July 24 "Great, Great, Bril, Bril"

Halfway through the week and it has been a great and amazing adventure so far! Our numbers are steadily increasing as the week goes on! God answers prayer! And the rain is at bay, but the clouds are here to soak up some of the heat! God answers prayer!

It has been so good to have everyone here and to be able to share in this ministry with the team and with the church. We are having a lot of good conversations with the kids and have been able to meet with and invite a lot of them into the church.

Last night I was able to speak during the coffee house event. The question that we asked was "Why do we need Jesus?" It was a great question to ponder myself and one that we all should have an answer for. For a lot of these kids, it was one that they haven't put much thought towards. They don't want to answer it. They are afraid to answer it. Pray that this would change. They might be afraid of what their friends would think, or what their parents would think. They might be afraid of what they have to give up and what inviting Jesus into their life will change. It would certainly change a lot. God doesn't leave us as we are. But that is the good news. Pray that the Holy Spirit would be breaking down their walls. Tonight Garison leads the talk on The Gospel. Last night he was able to have a really good conversation with a young man about Jesus and what His work meant for our lives. He expressed real interest and so pray that he and the others like him would get past whatever apprehensions the devil has put in their heart and would come to a place where they can call on Jesus as Savior and Lord.

I am definitely feeling all of this week's exercise today. My feet are more sore than anything in recent memory. But God is good, and I am going to keep on going. This is the last hurrah for the summer and that means that I am going to give all that I have got this week.

Pray for our team. Many of us are hurting and exhausted in a physical, emotional, spiritual sense. There is a lot going on and this is definitely a battlefield for some serious spiritual warfare. But our God has already won the battle. We are His people and He will take care of us, and I know that He will guide those who He has called into a place where they can hear the Gospel. We have a beautiful truth to share. Pray that these seeds would bear fruit.

God bless