After a week of preparation by the staff, students finally arrive tomorrow!  I’m excited to have them here.  My group will consist of Andrew from UC Santa Barbara, Elijah from Cal State Fullerton, Eric from Chico State, and Matt from Cal Poly SLO.  Pray that God would do a ton in their lives and use them greatly in the lives of others in Santa Monica.

As we have prepared for the arrival of the students, we have been able to do some evangelism and understand the people of Santa Monica better.  It seems like education and environmentalism are big idols for them.  The way to fix the world is by giving people more education.  Another person’s answer was to conserve, using less gas if you can.  I think education and taking care of the environment are good things.  When they are substitutes for Jesus and his work, however, it’s clear that they’ve become idols.  Pray for wisdom for us as we engage with people, and softened hearts from them.