I am really excited about today! Today we are hosting Awake, an interactive weekend for middle school students at Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL. Awake is designed to help students engage with God’s great story and wake up to a new way of life.

I am stoked for a couple of reasons. First, this is what we live for! Serving youth workers and students! Second, I am really looking forward to seeing some friends — Jen Howver, Eric Venable, Scott Rubin, Mark Novelli, Calvin Russell, Seth McCoy and of course Mike Novelli and his entire Awake team. Third, I am thrilled to have the chance to meet Zach Hunter. Zach has very graciously given us a chunk of his time to inspire and challenge dozens and dozens of middle school students. Finally, I am stoked to meet a bunch of new people and share in this Awake experience with them.

If you think about it, pray for our Sonlife team. They have worked very hard to put themselves in a position to lead this event and serve youth workers and students. Pray also that the students attending would:

see themselves in God’s big story
see how much God loves them
see others with compassion instead of comparison
see how they can help those in need
see how they can make a difference now

Thanks for your prayers!!