Greeting from San Diego!  As day 2 of OGN comes to a close, I can only sum up our students’ experiences as amazing.  I am continually impressed with our group’s desire to intently seek God and His will on our trip.

I want to share a couple of experiences today that were super encouraging to me.

1. I began my day by walking down to the cliffs that overlook the ocean.  As I drew closer to the cliffs, I was overwhelmed by our students.  Scattered across the sandy dunes were around 20 students, engrossed in their daily devotions with God.  It was so cool to see all these kids worshipping our Lord amidst the beauty of His Creation.

2. We met as a group after dinner to encourage one another and to update the group on our individual experiences witnessing on the beach.  Several of our students shared very challenging conversations they were able to have and one student even had the opportunity to pray with someone to receive Christ. -Praise God!

To close, I want to leave you with some things to pray about: pray for continued safety as we travel and talk with people on the beach, pray for encouragement for our students when they are met with opposition or rejection, pray for the whole group to encounter God in an awesome way.  -Cara Sietstra