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Thursday, April 10, 2008

It has been sometime since I updated...
This has been an amazing couple of weeks for me. We spent the weekend at Young Peoples Councils (Church Camp) and it really had an empact on the youth that we brought. They had never seen so many kids their age on fire for God and it really touched them. The weekend was great! The Charlie Hall Band was there reminding us that "from the grave He's risen, VICTORIOUSLY!" Man the music was great, and our kids are still talking about it! I must admit though, I think that I enjoyed it more than most of them and I am glad that I didn't bring any money or else I would have left broke. I would have bought every CD and T-shirt there!
The "Skit Guys" were also preforming all weekend! And I have to tell you that I honestly hadn't laughed that hard in a long time. If you haven't seen them before I recommend that you do! Their christian skits are both sidesplitting and thought provoking. They brought the Word of God to the youth in a way that made them really WANT to listen and learn.
Other than the main performers their also was other fun activities for everyone to take part in. There was a mechanical bull, paint ball, fried twinkies and oreos, basketball, ministry workshops...drama, skit, etc..., carnival games,and much more!
The brass band played in our Sunday service and they were wonderful! The brass, piano, songsters, and vocal solo really but us in a worshiping state of mind.
We packed up and went home right after the Holiness meeting and you could see in our young peoples' eyes that they grew closer to Jesus in that little bit of time that they got to spend away from their normal lives. And I also had some of them come to me and say how they now want to join Corps Cadets and have their own Salvation Army uniform! So now this week we will be revamping our classes to accommodate this new spike in attendance. I am asking that you pray for our youth and that they will understand that we do what we do to honor Jesus Christ and that it is not about being popular. I have a feeling that these kids are going to make wonderful ambassadors of Christ someday and I thank God for bringing them to us now so that they can impact the other youth in their lives right now.
On a personal note... I turned 26 on Sunday, and I can really see God's hand pushing obstacles out of the path He is leading me on. I am scared about what He has instore for me but I know that running away will just make things harder in the long run. And when I get to heaven I want to here Him say, "well done, good and faithful servant, I love you."
God Bless you all my family,
Your brother in Christ,
DeeJay