The bleary-eyed girl

Am currently quite tired. More than usual, too! By and large, this (hopefully) temporary fatigue is owing to what I have decided to call "MYC Mayhem". MYC is a very handy TLA (three letter acronym) for Mid-Year Conference, the conference for Christian uni students that I'm helping to run next week. Preparing for MYC, especially over the last couple of days, has been really energy-sapping (too much work to do and my delegatory skills are not fully developed yet) and I'm anticipating the week ahead with a fair dose of adrenalin and nerves ... all wired up! But I'm also a little excited and encouraged. Encouraged 'cos so many students have been really keen to help in the "preparation phase" and it's been great to turn menial (and potentially fatally boring) tasks like binding booklets into an excuse to spend time with others. And excited 'cos 145 students or so (plus 20 "extras" like me) are about to spend five days together, getting to know God and each other better. We're getting stuck into the Bible to learn about how God guides us, and how to live to please him. I remember learning about this at a MYC when I was at uni and it really changed my life, for the better. So, I hope and pray that this'll be the case for at least 145 people next week; that they'll grow to know our loving Father much better and grow in the likeness of our Lord Jesus. My bleary eyes will be well worth it!