Invasion 06'

So, we had Invasion 06’ and what I can say is that it wasn’t nearly as big as I thought it would be. It was a cool event but I just felt deflated the first half of the day since we had about 20 % of the amount of people whom I thought we would have. The room felt big and empty even though we probably had up to 800 people at one point in the day. I let this disappointment rob me of a chance to show the love of Christ, to minister, to truly reach out to the young people I saw there. God used this event, 14 people came forward to be prayed with, and probably 10 people asked God into their hearts for the first time. How awesome is that!!! There are missionaries and ministries that take years to see even one salvation. God used this day to teach us a lot but also to reach into the hearts of 14 young people. We also planted seeds of vision and love in other young people to carry out their callings to be passionate followers of Christ.
The event itself had an awesome line-up of entertainment, activities, worship and a strong message by Charles Young. We had Christian Hip Hop artists C-Jay and Spin the Flava both based out of South Africa. We had local performances by Christian Family Center Youth, Worship Center Youth & International Church Youth. We also had individuals from Eagles Wings & Christian Life perform in addition to a really cool group called VOG (Vessel of God). Jordan Becnel, Kristen’s brother, came over from Bayside Church (Sarasota, FL) to lead worship with Kristen, Roger (one of our Swazi guys) and Zinty’s brothers. -- Zinty is a Zambian girl that lives in Swaziland who helped Charles and I organize the event. She was very helpful and kept everything organized when we were running around doing other stuff for Children’s Cup. Props to Zintology!—During all the entertainment we had sports going on outside and inflatable games running on one side of the venue. Charles wrapped up the event with a strong message about following Christ in an authentic way, in a passionate way. Of those 14 that came forward a lot were from Waterford, Gabby Rehmeyer’s school. Some of the students were pronounced atheists 6 months ago…its amazing what God’s love, the prayers of students like Gabby and a youth event can accomplish in a persons life.

God Thank you that you are you. I love how your perspective is so cool!


- Vessel of God



- Spin the Flava on Stage



- Playing some Vball baby!



- Basketball with some of the guys