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I asked Scott Anderson, Events Director at Desiring God, why we're having this regional conference here in San Luis Obispo.

The idea came about three years ago during the Passion book promotion. The Central Coast Evangelical Pastors Network (CCEPN) did a massive giveaway, and I knew at that time that we must have some mission partners out there.

That's when we connected with Steve Potratz, owner of Parable and chair of the CCEPN steering committee. God graced us with a relationship with him and, through him, a coalition of churches and people who have now gone through several Piper books and DVD kits. Conversations about a regional conference also began to stir.

It's because of their partnership that we've been able to host this conference and the big college event here at Cal Poly tomorrow night.

So we chose San Luis Obispo because of key relationships out there.

We also chose it because it's a really nice place to live, which means that the temptation to waste your life is strong here. So it's a place that needs to hear the call to not waste your life.

We want the central coast of California to be a sending place to the world rather than a destination.