Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Florida!

So after my stay in New York City I went on to the Young Life All Staff Conference in Florida. We stayed at the Marriott in Orlando. So there I Finally saw Caroline en Miquel (YL Nederland) again. The first 3 days we had the International pre-conference with Young Life Staff who work outside the USA. During this pre-conference we heard all the different stories and testimonies from all over the world. This was nice and small, we knew almost everyone there. When the real Conference began, almost the whole hotel was filled with Young Life staff. Almost 4000 people, it was amazing. I met so many new people, I had a great time. Every day we had what we call club and that is what we also do at the Young Life summer camps. But this was club for adults. They did crazy skits and there was great music and amazing speakers. There were also some famous people, like Jeff Foxworthy, the host of 'Are You Smarter that a 5th. grader". Jeff Foxworthy is also a volunteer leader at a wyldlife club (that is young Life for middle school kids). Can you imagine having a celebrety as your Wyldlife leader? Jeff Foxworthy also gave a stand-up comedy show and he is famous for his Redneck jokes.
Everything was focused on having a good time and being refreshed. There were workshops and prayer meetings. On Thursday we had the day off and we could go to one of the many parks. We (Caroline, Miquel and me) went to Disney World and had a great time there. That evening after Club there was a concert by Nicole C. Mullen, a Christian singer.
Saturday night we had our last club and Jack Hanna (he is a famous wildlife conservationist who appears regularly on The Late Show with David Letterman) came with some of his animal friends, a snake, an armadillo and a mountain lion (puma). It was hilarious, especially when one of the guys volunteered his wife to carry the Python and the the snake rapped itself in between her legs and its tail poked out from behind her like she had a little pigs tail.