Can I Clean Your Bathroom?

Friends,
Thanks for your prayers for Compelling '09. At the bottom of the page is the updated Compelling video that Jon remade for the conference. Enjoy! Everything went well. I'll give an update about it sometime but right now I wanted to pass on news of what happened on campus tonight.

We decided this was a good point in the year to mix things up a bit. Tonight our small group wanted to show Atchison, the dorm where we meet, some love. At this point in the year it seems like 1) Students have a lot of work and are burnt out, 2) They could use some comfort, and 3) People usually don't feel like cleaning when 1 and 2 are present. In light of that, we bought some cleaning supplies and comfort pastries and went door to door on the 5th floor of Atchison asking people if we could clean their bathrooms and give them some pastries.

I only say the 5th floor because the response was incredible. Almost every single person invited us in to clean for them. Most were completely confused as to why anybody would be interested in the task but thankful. We cleaned for two hours and didn't even get to half of the rooms on the floor. It was a great opportunity to not just tell people we loved them, but to show them we did and explain why.

As a result, not only did we get to have some great conversations with people, but one wants to check out our small group, one said she wanted to come to large group, and two guys invited Luke and I to come play Settlers of Cataan (one of our favorite board games) with them. It was a great time to enjoy working with each of the small group members as well. I personally enjoy getting to know people while serving together. I think it's an environment that encourages openness and fun.

Keep praying for the fruits of our interactions tonight. We planted some seeds and now we need God to make them grow.