First night in Tempe!

So our first night in Tempe, AZ was awesome, and HOT to say the least, but awesome! As soon as we got in town, we quickly checked in to our hotel, (as quickly as we could anyway), and right away we were hit with the heat of Arizona. This was definitely an experience for us all. As Nick put it last night in his message, "It's like having a blow dryer right in front of your face," and in my opinion a super suped up blow dryer that is set to it's complete maximum. So in other words it was hot, sweaty and a big challenge for us right away. But after jumping into our vans, and reassuring the kids on 1 Corinthians 10:31, "Therefore whether you eat or drink to it all for the glory of the Lord," and listening to some encouraging words from Mat Kearney, "And I wont back down, cause no matter what comes crashing down, im still gonna stand on solid ground," we were pumped and sweaty, excited as we rushed over to the Anthem Church. We got there just in time for prayer. After that everyone was put to work. The kids were greeting people outside the theater and inside, handing out flyers welcoming all people to the Anthem. (The kids really executed their learned skills from 421!) So church started and as all our team sat in the front row, we worshiped God with our whole hearts, and adding to that experience a blessed atmosphere of dimmed lights, and complete worship and surrender to God. I felt everyone had a sigh of relief now that we had got here and we were just worshiping God. And aiding that even more was a powerful teaching from Nick Crespo on Philippians chapter 1 and how we need to have a ridiculous insane love for Christ ultimately and showing that love to everyone around us. It really was an awesome message and perfect for preparing us for the task of evangelism here in Tempe.
We ended the night by eating dinner at our favorite place ever...In and out burger!!! Yes this was amazing, and some of the kids had never eaten there before so it was definitely an amazing experience. We followed our stuffed bellies with a stroll across the street to Yogurt land. You'd think no one would be able to eat after double cheeseburgers and ice cream shakes. Especially immediately after we were done eating. No not our Velocity kids. They saw Yogurt land and the amazing 10 different flavor help yourself service and their dreams come true. So they ate and they enjoyed! We all did, and as the Anthem joined us at In and out and Yogurt Land with great fellowship, we headed back to the hotel for some needed rest.
God is so amazing and He is going to do some great big things with this whole team! All for His glory! Stay up to date with our next blog for today and don't forget to keep us in Prayer!!! We love you all!