Wow, so let me start off my saying my blog posts will
probably not be this frequent but this weekend was so crazy that I had to write
about it! So let’s get down to business, we all know what I’m talking about
here and if you don’t well listen up! This weekend was Sold Out and it was my
first Vineyard youth gathering and it was one of the best weekends I’ve ever
had. We prayed for each other and we served and prayed for others. I’m going to
focus mainly on what the Lord did with me.
The night we got there was so amazing! We worshiped and had
an incredible speaker. We learned about Tresure Hunting which is letting the
Lord show you things about people like “Blue Shirt” and “Left Knee Pain” and
going and searching for these people which I thought was really cool. What
really made me smile was the hearts these guys have was really clear when there
were a good number of people in the front that wanted to receive prayer for
things like pain and broken hearts and the people left sitting had to go pray…
man those guys jumped right into it and so did I. While we were waiting for the
Lord to give us things people might need prayer for I kept hearing “Broken
Heart” and of course I said “No way and I saying that out loud Lord, but if you
have someone else say it I will totally go pray for the person that goes to the
front” and sure enough… that’s what happened. I was so very proud of the person
I prayed for because he was so open and so honest and really received what the
Lord had for him.
And then there was Saturday… Saturday, there are so many
things to say about Saturday but I will start with the outreach I went on. My group
went to help this organization called Living Water International which is an
organization that drills wells in other countries which is a huge blessing. If
you want to learn more go to www.water.cc .
The woman there and those guys blessed me so much. I got a ton of advice having
to do with Nicaragua and made some new friends.
Something that completely blew me away was how amazing
everyone’s stories were about their day. The Street Team had some great ones
and all of those guys did such an amazing job. Although I think Hannah Stevens
stories was one of my favorites because the Lord really sent her group on a
treasure hunt and it was so amazing. Anyway, the Lord told me I needed to share
what working with Living Water did for me and how it encouraged me with my call
to go to Nicaragua so that’s what I did, even if I had to tell Kaleb to make me
go which caused him to attempt to push me out of my chair. It’s what came after
my sharing though that really made the ending to this amazing weekend so
special.
While out with my outreach group I made a friend named Emily
and it turned out she herself has been to Nicaragua a few times. She gave me
inspiration in the fact that I can do this and she also gave me some wonderful
advice… but she did an amazing thing for me towards the end of Sold Out. She
asked the ENTIRE group there to pray for me. I don’t know about any of you but
having that many people around you, praying, speaking truth, giving you words
and picture, well it was truly one of the most amazing experiences of my life.
I am so thankful for everyone that prayed for me and stood with me in that
moment, all of those guys are truly amazing and I really hope I get to see all
of them again at DTS.
Anyway, I just wanted to share what the Lord did with me at
Sold Out and I want to encourage everyone else that was there and felt the Lord
moving in their life to share that with everyone as well. I know for me,
hearing other people’s stories about things like this really inspire me to not
only attend those events but to DO THE STUFF every day and look for how the
Lord is moving every day.
No comments:
Post a Comment