Back in September I learned of an opportunity to go to a missions conference that would be held over Christmas Break. The goal of the conference is to equip and mobilize students for the missions field, similar to Urbana conferences. This conference is called CROSS and was held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Many of you know about my passion for missions and my question of whether I am a 'goer' (leaving the country as a missionary) or a 'sender' (staying to support other missionaries while living a mission-minded life), so it should not surprise you that I decided to take this opportunity.
In order to get to the conference in time for the kick-off concert we needed to leave at a very early time in the morning. After being on the road for a few hours we stopped in a major city to pick up two other passengers. That brought out party number up to six. Two more members would join our group once we arrived in Indianapolis.
The conference boasted several big-name speakers, David Platt and John Piper for example. In addition to attending several lectures and panel discussions through out the day (held in the auditorium pictured above) we also went to three smaller workshops on specific topics. In addition to gaining these resources for missions our group was able to build relationships - not only with each other, but with our host families. We were also able to do a little sight-seeing. This occured mostly on the culinary plane because the conference did not include meals.
All in all, I am glad that I went. I enjoyed the experience as a whole and I learned a lot. If anyone has the chance to go to this conference, I would recommend taking it!
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| I immediately recognized this statue as one by Tom Otterness. |
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| My first visit to a Hard Rock Cafe. |
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