Today we just got back from the GO! Conference in Estes Park. We were there all this week at the YMCA of the Rockies. DTS's from all over the U.S. came together to worship and learn about missions. There were about 350 students I think and about 600 people total. We had lots of worship and speakers every day, so it was always a full schedule.

Jim Stier, Dan Bauman, Fred Markert, and Darlene Cunningham (co-founder of YWAM) were the main speakers. Not gonna lie, it was a little long sometimes, but there was also some pretty good stuff. Dan Bauman and Fred Markert were my favorite speakers.

Fred talked about missions in general, and where we're headed with them as Christians. He was a crazy, hyper, funny guy and it was really interesting to see how God is working through missions today and the potential we have now. He showed how from about 2001 to 2005 or so we (Christians as a whole) were doing so much to support and send out missionaries and how it was really thriving, and then how since then we have held back with support and stuff (sending, praying, supporting) and therefore missions has not been flourishing as much. He talked about how this made him wrestle with the idea of letting God do His work through missions, or whether it's up to us to do everything, or both. After throwing plenty of statistics and strategy at us, he said he came to the current theology that.... "we must do stuff." Good observation, Fred.

We're back here at the base for this week, then back up to Eagle Rock for another week. It seems like we're always all over the place. Probably because we are...

Anyways, it's crazy our lecture phase is already almost halfway done. Time is going fast. I'm excited to come home for Thanksgiving too to see family and friends.

I guess that's all for now. Later.

Chris