Sammie is Saved

Today in Sunday school we were learning about the seventh commandment (Thou shalt not commit adultery) and how it meant that we needed to keep our promises. Noel (my roommate) was presenting the gospel through a little game that we were playing with our snack, pretzels. We had the kids break the one pretzel (of the ten given to them) to represent breaking a commandment.  The kids then began asking a lot of questions about sin and if you were going to heaven if you broke a commandment. 

In the middle of all this, Sammie asked Elizabeth 'how do I make Jesus my friend?' It was so humbling to see such childlike faith and innocence realize the sin in his life and realize that Jesus really does love him. What a humbling experience and worth teaching his Sunday School class all summer! Praise God!

God of Wonders

God has really used Matt and I here in Daytona to reach out to our Russian co-workers that lifeguard with us.

We have been able to share the gospel with a couple of them, and have definitely won their hearts as they have won ours. 

Here on the left is Matt (another Crusader), Andrey, Me, Boolat, Sergay, and Vaschilly.

Things are going well here on project! God has blessed me with putting such unique individuals. Here on project. 

I've formed so many solid friendships here in Daytona. Some of my buds here will be in my wedding no doubt! There is an awesome sense of community and unity that God is pouring into our hearts. My prayer is that it will overflow into out campuses back home. 

We had a cookout for the guest and staff of the El Caribe (the hotel we live in) and I got to share with a senior from Oklahoma named Zach. He plans to attend college and is pretty young in his faith. I was able to share with him about how to walk in the spirit in your daily life and encourage him. I called him today to check up on him back at home and he just got baptized a week ago! Praise God! It's amazing to see how our obedience as christians can cause others to be obedient to God as well. 

Things to Pray for:

• Danny's Salvation
• Lasting Spiritual decisions and conversations with my Russian co-workers

All That has happened!

God is moving quick here in Daytona! 

I'm discipling Danny, but he is not saved! I've never had a heart for someone's salvation like this. I'm going through some lessons for the unsaved! Their good! Just pray that they go well.

Also, we went to another trip to the juvenile detention center here and I lead four young men to Christ! God is a humbling God. The most memorable part about this experience is that these guys were hungry in seeking more knowledge about their new faith! the started asking so many questions! They were reading in Revelations about heaven and Matthew about Satin and Jesus resisting temptation. 

Dylan is a co-worker who is a good guy. He really needs some encouragement and is hard on himself and is worried for when we (Crusade) leave. 

Pray for:

1. Danny's Salvation
   
2. Dicipleship with Danny
3. Our time here in Daytona would have a lasting impact on our co-workers lives
4. Dylan's walk with the Lord
5. Salvation for Dylan's dad

(Picture: Danny on left and Dylan on the right)

God is Good!

After my baptism on Saturday, Chad and I decided to share my faith at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical College. We met a guy named Nick and really got to sit with him and hear about his life. 

He is a christian and is seeking for some answers about his faith and we shared how to walk in the spirit and how that can be an applicable thing everyday. 

Last night was awesome. We went sharing in some of the juvenile detention centers here in Daytona. I led three guys to Christ! God is good and I feel so humbled that he would use a sinner like me to do that. 

Pray for:

• The 3 new believers who accepted Christ yesterday. That they would continue to grow in their faith and be a witness to those in the prison around them. 
  
• Continue to pray for Danny's relationship with Christ.
• Pray that we are able to follow up with  Nick from Embry-Riddle and that God works it out so that we can meet up with him again. 

(Picture - Nick from the Embry-Riddle.)

Happy Fourth of July!

God is good! I was baptized today and God truly has blessed me with some friends that love me! Here are some pictures from that event.

A woman walking by was so encouraged by our obedience she decided to take the plunge too! Check out that picture as she came up from the water!