Wow.. I was completely blessed by reading jonny's last post. I am, unfortunately, not as good a writer as he is. Gulp. All I believed about my writing abilities is a fable. To continue, Thursday morning we woke up pretty early, enjoyed a long quiet time, had group breakfast, and then headed to...... Starbucks! You see Matt Pirolo was extremely exhausted and we wanted to bless him with an Americano. Also, it was Melanie's G-day (gratitude day). Then joyously holding hot beverages we headed to Calvary Chapel of Northern Phoenix. For a good 4 hours of the morning, we were able to clean, scrub, and polish EVERYTHING. It was amazing to serve another Calvary, represent our Calvary, the Anthem, and shine for our Lord. After eating lunch, we were shuttled back to the hotel where we proceeded to get cleaned up for our future skate outreach. It was really cool to see all our skater friends, shout out to Ethizzzzle, and as we drove to another city we prepared our hearts with worship. That night some amazing conversations arose. The Lord blessed everyone and even though the day was riddled with attacks from the evil one, we prevailed on Christ alone. Praise HIM.
Friday, oh what a day. We set up for The Stand most of the morning and then enjoyed some wonder bread sandwiches. We were able to go to the Hotel and enjoy some R&R. I believe I napped :) hmmm mm............ What else happened... OH!!! We went to another skate park. Let me tell you that God did some amazing things!! Six people were saved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! I was blown away at how well the students and other leaders did:) Also, we met a 5 year old boy and were able to give him love, safety, kindness, and hopefully, a new beginning. I believe that God rocked all of our hearts and spirits.
This trip has created in me a desire for a deep deep unbreakable need of the Holy Spirit in my soul. I feel like I have become bold and more equipped to share my faith. The Lord has revealed many things to everyone. My deepest prayer is that all of us will not fizzle out after two months but continue to grow in faith, love, strength, maturity, and courage. Also, I like exclamation marks a little too much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peace and blessings
Sarie berry!
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