God is full of jokes

I thought that was an appropriate title as today is April 1. Also bare with this post as it could be a lot of rambling, but I wanted to get my thoughts down and I sort of planned the post during my drive home so it may make some sense.

 Today was the first official meeting of Drake Greek Intervarsity. I've blogged quite a bit about it over the past year, but today the small planning group of us actually expanded and we had a real meeting. We were expecting 1 or 2 additional people to our small group of about 6-7 and there was actually about 20 people that came. We were all pleasantly surprised. It just goes to show that God takes your dreams and desires and does things with them that are so much better than you could have imagined.

It's so crazy to think how all of this started and so awesome to be reminded that you never really know what small seed you are planting that God can use to grow into something really amazing. I never would have thought that my sophomore year at Urbana when Beth Ann talked about starting a Bible Study in DG that 3 years later we would be having a greek intervarsity meeting with representatives from 4 different chapters. If you would have told me that even last year when we got the idea to actually start something this would be the result I wouldn't have believed you.

It really shows me how much God is needed and wanted in the greek system. People are obviously looking for something and it's great that they're reaching out to a Christian organization to find that something. It also shows how much God can use people to really do his work. Today I was also reminded just how much God uses people where they are at and pieces us all together to make something awesome. Thinking about the DGs before me that were involved in Intervarsity, the people who went to DG Bible study with me, the people who met last year at Drake Diner to talk with Beau, went to Greek conference, and have been planning Greek IV this past year all came together and God used us to bring others that we know together for a common purpose and that is just so awesome. It's also crazy because it really was just people inviting their friends because we haven't gone to each of the chapters yet to tell them about it.

I'm glad that I've been able to be a part of this growth and see the group change even though it can be strange at times since I'm not really a part of the greek system anymore. I love that they still welcome me and don't find it to awkward that I'm still hanging around.

I'm still just in awe of how much God still surprises me and how awesome he really is. I also can't wait to see how much more he uses this group to change the Greek system at Drake and make it a place that really shows God's love to each other and is a community that really blesses those around them.