my ciy experience...
i hadn't taken time to write about my ciy experience on here yet...i had been waiting awhile...it wasn't the greatest experience...and i wanted to make sure that i was objective about it before i put it out to the whole world...everyone keeps asking me if i did a good job...i havent figured out how to answer that...i think i did alright...i think i communicated clearly...and i think the message i was presented was understood...so all in all i would say i think a good job...although the message i was presenting was not an easy one to do...really nailed the kids on "worldliness" and "materialism"...it was not an easy message to present or to receive i imagine...

the negative part of the experience, though, had more to do with the dynamics of speaking at an event like that...i expected that when i showed up i would kind of "be taken care of"...i thought i would have someone show me around...escort me to dinner...tell me when and where i was supposed to be...i guess what i expected was that the people at ciy would do what they could to make sure that i was ready to speak that night...not so...instead, my ride from the airport was late...they dumped me in a dorm room...didn't tell me any arrangements for dinner...didn't tell me when i was supposed to be ready to speak...blah blah blah...you get the picture...it was very unsettling...and when it came time to speak...i was a little less than spiritually prepared...lots of distractions and frustrations...not at all what i thought it was going to be like...i'll probably write a letter...

but i guess i did ok...havent heard otherwise...