Friday blitz
Posted by: Boot Camper
Yesterday (Friday) was so increadible but also jam packed, which explains why I'm just getting to blogging right now. The morning sessions with Bro. Maddix were full of practical applications and he talked about the 7 attitudes for soulwinning. After the sessions, everyone that was under 25 was able to go to the high schools and pass out invitations for the Back to School Bash. The rest of us were encouraged to take the time to walk around the area and pass out cards and make connections.
We went to eat with our pastors and some friends and I must confess that I took a nap afterwards. Later that afternoon we blitzed the neighborhood and headed to the park in a massive group. I'll upload some pictures as soon as I can because it was AMAZING to see such a huge group of people walking down the street. Boot Camp's Back to School Bash had over $10,000 in prizes and that, plus the free pizza, drew a large crowd. The teens could register to win an ipod, xbox, money, or a Mac book. Down to Earth did a great job keeping the crowd pumped up with songs from Switchfood like "Dare you to Move" and "Meant to Live". Ryan Johns then led us in DC Talk's "Jesus Freak".
At the offset of the concert, they mentioned that Jesus loved everyone but after that, not one word was mentioned about church, religion or Pentecost. The teens participated in Freak Factor where they ate worms, pickled pigs feet and cow testicles. Disgusting! Throughout the entire bash they were giving away money and prizes.
Around 9:30, Bro. Shelly Hendricks came to the stage and led the crowd in a prayer of forgiveness and then we all started praying with people for the Holy Ghost. It was one of the most awesome moments of my life to see Apostolic teens baptizing other teens in a fountain one after the other. Pastor Maddix had told us that there weren't enough people to baptize everyone and we had the power in us to do it. Around midnight, over 60 people had received the Holy Ghost and I believe over 70 were baptized.
We all met together at midnight and testified of God's power. Even though I was exhausted, none of us wanted to leaved the Spirit we were feeling. I need to rest though because Saturday, we're not getting back to the hotel until 4am.
Yesterday (Friday) was so increadible but also jam packed, which explains why I'm just getting to blogging right now. The morning sessions with Bro. Maddix were full of practical applications and he talked about the 7 attitudes for soulwinning. After the sessions, everyone that was under 25 was able to go to the high schools and pass out invitations for the Back to School Bash. The rest of us were encouraged to take the time to walk around the area and pass out cards and make connections.
We went to eat with our pastors and some friends and I must confess that I took a nap afterwards. Later that afternoon we blitzed the neighborhood and headed to the park in a massive group. I'll upload some pictures as soon as I can because it was AMAZING to see such a huge group of people walking down the street. Boot Camp's Back to School Bash had over $10,000 in prizes and that, plus the free pizza, drew a large crowd. The teens could register to win an ipod, xbox, money, or a Mac book. Down to Earth did a great job keeping the crowd pumped up with songs from Switchfood like "Dare you to Move" and "Meant to Live". Ryan Johns then led us in DC Talk's "Jesus Freak".
At the offset of the concert, they mentioned that Jesus loved everyone but after that, not one word was mentioned about church, religion or Pentecost. The teens participated in Freak Factor where they ate worms, pickled pigs feet and cow testicles. Disgusting! Throughout the entire bash they were giving away money and prizes.
Around 9:30, Bro. Shelly Hendricks came to the stage and led the crowd in a prayer of forgiveness and then we all started praying with people for the Holy Ghost. It was one of the most awesome moments of my life to see Apostolic teens baptizing other teens in a fountain one after the other. Pastor Maddix had told us that there weren't enough people to baptize everyone and we had the power in us to do it. Around midnight, over 60 people had received the Holy Ghost and I believe over 70 were baptized.
We all met together at midnight and testified of God's power. Even though I was exhausted, none of us wanted to leaved the Spirit we were feeling. I need to rest though because Saturday, we're not getting back to the hotel until 4am.
cool
Posted by
FJ Lewis |
Sat Aug 12, 05:29:00 PM 2006