Signs the City of St. Louis put around the city: "Welcome Urbana09!"

The Allreds at Urbana09!!

A few USD students and Staff

The room dinner was served in. . . this is the line to get dinner, it moved quickly and was quite the feat of engineering!

"Solidarity Meal": The entire conference ate this dinner (beans, pita bread and dixie cup of water) one night as a reminder of what many people around the world eat everyday

Latino student lounge. There were lots of different lounges for students from various backgrounds (like the asian-american student lounge, international student, Greek (Fraternity and Sorority students), Catholic students, etc.)

Tyler worked at the World Vision exhibit, raising awareness about social justice issues (in this picture, student's responses tacked up)

Each day a piece of art was created to reflect that day's theme. Participants took part adding pieces to the art.

On this day, participants could add a leaf to the tree to remind them of the new life that God wants to see happen through transformation He wants to use us to bring to our world.

This day students were invited to paint a simple version of their home. The theme "Incarnation" focused on how God calls us to serve the poorest in our world in an incarnational way - like Jesus did by leaving His home with God to live with us!

The last day: students wrote down the areas of their city, their country, and/or the world that God's calling them to serve, love, and live in.

Students were asked questions and wrote their responses on these white boards.

Example of how Urbana students took over the city of St. Louis - crowding a Metrolink platform

CSUSM students bundled up at the Metrolink station

USD students at one of the main sessions

Happy New Year! Can't wait til Urbana12!

USD students & staff enjoy dinner together before a weekly Summer Bible Study

Melanie being "Kited" by USD Kappa Alpha Thetas

USD Students praying for their friends on campus

CSUSM Staff Team: Anne, Tyler & Ramiro

Melanie and USD Students join in Solana Beach Pres. Church's "Community Serve Day" by painting at the SD Rescue Mission in Downtown SD

CSUSM Students raising money for Fire Relief - Fall 2008

CSUSM Students at Soul Food (Fall Retreat) at InterVarsity's Campus by the Sea (Catalina Island)

CSUSM Student shares his testimony of how God met him at Soul Food

CSUSM Students at Soul Food

USD Students take kids from the Tijuana orphanage to get ice cream

USD Students visit an orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico

USD Students at an orphanage in Tijuana

USD Students discuss scripture at Greek Connection

A group of USD students (and Melanie) at the Greek Conference Costume Party