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It is 1:30am, finally I have a moment to write. The first evening of Boot Camp was incredible.

With a little over 900 Boot Campers and staff the Hilton has been taken over by apostolics. Only 15 rooms at the hotel are occupied by quests not associated with the Boot Camp.

I walked into a jumping conference room full of life and emotional worship. To many people in attendance, the worship service may have seemed typical, but to me it was exceptional. (I am currently a part of a Home Missions church on the East Coast of GA. It has been 7 months since I have had the opportunity to experience an atmosphere of demonstrative worship of this magnitude.) My eyes filled with tears as I stood surrounded by people loving God. It was very encouraging to see so many pationate people in unity. (It was great despite the fact the room felt like there was no air conditioning, but hey it's Boot Camp...)

Bishop Haney preached a message urging everyone to spiritually push past the hype of the crowd and reach the Lord on a personal level. He was followed by Bro. Anthony Mangun who poured his heart out relating his teenage experience of responding to God's call and the continuation of his burden for lost souls. The Spirit of the Lord moved upon the Boot Campers sending many to their faces as they bowed before the Throne of God.

So far, Boot Camp felt like a mini conference or Youth Congress, but Rev Matt Maddix was quick to change that perspective at the 12am orientation. He explained that the differentiating factor of Boot Camp would be application. (paraphrasing) "We are not just going to preach to you. We are going to take you to the streets and give you an opportunity to apply what we teach right away."

Tomorrow promises to be a full day. Morning sessions start at 9am. By 1pm Boot Campers under the age of 25 will be bussed to 12 local High Schools to Blitz the crowds, evangelizing for the Back to School Bash.