October; Hamilton ATF

The 36 hour drive up to Hamilton Canada, with a 10 hour unexpected layover before crossing the boarder, was possibly the best road trip with 30 other young adults I've ever had_ the only one I've ever had in fact.

Acquire The Fire: Hamilton

Professionally; getting experience as a Jib and Dolly Camera assist for recording an internationally broadcast live event, not a bad day in the office if I do say so myself. Listening to the outside professionals just gasp, baffling over and over again about how they can't believe all this was made by us kids. THAT"S OUR DADDY"S ANOINTING alright! That was a blessing for me to hear outside professionals in awe over the talent and effect this event was having. The God driven questions that were taking place behind the scenes of the event itself was enough to make me cry about how God uses EVERYTHING we do.

On the viewers side of the screen, thousands (not exaggerating) came down from their seats, crying, snotting, heaving, hitting their knees and driving a nail through what was left of their thin paper grasp on the world and what it has to offer them. Being camouflaged in my blacks, it's like getting a secret window into their heart. They're not doing it for anyone but Jesus. They dint even notice my presence melted with compassion and joy over their return to all that really matters.

A new brand of troublemakers, starting a reverse rebellion by rejecting the culture they so easily bought into. Honestly it is a bittersweet feeling because it's like these kids have heard lessons, listening to should's and should not's their whole life, but never understood the POWER in the simple gospel told in a language that was raw and relevant to the pressures they are dealing with today that nobody ever talks about. I think they responded because the material we covered was raw and real, we told it like it is and didn't shy away from the crude facts they deal with everyday that everyone else tries to sugar coat and not talk about. It's like they were on the edge of their seat starving for someone to get on their level and show them what it looks like to walk what Christians always talk about.

Thank God for the confrontational truth Jesus brought by example. Just doing what we can to bring it like he did, and it works!