Day 6** Seattle and Tacoma

Sorry for not updating you guys more!!! i got a little lazy.. and am paying for it now lol

Yesterday was our first BIG day. We had 3 shows planned!! Our first one was at a church called Mill Creek (Jordan Christman's church). It was pretty sweet... we got to help run a junior high session and play some games with them and such. As far as our gig went... it was a bit disasterous! It seemed we were either messing up our lines or laughing at someones last minute additions. The youth seemed to like it tho! guess the more we mess up, the funnier we are! From there we went to an island called Oak Harbor and did 2 services at Living Word Fellowship. It was AMAZING!!! especially after messing up alot in the gig before it. On the way there our leader gave us abit of background on the people there and the kids lifestyle. Its kind of a town where Marines/navy/soldiers and their families live. So basically the kids have grown up not seeing their fathers alot, and in broken homes. I was SOOO EXCITED to go there, because i feel like we havent really done much yet on our trip... and for some reason i felt like it was going to be a GOOD night. The youth pastor remembered our group from the past trip and was excited to have us back.

Funny story: Last year's team had a skit/drime where they ended up ripping the American flag in half as the cause of division in families and churches. they didnt actually rip it.. it was in half already and velcroed... but when they did it on stage at Oak Harbor some people got REALLY offended... as in, they left the building. i understand American pride and all... but it wasnt until i actually went there that i realized why they would get soooo offended. REASON: The island consists of mostly people who have family off in the Navy. OF COURSE THEY WOULD BE TICKED!!! as far as some of them were concerened we were insulting them and their family. Makes sense now... but i dont agree with it... dont tell them ok?? haha. It was meant to represent how division in even just families can tear a nation apart. HMMMMMM something to think about!!!!

But anyways... on with my story! the first service went fairly well!! people laughed... and Sam gave an AMAZING word on unity. In preservice prayer i had a strong feeling that the night would be different from our other performances tho. So we gathered our girls together and prayed for the girls in the community and ourselves in ministry. When i looked up i saw our guys huddled with the male interns at the church... just interceding and praying over hte youth and their hearts. POWERFUL OR WHAT!!! right then and there you gotta think that somethings gonna happen... cause we werent just praying... we were entering into warfare and interceding over the hearts and lives of young people we hadn't even met yet! The last service was the senior high youth. THAT's when things started to shift abit. Its like they entered in as soon as the worship started. I cant even explain to you what i felt that night... you had to be there. Its not like the worlds greatest revival took place in Oak Harbor... but i can tell you that hearts were changed and decisions were made.... PRAISE THE LORD!!!! Josh spoke a convicting yet encouraging message on being tied down by our own actions or the words spoken against us... and how there is freedom from that. One of the biggest issues with my generation is confused identity, insecurity, and fear. with each generation the plague gets heavier and stronger... but we prayed and spoke over the youth of that city that they have the power, courage, strength, ability, and tools to take that first step and make the change that our world has been praying for!!!! and you know what?? i think they got the point!!!! There was one girl that i got to pray with who knew what God wanted to do in her life, and what he wanted her to do for Him, but she was too scared and didnt want to make the sacrifice. It was amazing just being able to sit there with her and pray over her that God would reveal to her the depth of His love and adoration just for her... and the plans he has... and how far they actually go for her!! I just kept praying and talking over her... dont ask me what it was about... cause im pretty sure it wasnt really me talking. The effect the words had over her and her heart were not of my doing, so i do not take credit for them. I was only the pencil placed in God's hand to communicate the love letter he wanted to permanantly etch into that young girls heart. What broke my heart was that she was only 15, and she felt like she had nothing left to offer God in her life. It just makes me SICK when i think about how much control Satan thinks he has over our young people!!! Who the heck does he think he is that he can tell one of the sweetest and purest of hearted girls that after only 15 years of age she has absolutely nothing left to offer the kingdom of God and the people she loves!!! Screw you devil!!!! Enough pain and suffering has hit the hearts of young people. Its time for courage, desire, burning passion, zeal, hunger, yearning, and leadership to take over.

"Lord we just commit our hearts and hands to you!! Stir in us a new and refreshing zealous passion to desire and long for only you!!! wake us up and reveal our true identity in you!!! raise up and train the leaders of tomorrow, shielding and supplying the armor they need. Guard their hearts and let no weapon form against them! Lord, if there's one thing we as a team can instill in the hearts of the youth... let it be that they realize who they are, and all that you have equipped them with, that they would know the depths of your love, and they would feel contented with whom you have made them to be. Lord, take over the hearts of the youth, and teach us to learn and walk alongside of the generations who walked before us! teach us to learn from one another and love one another. We love you Lord!! and we invite you to come and breathe your breath of life into our ministry. AMEN!!!"