last monday, i headed to my church and got on the bus to make the 26 hour trip from minnesota to new orleans of the ELCA (evangelical lutheran church of america) national youth gathering.
i had gone in 2009 and it was life changing
despite many buss issues on the way down, we made it there by tuseday afternoon. we were assigned a very VERY nice hotel just across from the super dome were evening worship takes place
tuesday night- dinner with the youth group
wednesday- spent expiring NOLA, i ate an oyster!!!
wednesday night- opening 'dome' (dome is a MASSIVE church service/ worship- 34,000 lutheran teenagers!!)
thursday- we headed to the convention center for a morning of worship and a day of exploring the convention
thursday night- dome
friday- our day of service, we weeded at a local park... it flashed flooded!! 6in of rain an hour!!! crazy but fun!!!
friday night- dome
saturday- morning worship then bible study, then in the afternoon we went exploring more!!!
saturday nigh- dome
sunday morning- worship
then we loaded buses and headed home... but we had A TON of mechanical problems and lots of delays!!! i won't go into that hole drama!!!
more about the dome...
its a teenage friendly worship with 34,000 other people!! these things are massive!! they are filled with music, speakers, sermons, more music, more speakers and a BIG finish
here is a speaker
a highlight video from the gathering
overall i had a great time!!!
music from the gathering
<3 hannah
ps i had some docs today, ill post about that tomorrow!
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