2006 DEC 28 Today was the first full day at Urbana 06. It was full of awesome presentations and sessions. I am totally EXHAUSTED from both the physical and the mental aspects of the day. I woke up at 7:00a after about six hours sleep and then ended my last session late and was back in my hotel room at 11:00p.
The morning Bible study in the Open for Business track continued with Ephesians and led into a good Q&A session with the 1,200 people in the track and more small group discussion with my new friends.
Mid morning, I walked over to the Dome (i.e., America Center) for another worship service with the other 22,000+ attendees here at Urbana. After more study of Ephesians in the general session, I met a Leon Harper and some others from ISI for lunch at Quiznos. Talk about total chaos! Imagine 22,000 people converging on a downtown area at one time for lunch. Lines at most restaurants were out the door and down the street! We had a good lunch outside in a park by the City Courthouse. It was a chilly day, but at least the sun was out.
After lunch, I walked back to the America Center and visited the Urbana bookstore and bought two new books: God is at work, Devotional Ventures.
I spent the rest of the day and evening attending Open for Business track sessions, which focused on the foundations of the concept of Business As Ministry (BAM). By the end of the day I was over saturated with information and ready to fall asleep. The highlight of the evening was hearing seven small ventures give their 5 minute pitch during a competition for a chance to win a $40,000 prize for the best business plan. Some of the ideas were so empowering! It will be interesting to see which venture wins on Saturday.
Another great highlight of the day was eating dinner with 5,000 people! More on official conference numbers tomorrow.
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