She came!

So that girl at my work...she came!
Last night I picked her up at 5pm from work, bought her dinner, and she came with me to Waterline. You never know how someone will react.
I love my youth group so much! I'm never afraid to bring someone there because I know that they will be treated as an honored guest. Anyone who comes is automatically part of our family, without consideration of looks or characteristics. They're really great at making people feel welcome and loved.

so at 6:15 the leaders and anyone there just start praying...praying hard and passionately...so i told Rachel what would happen before it did. She seemed totally cool with it and stood in the back of the room and observed. There is no way you can come and not realize that God is someone real to us. Then I'm in charge of the "welcome center" where all the guests come back and eat a piece of pizza & drink pop while i explain a couple things that go on around waterline (basically worship and small groups). During worship, she stood and observed. What did she observe? Atleast 75 students passionately praising their God. Not caring what others think, but experiencing the true and real presence of God.

another cool thing is that we found out she graduated from Winton Woods with one of the guys attending Waterline. Josh got saved about a year and a half ago, and DRASTIC change has taken place in his life. He used to be bitter and just plain mean to anyone around him. Later she told me "that's not the Josh i knew in highschool...I hated the josh that i knew...he was always mean to me..."
pretty cool
so after everything she thanked me for bringing her and said she would love to come back...

let that sink in....

without me saying anything, the first thing out of her mouth was "Thanks so much for bringing me"

people are looking for something...sometimes they just don't know where to look...

if I was someone living a miserable life and going to hell, i guess I would thank someone who introduced me to people who've found life and took me to a place where I might be able to find that life...

P. Marshall, my youth pastor's sermon last night was about "Bringing the Kingdom"
...it reminded me of you.