University of South Carolina: Bonus Campus!

We wrapped up our week at UNC-Raleigh on Wednesday, Nov. 6 and Tom flew home for the rest of the week while the four of us interns all prepared to travel to Jacksonville that night. Pastor Burke Wilson got a wonderful idea: why don't we go to the University of South Carolina and set up for a day or two instead? A few phone calls later, and the plans were ready for the oven. The next morning we found ourselves bidding goodbye to our hosts and driving four hours south, setting up the banners in the absence of our fearless leader, Tom the Preacher.

God blessed our two days there on campus so much! Our host, Pastor Robbie McAllister, and Ray Vaughn met us on campus to help us find where to go and set up. Once the banners had been erected in a straight path along the sidewalk, we stood back and waited for a bite. After about thirty minutes of students walking past and hardly taking notice of the giant display that shared the sidewalk they treaded upon, one skeptical student stopped and began asking questions. His tone mocking, this young man's eyes barely left the ground to meet David's as my fellow intern engaged him in conversation. From this discussion, a crowd of at least 30 gathered for the rest of the afternoon, allowing David an excellent and engaging audience for preaching. There were several Christians who jumped in to share their thoughts as well, and David expertly guided the conversation back to the gospel truth of redemption and the need for repentance whenever a wayward theological point was harped upon.

Friday, the next day, we pulled up to unload and found a few Christians from the night before, Hampton and Miles, waiting for us. This day was slower than it had been yesterday, but we were still able to have quite a few good conversations throughout the morning and afternoon. Upon packing up the displays in the van, we settled in for our four-hour drive to Jacksonville, where Megan is from. We would spend a fun and relaxing weekend with her family as we waited to set up on the campus of University of North Florida on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, November 12-14. More on our exciting shin-digs of the weekend coming up next! Don't go away-we'll be right back ;)