A Campus Missionary Life: Kick-off Day One

Today, was the first official day, in my book, of fall kick-off 2008.

9am-1pm - Helping freshmen move-in at the University of New Orleans. Move-in at UNO is not as big an event as it is at some other schools. We worked, but not too hard, which was a relief, as it was a scorcher outside, today. What I really like about UNO's move-in, is that we actually had time to meet and talk with students. We personally invited several to our Welcome BBQ tomorrow.

1-2pm - Drive home with a pitstop at the grocery store to pick up some necessary items for upcoming events.

2-3pm - I took a short break, and got a shower. That was quite refreshing.

2:30-4:30pm - Catch up on some email and facebook communications, and move stuff around that we will be needing for upcoming events - stuff that is stored in our house.

4:30-6:30pm - Host a pizza dinner for part of the Residence Life staff at Tulane (RAs, Area Director, and such). This "quad" won the Religion & Spirituality Jeapordy game show Jen hosted on Monday during RA training. Jen and some others from Tulane Religious Life informed the RAs of the typical student's interest in spiritual and religious matters, as well as the resources and organizations available on campus. I was in Lafayette, LA having a rousing Theology Roundtable class with the Diversity Project interns.

The rest of the night - Prepare some web stuff for Chi Alpha, finish catching up on emails and such... go for a run... type this blog... go to bed.

Prayer Requests:

1) That we really connect with students at our BBQ at UNO tomorrow. We're going to feed a lot of them, and have some fun, but pray for deeper connections than grub and games.

2) That Tropical Storm Fay fizzles out for the sake of Florida residents, and for the sake of our planned Tulane Leadership Advance in Gulf Shores, AL this coming Sun-Tues.