Hi! My name is Sabrina and I am a junior studying marketing at the University of St. Thomas. I will be working with Ethnee as another communications intern for Campus Outreach this summer! The second week was packed with tons of excitement! Every Thursday we do something fun as a whole group called a project social. This week our social was called “the boat social”. Throughout the week we planned for the Thursday social event. We all were split into teams and tasked with recreating a movie through music and a performance. Requirements included the entire team participating and building a boat with our only supplies given being a piece of plywood, Saran wrap, and roll of duct tape to sail across the pool and back during the performance. This led to a very busy week of planning, practicing, and executing our performances. Teams recreated the movies Encanto, Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, and Cars. When Thursday came, we had plenty to do after our shift at work, putting in all the final touches for our performance. Everyone’s costumes looked great and everyone really committed to their roles. In the end the staff judges voted for Beauty and the Beast as the winners. This social event really taught us all how to work together and use our strengths to put on a show where we could loosen up and have some fun. Between planning and practicing, we listened to very memorable talks on sin, biblical manhood and womanhood, and observing the Word. Below are pictures highlighting the social and the rest of the week.
Monday
Theme training with Dayton hit on the points that sin is anti-God, sin does not fit in the story, sin only leads to more sin, and sin is more costly than we know. To combat this, we can hate sin just as God does. Through this, we see the beauty of the Gospel more clearly and know that God’s promises are sweeter than any temporary satisfaction of sin.
Wednesday
During Life Training, Chase and Ariana talked about biblical manhood and womanhood. This talk was very insightful and better equipped us on how to support and understand our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Friday
For Evangelism Training we learned how God uses ordinary people to bring them to himself. This talk from Ryan was very inspiring for us to hear how we can share the love of Jesus with others without having to be extraordinary.
Saturday
On Saturday we heard from Billy on how to observe scripture through questions. We learned how important it is to remember that the Bible is about one story. The story of God and that everything points to Him.
Sunday
We attended Surfside Presbyterian Church for Sunday service. We heard a member of the church training to one day be a pastor himself, speak on God’s forgiveness and how his love is never-ending for us.
Between all of our trainings and jobs, we have been soaking up the sun, enjoying the beach, playing lots of volleyball and getting to know each other better every day! As I reflect on the busy week, it is beautiful to see how everything we learn ties back to how we abide in the Lord and he remains in us. He is in us as we are in him.
Thank you for your prayers and stay tuned for more updates!
