Show in Lincoln, NE

We were really encouraged by the show last night. First of all, the youth pastor told us that they had been praying so much for us and their community. He said that the students meet every Monday night and simply pray for an hour. They have been doing this for two years and they know that the Lord is going to do something big in their community. He told me that they had been praying for us personally. I almost began to cry. Here I was feeling awful, and this guy cared. They noticed that I was coughing and having a rough time, so one of the interns prayed over me right then and there.

Yesterday, we drove 30 minutes to perform at a small school in a small town outside of Lincoln. There were less than 300 people in 7th through 12th grades. I wondered how many of them would come to the show from that far away. The church sent over one bus to pick up whomever wanted to come. When they got there, they quickly sent over an additional bus because there were so many people waiting to get on the bus. We had over 100 people come from that school (over 1/3rd of the campus). With the addition of their own students who had invited people from their schools like crazy, the place was packed out. I couldn't believe how many unchurched people were in this church! That's very rare.

When it came time for the message, some other program at the church let out and people were coming and going out of the back door. After a few minutes of distractions, I finally told them to hold the door for 5 minutes. Because of all of the distractions and prayer that had been going on, I knew that the invitation was going to be big. We had about 500 people there last night...182 of them gave their lives to Christ. Wow! What a night! Also, I began feeling better during the show. Then, last night, I slept easily through the night. It was the first time in a week that I didn't wake up coughing all night. The power of prayer is incredible!

Lincoln, NE

If any of you saw the movie "Yes Man," then you will remember the part where they decided to spontaneously go on a trip. At the airport, they asked where the next flight out was going. It happened to be going to Lincoln, NE, so they made a vacation out of it. That's where we are.

I ended up going on this trip with Brock because the plane tickets were already bought and I felt a little better Monday. However, I'm still sick. We have a school assembly here today and a show at a church here tonight. Pray that it all goes well.