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National and International Teams
God Said, You Can Do This
Read Excerpts from Captive Free North East's Online Journal
by Captive Free North East
God is such an awesome God. So much has happened since
hitting the road. There have been so many firsts for me. Right after we hit the
road, our first XP back, I gave the sharing. And like, I didn't have much time
to prepare myself. Which normally would make me go crazy, but God kept me calm
and said, "You can do this," and for only being my second full
sharing since I hit the road, I think I did good. And then the next weekend was
an even bigger first for me--I was at my very first Quake ever in my life, and
man, there were over six hundred kids there, and they were really rocking. God
opened my eyes.
I was so nervous going into because I was doing so many
things I have never done, and God's like, "I got it, everything will be
okay." And on that Saturday, I led my very first Trek (a breakout session)
with Koral, which was crazy because I'm leading something and I had never even
been to a "Trek." But by the end of that day, it felt like we were
pros at it, we did three back to back with 60-80 kids in each. Then on Sunday,
closing celebration was just about start and Jamie comes to me and says,
"Well, you haven't come up on stage, would you like to give the
benediction?" I was like, sure, I can do that, (really I'm like, I don't
do so well in front of so many people). But I did it. By the end of the
celebration, I basically memorized the benediction and right before the last
song, I was up on that stage. I was so nervous, I think it was the lights that
did it, but by the time I got off that stage, I was shaking. But it was so
crazy and amazing.
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God Is Using Us for His Purposes
Read Excerpts from Watermark Denmark's Online Journal
by Watermark Denmark
There are times I doubt the effectiveness of our ministry.
When we play two or three concerts a day and rush from place to place, we
cannot see how our programs make a difference to people (if they do at all). I
might talk to two people after a program for a couple minutes and then go pack
up equipment. Or we might have a confirmation class that runs through the back
door before we even have a chance to step off the stage. Was anyone listening?
Did anyone even hear the Gospel of Jesus?
In the same way, we have so many chances to see the
difference we are making. Yesterday we played for a confirmation class, visited
their school, and played a concert at the church down the street. Most of the
time I do not expect confirmation students to be interested in us (let us be
honest, we are not that cool), but there were quite a few students that came to
see us again at the church. One of them even drew us a way sweet picture of us
playing. It is very encouraging to see people, especially young people,
listening to us.
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