Calm Before the Storm

Tonight was the opening night in the Superdome! It. Was. Awesome. When we were in there we heard thunder. I was a little worried on our walk over there bc it was getting cloudy and looked like the sky might open up and dump buckets but hoped it would come pass and be over before the evening session let out. Well...it started about 8pm when I left the dome to head to a hotel for community life events. The rain started and came and came and came. I just kept walking and got soaked despite the umbrella I had. All the Gathering participants had to stay in the Superdome until the storm let up a little bit! It was crazy. When I finally arrived at the hotel across town I was drenched and cold. But I instantly met three girls who are awesome! Their names are Alisan, Sarah, and Adrian. I get to work with them every night this week! We like to hashtag:) We got to have a whole 'fun zone' (lots of bounce stuff and a DJ) to ourselves for a little bit! So fun! Once the Superdome was released we had a lot of kids at the hotel looking for dances and events so we dealt with a lot of sopping wet kids who were barefoot and the hotel did not like that! However, due to the storm we didn't had nearly as many as expected. I definitely see the storm as God's grace upon the Community Life team because it meant we could have a little practice run and a lighter night figuring out how to shuffle youth and people through the hotels and to events. So we like to describe tonight as the calm before the storm of 3000 kids in a hotel late at night that we know we will have to deal with tomorrow. God is good and I'm so thankful for this opportunity! He has also provided another cool opportunity for me tomorrow! At 6am I get to take 3 kids from a cross country team running! They don't want to mess with their training schedule while they are here so a girl on my staff volunteered me and of course I agreed! I warned the kid that it's been awhile and I definitely am NOT a cross country runner! Not sure what I'm getting myself into!! I just finished rounds to make sure everyone was in bed and being quiet. Off to bed!
God is so good,
Amanda