We woke up, ate some pancakes that my uncle cooked for us, then headed out to the church. Once we got to the church, we spent some time in prayer before going in. At the church we heard Cory Thompson and Rebekah West speak, then ate some lunch and talked to some folks there. Our messages were right after lunch and we all thought they went great. Brad talked about the three different transformations that occur to a Christian in life: regenerative transformation or conversion, sanctification (daily transformation of the saint), and final transformation of our bodies in Heaven. I talked about the first transformation or conversion by simply sharing the gospel with everyone and Clay talked about sanctification and transforming the world around you by sharing the gospel. After us a few more people spoke, so they had a total of 9 speakers at that little church! God definitely provided for them. We had a great time talking to Rebekah's sister-in-law who was so thankful for us and for what the Lord had done at the church. We had to leave early to make it to Clay's house and see his family, so we left the evangelism shirts, books, and plenty of gospel tracts for them to sell (If you'd like a shirt, books, or colored tracts, let us know :) ). We left for Clay's house where we ate supper and hung out with his family and on the way we spent time thanking the Lord for the awesome trip. We then went to our own houses and said goodbye for now. The trip was awesome and God taught us a whole lot. Hundreds of people were able to hear the gospel message and a few openly confessed they would give their lives to Christ! I will be like David in nearly every one of his Psalms and tell you to praise the Lord! Give glory to our great God for all He has done, is doing, and will do. Praise the Lord!
We have talked about another trip and will see if the Lord provides for this, but for now we will each serve the Lord where He has planted us and we pray that you will do the same.
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Hey guys - I just want you to know that EVERYONE is still talking about Saturday. It was a blessing and an honor that GOD allowed you to share His Word with us at the retreat.
Each youth AND adult that I spoke with at the end of the retreat talked about how they MUST work for GOD and share GOD's Word with people everyday -just like all of you!
Thanks again, and I pray that GOD will lead you all to be with us again at NEXT YEAR'S RETREAT!!!!!
GOD is so AWESOME!
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