AWAKEN

Well our whole week has been geared for this day. Sorry it took me so long to get this but our last few days in England were very busy and internet free. But I will do my best to fill in the blanks.
Anyway, this was our last day for Create (Dance/Drama) and sports ministry. We had an awesome last day. Janelle shared her testimony with the sports crew and shared on her deathly allergies and how it relates to her relationship with God - very impressed. We were preparing everyone for the night event Awaken - done at the church - evangelistic in style. In the afternoon, although not in our original schedule was a trip to Warrick Castle - they convinced Ronnie to find us a driver to take us. So we spent the afternoon there checking our something older than our nation. I think everyone really enjoyed themselves. History is very intriguing and this was no shortfall.
Then it was showtime - All of our relationship building through the week was directed to this night where we could speak Jesus with no hindrances. As a leadership team we chose Joselyne to host the night in an MC format with Chris the youth pastor from the church. We also chose Letitia to be the one student to share her testimony with the whole crowd. Her story we felt was the one that could reach a non-Christian crowd - and she speaks very well. Needless to say she did amazing. Got a great response from those who were there. She was fantastic on the trip, I am glad we chose her for this chance. From here our team did a dance they were working on all week. Preparations for this dance didn't go as planned but the team committed the night before to get it accomplished and they delivered so well, very proud of them. You can even see Shawnee in this picture, boy was I impressed with her. She was strecthed tons in this process.
Our team also performed a couple of other dramas, and then Matt and Janelle did the Heart Drama for me at the end of my message. As you can see the theme of the night was LOVE. So as far as the heart was concerned, it was a fitting drama for them to do.So much hard work really paid of for us as a team on this night. We had a tremdous result that night as teenagers made decisions for Jesus for the very first time. This is what it is all about. I cannot express how I felt at the end of this night. A year of accomplishment, study and desire came down to this. And they brought it!! The comments I received from their leadership, volunteer base, and students was overwhelming. Everyone loved our team and what we were able to bring. I just love that we saw salvation and incredible growth in our own students. Praise God. We needed to take a team picture, so we did. But there is still one more day to go.