Gospel Message - Thursday

Thursday was the day of sports (ultimate frisbee, petang, volleyball), Ruth and Luice singing 'By Your Side' with the praise band, and a long leaders meaning about Don's message to come. We prayed for specific students and the day in general.

Don gave the gospel message during the evening program. Before he went, Aya (one of the main Czech leaders) gave her testimony. It was heartbreaking what she went through but showed God's love and redemption.

On all the other days, during the evening program, the praise band would play mostly secular songs. But Thursday they really pulled out the praise/worship songs and really helped set the mood. And for me (Luice) really was refreshing.

Don and Jimi (the translator) worked great together. The message flowed and the translation was smooth. Afterwards we played some soft music in the background and invited them to stay and talk to the leaders or  they were free to go and do what they wanted. This was the time for the Czech leaders to shine. Some of the American leaders approached students to pray for them and talk to them while the others silently prayed for God to be working.

 There were great conversations going on, some more deep than others. And you could just feel and see God moving. And you could tell which students had the 'war' in them. Between themselves and God. We prayed fervently that God would win.

It was so cool to see the events of the past week just come together on this day. And the fact that the gospel message got moved to Thursday (rather than Wednesday as planned) was perfect too. The thunderstorms came just before we met and kept the students focused on the program.

Thank you so much for your prayers. That day was just so special and wouldn't have been possible without us being in the Spirit.