July Jam and Back to Arizona!

Well last weekend had the most amazing opportunity to speak at an entire weekend event in Pikeville, Ky.  Friday night was an event called Praise in the Park, it was with 4 local bands and Among the Thirsty, it was really neat in a local park.  Saturday was the actual event called July Jam it was held in the Eastern Ky Expo Center.  It was with Pillar, Sanctus Real, Story Side B and Delorean Grey.  I got to speak between Sanctus Real and Pillar.  I was able to give people a chance to respond.  We had 13 people receive Christ and many more come forward with addictions.  Then Sunday me and Among the Thirsty led the service at Grace in the Old Weddington Theatre it was a really need place for worship.  I Got back home Sunday night after having to stop and change a tire that we blew on the interstate.  

Monday morning until this morning I was in Copperhill, TN at a TeamEffort Mission camp, and I am now sitting in the Atlanta airport waiting to fly back to Phoenix, AZ then drive to the Navajo reservation, it looks to be about a 14 hour travel day.  

There are some really neat things in the works, and I look forward to sharing them with you soon.  Thanks for your prayers and your encouragement.  

Navajo Reservation!!

I flew into Phoenix, AZ early Saturday morning, then rented a car and drove almost 5 hours north to Dilkon, AZ onto the Navajo Reservation.  It is one of the most beautiful places I have been the magnitude of how large the mountains and formations are mind blowing.  I have two groups this week one from California, and one from Georgia.  Yesterday we went to church with the Navajo people and had the opportunity to fellowship with them, singing Navajo Hymns, it was beautiful.  I wake up really early around 5 am because it is already in the 90's.  It gets up to around 110 degrees and as low as 50 at night.  

I have had the most amazing times, reading, and praying in the mornings, as I stare out into wide open range.  It is so overwhelming, to see what God has created, so much so it brings tears to my eyes.  

I mentioned the open range and it is that, there are no fences.  Cattle, horses, sheep and anything else roam freely, for some reason they really like to stand in the road, I guess because they can.  

Phoenix, AZ

It is 5:42 a.m. I am sitting in the terminal in the Chattanooga, Airport waiting on my 6:30 flight to Phoenix, AZ.  I am flying out to run a camp in Dilkon, AZ on a Navajo Reservation.  This is going to be my first time in AZ, so I am pretty excited even though I am a little worried about the 115 degree temperatures.  

I was in Gatlinburg, TN all week at a camp there, it was an amazing time, really hard to put words.  We have been experiencing  services that just don't make sense to the natural eyes.  It seems for so long in church/services, that there has to be a message, then altar call, and then people respond.  But what we have been seeing is that God is touching people's hearts and bringing them to recognition that they are in need of a life change so strongly that they are running to the cross without anyone ever asking for them to respond.  God is so good, and showing me everyday, how his love is over, underneath, inside, in between.  I am expecting to learn so much from my time in Phoenix. I am taking several books to read, one I am looking forward to reading is by Edwin Mcmanus called Soul Cravings.