The dorms and hotels sit empty, expecting many high energy teens and chaperones.
The Student Union smells of hot food in preparation for its crowd of exhausted and hungry late night visitors.
The “Q” Arena remains still; awaiting the passionate singing of worship song lyrics, hearts to be touched by the ministry team, countless repetitions of the “Cross Clap” and of course, the pattering of the stadium seats proclaiming “You are My Joy”.
It is the calm before the storm.
This morning at 10am, the excited group of conference staff happily gathered together for the Volunteer Mass to pray for the fourth thousand anxious and faith-filled teens seeking to encounter God in a new way this weekend.
