Day 3- "You know You My Fran"

Wow! What a day!

We had an ignite staff meeting (where we got Dunkin' Donuts... first time for some people) and then we went to the Summit Staff meeting. It was such a blessing to be a part of the movement that is happening here on FGCU. The staff spent a while sharing stories of success for the week and then prayed in depth about the things they wanted to see change or happen on the campus. Such an amazing experience to see grown men teary eyed and deep in prayer for the lost on the campus. It really had an effect on our team. Then we sang songs of praise to the Lord for the things that He has done and for the things He is going to do.

Next we traveled back to campus! We couldn't wait to get back and talk to the people we engaged with yesterday. We ate at the Perch again and then we went to pass out fliers for the big event that happening on campus (you'll have to wait until Thursday to hear all about that :) We ran into many of the same people we talked to on Monday, and it was easy to see that we were drawing a lot of attention (Texans? In Florida Gulf Coast University? On Spring Break??? Weird...) After handing out fliers for a few hours, we went out to eat (Red Robin.... Yummm) and then headed back to the church to help set up for their college night called Ignite (basically its similar to the 405 that we have at Hill Country Bible Church UT)

During Ignite, Levi got up and spoke about "Jesus Stories" or the parables that Jesus told. We read through Luke 14 and Levi spoke about how important it is to give God your whole heart. Our words, our actions, our resources, our time, it all means nothing if our heart isn't involved (and the heart is usually the hardest thing to give fully to God). He posed a few questions for us at the end:

1. How do you see people? Do you see them as souls, or just part of the scenery?
2. Where do we use our resources?
*** Levi used a great analogy about clothing. How much money do we spend on clothing that's original purpose was to protect us from the elements? How much time do we invest in our outer appearance?****
3. Is God low on our priority list?
4. Do we have an affection for God?

After Ignite, we all went to Dairy Queen (or as they called it, the "DQ") and spent some time in fellowship with the Igniters. They had to keep the Dairy Queen open 2 hours longer than they normally would in order to accommodate us (Everything here closes at 10 or earlier... its crazy). It was a blast!

Once we were done with the DQ, we went back to Sarah, Amanda, and Kelly's place in order to debrief and plan for the next day. We talked in depth about the questions that Levi had asked at Ignite, and how we could apply these things to our lives or bring them back to the UT campus.

All in All, it was a busy yet fulfilling day. "Be still and Know that I am God. I am exalted among all the nations. I will be exalted in all the earth" -Psalms 46:10. As we are getting weary and our strength is failing, we continue to lean on this verse to know that God is Lord, and He is in control of all that we do, and all that we are.

"He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
- Luke 10:47

In His Name,
Florida Team