Shopping day!!

We did get to sleep in today but it was obvious that everyone was tired today. We got things squared away for tomorrow. We will be playing at the Convoy of Hope and doing some street promotion to bring people in who are need of the ministry of the Convoy. The kids spend the day shopping and hanging out at the Mall. Today was Cassie's day. She decided she wanted to go the Superchick concert in the afternoon and went to the concert and also got their signatures and photos of them. She also got a photo with Dave. He was the video guy for the convention week. Everyone wanted to see him becuase that meant you would see yourself on the screen at the service that night. His video crew wasn't with him but he agreed to a picture with Cassie. :)We decided to go the spaghetti factory for supper...bad idea. So did every other group of people. We waited for almost 2 hours to eat. I thought the kids were going to pass out. But we made it through and to service. Matt went early and got us some "sweet" seats. What an amazing night. The kids that wanted to become campus missionaries were commissioned tonight along with the adult overseas missionaries who were meeting at the adult service. It was a live feed back and forth between both services and Thomas Trask prayed for and commissioned the students. The kids were given a "Fire Bible" the new penticostal bible that was created just for students based off of the adult version of the fire bible. The kids were so fired up and are ready to come back and change their schools and community. It is neat to hear what God is placing on their hearts. I will probably not post tommorrw because time will not allow me too. Thanks for allowing your kids to be a part of this amazing week. I am excited about this things that God has for them and challenged them to do when we return!

Performance Day

Today was rather intense but a ton of fun at the same time. We woke up with plenty of time to spare to practice and get to the convention center without having to rush. With 30 monutes to go before performance we realized our original copy of the music that we needed to give the judges was left at the hotel.....a twenty minute walk. You wanna talk about panic. Little did i realize we had a track star on our team. Megan agreed and off she went. The kids started praying as she started running back to the hotel to get our music. Without it they would have been disqualified. As the kids were praying I was told that our room was running 20 minutes late. Isn't God good!! Megan came back in record time dripping with sweat. As we saw her running down the hall it was a "Chariots of Fire" moment. We cheered and then fed her plenty of water!! Pastor Dean, Leata, Mayville and Waupaca came to see the kids. They were great! After our performance we took our cans to the exhibition area to have it recorded by Valley Forge College. We were stopped several times to play. What a great time. After, the group went to have the cans signed by the "Planet Shakers" who asked them to play for them. After they played the drummer from the group and another band member just came and jammed with the kids for a while. What an awesome afternoon. Then our results. We picked up Cassies results and then ours. We both recieved Superiors on our entries. Cassie had two judges that gave her superior with honors and so did we. We were each .6 away from recieving a Superior with honors overall so they did really well. The judges said the team was very engaging and looked like they were really enjoying themsleves and Cassie's judges enjoyed the variety and diversity of her piece. The kids should be proud of themselves!! Tonights service was another great time of worship starting off with a half hour prayer service. After worship with the planet shakers Rich Wilkerson spoke. I know that God is challenging the kids about what steps they will take when we leave here about strengthening and sharing their faith. Tomorrow......our sleep in day!

Another full day

Wow....the days just keep getting better! We spent the morning in the human video room and got to watch our friends from Mayville perform. They were great. We also spent time in the art gallery and had a chance to see Cassies artwork. Her results haven't come in yet. The waiting is killing us! We did lunch at The Fountain, an old 50's style eating place that hadn't been touched since the 50's and then we went Duck bowling! What a hoot. You'll have to ask your kids about it. We did dinner with Pastor Dean and Leata before service at the Weber Grill. And then the service tonight.....they have been so good. This time together has really brought this team of kids together not only performance wise but spiritaully as well. Thanks for your prayers. I can truely see God at work. :)