Thursday, April 22

Earth day 2010! In the middle of the quad stood the Earth Festival that Sonoma State held. We were amongst the others who were talking about how God not only cares about the environment but calls us to be stewards of the environment. We asked students to write on recycled paper bag leaves, "Why we should care about the environment." Two trees were made up of the many different answers like:
- For the future generation and our kids
- Because it is beautiful
- We're using up resources too quickly
- In order to have a sustainable life
- God gave it to us to take care of

That evening we had a speaker talk about how God and our environment intersect. Students were invited to make a commitment to changing one lifestyle choice in order to help the environment. Students made commitments like:
- Eating organic and locally grown food
- Biking to school, instead of driving
- Taking 5 minute showers

That evening we also saw students make new faith commitments to following Jesus. 2 students recommitted their lives to Jesus. One of the guys who recommitted, Adam, is a part of the ultimate frisbee team. All year IVCF students also on the team had been inviting guys to come. For the first time 2 guys actually came and Adam made a new decision! Praise God for faithful inviters like Jeremiah and Matt.