face it

i grew up in the calvinist christian reformed church tradition. this particular denomination has a youth convention each year as a place to get together and get to know other crc kids from around the country, get away from home for a week, go to seminars about interesting God stuff, and just generally reenergize a passion for christ. my brother and sister went on to it once or twice, so when i was old enough i was really pumped to go too. by the time i was in high school we no longer attended a crc church, but i was still able to go through my friend nathans youth group.
i went twice: once to the event in san diago, and once to the convention when it was in indiana. a bunch of buddies would always go too, and we had a blast each year! there were fun classes and worship meetings. in general, it was just a blast to be able to be with friends nonstop for five days! this particular key chain was actually for the following year, but it reminds me of all the fun we had the years we went.