The outreach is finished and we are back in Atlanta! We arrived in town on Monday night. The end of the outreach was awesome. We had several final shows and preached the gospel to hundreds of people! I was able to share my testimony a few more times and Nathan continued to bring the gospel message at many of our evening events. Overall, we saw around 1600 people respond to the gospel in the Cincinnati and surrounding area!!! Thank You Jesus for Your love and grace! We saw physical, spiritual, and emotional healing, we saw deliverance, we saw freedom, and we saw hope take place in hundreds of lives. We still are in awe and continued gratitude that God chose us to be a part of this work. What an honor.
This outreach was such a time of strengthening and growing in our relationship with Jesus, our roles as leaders, and really stepping into the call God has placed on our lives. Leading this team felt like the perfect fit for us in GX. We loved being leaders and really felt God confirm that this is a role we are to take on for future outreaches. We both learned a lot, and it was definitely challenging at times, but it was SO good! God continued to meet us where we were at, filled us up where we felt in need, and used us as vessels for His Holy Spirit to minister through. God is so faithful, and we love what we do!
We are now back in Atlanta, living with my family, and enjoying some time of rest...kinda... Nathan has already returned to his role of playing on the worship team at our church, and I have already started back at the dance studio taking classes and committing to teach some workshops in December. We are planning on speaking at a local Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting for High Schoolers later on this winter as well. Nathan has also been asked to do an Evangelism training seminar at a Christian school in the area. He will also be picking up shifts at the restaurant he used to work at and doing any other work that comes his way. I will be filling in as a substitute teacher at the dance studio when needed. Through all this our main focus is still missions, so we will be working on fund raising and building up a monthly support base. We are excited to be with my family for the holidays and are looking forward to God using us while we are home!
Tour photo's
Nathan skateboarding, Sarah dancing and crowd at Kingston, Ontario 2008 tour
Monday, October 25, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
GOD IS GOOD
We only have 2 weeks left of outreach, and we have seen God do so many awesome things!
Our time in Kansas City was great. We did 5 main shows along with a few school assemblies and we saw around 700 people give their lives to Jesus. Our team experienced God's freedom individually in crazy ways and it filtered over into the shows and we believe that many people experienced the freedom that only comes from Jesus Christ. Nathan and I stepped into our roles as team leaders (and me as Program Director) relying on the strength of Jesus. He was faithful in meeting us and equipping us with all we needed to lead the team. Nathan preached at a few of the shows and spoke with such authority and power. God has really gifted him as a preacher and it is awesome to see this gift grow and develop. I was busy putting together shows, leading the dancers, helping Nathan lead the team, and being a mom, but God has been so good to me! He has given me the grace to do all these things with joy and a peace knowing that He is the one doing the work and I can trust in Him to take control. It has been a learning experience for me, but God has really shown me His faithfulness and how to step into all these roles with confidence in Him.
We left KC on Sept. 20th and traveled to Cincinnati. Once arriving in Cincinnati the real craziness began :) The schedule for this part of the outreach has been insane! Lots of small shows, lots of big shows, and lots of school assemblies. Nathan has had a lot on his plate since arriving here, and he is doing amazing! He is such a natural leader and he is doing an awesome job. Thankfully, I have not been doing school assemblies so Anna and I have had a less crazy schedule and have been able to spend more afternoons together. Speaking of Anna, she is growing like crazy! She is a little over 6 months now, she is crawling, eating everything in sight, and talking up a storm! She is a such a happy baby...God really knew what He was doing in giving her to a couple of missionaries :) She is such a joy, loved by everyone she meets, and she is always smiling. We are blessed!
While in here in Cincinnati we are staying in the a home of a wonderful family. They have been the most amazing hosts we have ever had. They have such giving hearts and have blessed our family more than we thought was possible! Another way God has shown His goodness to us.
We have had outreaches almost every night. We have been doing a lot of small shows at YMCA's in the inner city and really rough areas. We have had small crowds, but we have seen between 50-90% altar calls! We have seen whole families, fathers and sons, teenagers, and small children commit their lives to Jesus for the first time. We have seen God heal, deliver, bring freedom, and bring His peace into so many lives. We have done bigger shows in high schools as well, and have seen the same responses. I don't know the exact number of salvations at this point, but we should know by the time the outreach ends. God is calling all people to Himself and many are responding!
Nathan has been preaching at the majority of the shows. I have shared my testimony at a few of the shows as well. We have both really been enjoying leading the team and are loving being back in full time ministry. This is where our hearts are. We are called to preach the gospel and we could never do anything else. It is such an honor to be chosen by God to bring His gospel to the world. What a privilege to be able to use our gifts for His glory and to make His name known. We are so excited to be doing this and look forward to sharing more stories with you as the outreach comes to a close.
Our time in Kansas City was great. We did 5 main shows along with a few school assemblies and we saw around 700 people give their lives to Jesus. Our team experienced God's freedom individually in crazy ways and it filtered over into the shows and we believe that many people experienced the freedom that only comes from Jesus Christ. Nathan and I stepped into our roles as team leaders (and me as Program Director) relying on the strength of Jesus. He was faithful in meeting us and equipping us with all we needed to lead the team. Nathan preached at a few of the shows and spoke with such authority and power. God has really gifted him as a preacher and it is awesome to see this gift grow and develop. I was busy putting together shows, leading the dancers, helping Nathan lead the team, and being a mom, but God has been so good to me! He has given me the grace to do all these things with joy and a peace knowing that He is the one doing the work and I can trust in Him to take control. It has been a learning experience for me, but God has really shown me His faithfulness and how to step into all these roles with confidence in Him.
We left KC on Sept. 20th and traveled to Cincinnati. Once arriving in Cincinnati the real craziness began :) The schedule for this part of the outreach has been insane! Lots of small shows, lots of big shows, and lots of school assemblies. Nathan has had a lot on his plate since arriving here, and he is doing amazing! He is such a natural leader and he is doing an awesome job. Thankfully, I have not been doing school assemblies so Anna and I have had a less crazy schedule and have been able to spend more afternoons together. Speaking of Anna, she is growing like crazy! She is a little over 6 months now, she is crawling, eating everything in sight, and talking up a storm! She is a such a happy baby...God really knew what He was doing in giving her to a couple of missionaries :) She is such a joy, loved by everyone she meets, and she is always smiling. We are blessed!
While in here in Cincinnati we are staying in the a home of a wonderful family. They have been the most amazing hosts we have ever had. They have such giving hearts and have blessed our family more than we thought was possible! Another way God has shown His goodness to us.
We have had outreaches almost every night. We have been doing a lot of small shows at YMCA's in the inner city and really rough areas. We have had small crowds, but we have seen between 50-90% altar calls! We have seen whole families, fathers and sons, teenagers, and small children commit their lives to Jesus for the first time. We have seen God heal, deliver, bring freedom, and bring His peace into so many lives. We have done bigger shows in high schools as well, and have seen the same responses. I don't know the exact number of salvations at this point, but we should know by the time the outreach ends. God is calling all people to Himself and many are responding!
Nathan has been preaching at the majority of the shows. I have shared my testimony at a few of the shows as well. We have both really been enjoying leading the team and are loving being back in full time ministry. This is where our hearts are. We are called to preach the gospel and we could never do anything else. It is such an honor to be chosen by God to bring His gospel to the world. What a privilege to be able to use our gifts for His glory and to make His name known. We are so excited to be doing this and look forward to sharing more stories with you as the outreach comes to a close.
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