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May 20th-26th  I attended TeenPact National Convention in Dayton, TN. It was a week full of long car rides, praising God, fellowship with friends, and growing in Christ. By now that was a while ago, I wrote most of this post a few weeks ago and then I just got distracted.

I have had quite a few people ask me how it was, and every time I have answered with "awesome". Because to really tell somebody how the convention was it would take a whole lot longer then the couple minutes they have to listen to me.  

With the help of my mom and Mrs. Field I organized a group of Mainers to take a road trip to NC, in the end there were 11 of us packed into a 12 passenger van. There was peoples purses, sleeping bags, duffle bags, pillows, and food piled on top of us, leg room was a foreign concept, and personal space unheard of. 

After 3 days of driving (8 hours a day) we arrived in Dayton at Fort Bluff Campground. I'm pretty sure we were all relieved to not have to drive one more minute :P.

The 6-7 days we spent in TN were packed to the max. Starting with Breakfast at 8 and ending with lights out at 11, it was exhausting and strangely relaxing at the same time. 

Every morning and evening there was worship led by various people. This was definitely one of my favourite parts of each day, singing with 400 other TeenPacters is not something you easily forget. 

After every meal was a session; the speakers included a lot of former TeenPacters that have gone on to do amazing things. My favorite speaker was a man named Matt Chambers, he spoke on the day when the theme was "Go Somewhere". It was very fitting since he is a missionary. One of the things he said really stuck out to me, and I'm sure to everybody that was there. He was speaking on Ephesians 2:8-10, specifically the line that says "For we are His workmanship...".
"But in the end, your whole life is a magnificent, beautiful, piece of poetry. 
Written by the same hand that formed every star, every planet, that traced every river, 
that formed every mountain. And it's read throughout the universe 
by the voice that created everything."

Throughout the week there were elections being held for 1 presidential ticket, 4 senators, and 9 representatives. I ran for rep with the perseverance party, but didn't make it very far. I had fun though, and am glad I did it! 

A Mainer ran for vice president with his running mate Danny Sullivan, and they pulled off a victory! It was pretty much fantastic. 

Of course a major part of NC is laughter. Below is a picture of the Harry and Larry Show; pretty much the most hilarious part of each day. The picture below that is No Directions singing there #1, Elect Me Maybe. Enough said :D.

All 500ish of us organized in what fields we want to pursue. 

There is so much more I could say about the experience; so if you care, ask me about it sometime!

Most photos credit http://www.teenpactnc2012.marvelousthingsphotography.com/