proudly.

that night, we played games.
i have a new favorite.
my old favorite was craniumhoopla is from the makers of cranium,
so of course it's amazing.

anyway..
the speaker, una lucy-lee
was amazing.
worship..was different from what i'm used to-
they sang a lot of spanish songs..

ok
so best part of the whole thing.
saturday night someone makes an announcement:
sunday morning, at four am,
there's going to be a hike
to watch the sun rise.

four am-
pretty damn early.
plus,
my phone died, so i had no means of waking up,
since no one else in my cabin wanted to go.
luckily,
someone was kind enough to let me borrow her phone as an alarm.

this hike.
went up to that cross i saw the morning before.

it was so intense.
the ground was rocky,
and every so often i'd step on a spot that would just crumble,
almost making me fall.
we climbed up an almost 50 degree mountain side
afraid to look down.
but throughout the whole experience
all i could think about was just how amazing it was.
how we are able to scale mountains,
watch the sun rise
and just see God's glory.

this conference was really different from what i've been to before.
i didn't leave with neccesarily a fire for God,
like it's typically been.
instead,
i came back with an appreciation and a new outlook on what God's done
and i'm starting a new chapter of my life.
of this story God is writing.



see that peak, up next to the tree on the left?
that's where i stood, no- danced and sang,
as i and thirty other brothers and sisters
marveled at the glory of God.

"risk and vulnerability.
be open and honest when you go to God
and take chances- He'll be there to catch you if you fall.