So you guys are probably wondering what Sneak day is or if you follow me on twitter you are probably wondering what the heck I was tweeting about all day. Well once a year in the CCU calendar we have what we call Sneak Day. This event is predominately planned by Nu Delta Sigma who are the Youth Ministry organization within our school for those interested in pursuing it. This year however, Nu Delta Sigma teamed up with Student Body Leadership, which I am blessed to be on this semester. Together we planned a day were all classes would be cancelled, events would be organized and the school (including professors) wouldn't know until the actual day itself. This day is CCU tradition so teachers know it will happen, just not when.
8 am, Wednesday 12th September consisted of my friend Kasey and I running through the hallways of the girls dorm yelling "EVERYONE GET UP IT'S SNEAK DAY!"and myself playing, well screeching, my tin whistle. Most girls woke up startled by the occasion and others rather unimpressed by being awoken in such a way. Each floor was given a certain color, there were six teams in total so a girls floor and a guys floor would pair up with the same color. We were immediately all in competition with each other. We hurried everyone into the chapel for 8:30 where they could have breakfast before we started with worship. The worship was incredible, a great way to start the day.
After worship we headed for activities which consisted of tug of war and dodgeball. These sports really promoted team spirit. People got so involved and it just really brought so many people together. After a picnic on the quad we all headed out for a service project into the city. We picked up trash all over area surrounding CCU, just showing that as Christians we are here to serve the people around us in whatever capacity that is. Sitting all together on the quad for dinner having ribs and listening to Jazz was such a cool way to just all join together (after we were all showered from sweating like crazy on the service project) and have some banter with each other.
At 6:30pm we departed for Mount St Joe where we went to support our eagles soccer team! We all wanted to go to show our support to our boys and just get them psyched! Sadly we lost but they played the most incredible game and didn't go down without a fight! We did certainly show Mount St Joe how dedicated fans truly have to be!
After a super long day we all returned to school to attend family. Here we had some worship music and then we all went outside for another CCU tradition called "lighting the hill". All the students stood in a huge circle outside our chapel, each with a candle, and we all lit each others. This was such a moving experience, we all stood, each with a candle. Mine went out a couple times but someone immediately beside me would always light mine up again. It just reminded me how blessed I am to have these people alongside me at this school. we all can keep each other on the right track and even if our lights are dim or they go out, you can be sure that someone will come along and relight it again. When we each had a candle, it was just so beautiful, to just see all the light that came from it. It was breathtaking. Just looking around it reminded me of how I am not alone. Not alone in chasing after Christ. One of the things which always astounds me about Christianity is that I can be 4000 miles from home and still be amongst family. The people of CCU I count as family, however dysfunctional we are, we are one here, all looking out for each other.
This photo my friend Lareesa took. Seeing all the lights in the background and the single light here is just such an incredible picture. CCU is just such an incredible place, and I love and care for these people so much. This place is seriously impacting so many people here, that will go on and impact other people. This is the power of the family of Christ.
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