FOCUS Conference 2007
I went along with the Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) to the annual FOCUS Conference in Arlington, Texas. It was held from Sept 7-9, 2007 and 35 of us from the BSM went on this road trip. Even though Arlington is also in Texas, it's about 10 hours away from El Paso. We chartered a bus and we were supposed to start our long journey at 4:00a.m. On Thursday night, we had a lock-in at the BSM building so that we would all be able to get up at 4:00a.m. Well, the bus arrived at 3:00a.m., so we rushed like crazy to get in the bus and left around 3:45a.m.
It was a jam-packed conference and I learned a lot from the speaker, Mike Stroupe. On the 2nd night, he spoke about missions and how we could all "give so others can go". That night itself, about 600 of us at the conference donated willingly and the next day, they reported that we collected $12383.60!!! The entire amount will go towards missions. Isn't it amazing???
Enough said, now let the pictures speak for itself:
Eliana, Laura, Noemi, Christina, and Me!
The band performing during the worship session.
That's our BSM flag on center stage.
The keyboard player, lead singer (Charlie Hall), and cool drummer!
Group pic of the gals!
The pictures below were taken at the end of the conference. We were able to take pictures in person with each of the band member! By the way, they're an awesome band! They played at the worship sessions for 3 days and our group managed to get the first two rows right in front of the stage!!! I really had a blast!!! Woohoo!!!
The Drummer
The Guitarist
Alejandra, Charlie Hall, and Me.
The Keyboard Player 
The Bass Guitar Player
