SALVATION!

OK, SO EVERYONE REMEMBERS THE STORY OF L. AKA LYDELL! HE'S THE ONE I HAD THE PRIVILEDGE OF PRAYING FOR, A WEEK AGO, LAST THURSDAY, AFTER HE OVESDOSED ON PILLS AND HE RESPONDED!! SO THEN HE WENT TO WORK WITH US AT THE CHERRY FESTIVAL.

SO TURNS OUT HE HAD SOME OTHER TROUBLE TO DEAL WITH IN VIRGINA, SO HE IS LEAVING TONIGHT TO HEAD BACK THERE. I COULDN'T LET HIM LEAVE WITHOUT PRAYING FOR HIM AGAIN AND LEADING HIM TO THE LORD, SO, DAVE AND I WENT TO SEE HIM AND YOLANDA TONIGHT.

WE SHARED WITH HIM FIRST OF ALL JEREMIAH 29:11, ABOUT THE PLANS GOD HAS FOR HIM. HE BELIEVED THAT. THEN DAVE STARTED SHARING WITH HIM ABOUT THE PLANS SATAN HAS FOR HIM AND HE COULD SEE THAT TOO. WE TALKED ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE ABUNDANT LIFE THAT GOD HAS, AND HE MENTIONED SOME FAMILY THAT WAS IN TROUBLE THAT NEEDED HIS PRAYERS. WE TOLD HIM THAT WAS THE GREATEST THING HE COULD DO FOR THEM WAS TO PRAY FOR THEM. HE SAID HE WOULD!

WE SHARED TESTIMONIES ABOUT HOW GOD HAD ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS AND HE SAID HE KNEW THAT I HAD THE 'POWER!' AFTER PRAYING FOR HIM THE OTHER NIGHT. I SAID, 'IT ISN'T ME! I CAN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT GOD HEARS MY PRAYERS!!

SO HE REALIZED HE CAN'T MAKE IT IN THIS LIFE WITHOUT GOD. WE SAID WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE IN THIS PLACE, WHERE WE TRY TO DO THINGS ON OUR OWN AND WE JUST MESS UP, AND HE AGREED! HE AGREED HE NEEDED GOD'S HELP JUST AS WE DID.

HE SAID HE BELIEVED THAT JESUS WAS THE SON OF GOD AND THAT HE CAME TO EARTH TO DIE FOR OUR SINS AND THAT HE WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD. WE PRAYED A SIMPLE LITTLE PRAYER OF REPENTANCE FOR FORGIVENESS AND SALVATION, AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE FORGOTTEN MAN MINISTRIES IN VIRGINIA AND HE SAID HE DIFINITELY WOULD. THEN DAVE LAYED HANDS ON HIM AND PRAYED FOR PROTECTION, WISDOM, AND DIVINE REVELATION!

GOODNESS, I AM BUSTING WITH SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS YOUNG MAN! AND I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE THE GREAT HONOR OF INTRODUCING HIM TO 'THE KING OF KINGS!'

HE HUGGED US ALOT AND WE TOLD HIM WE LOVED HIM AND WOULD BE WAITING FOR HIM. HE'LL BE BACK IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS!! AGAIN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR PRAYING!

BY THE WAY, LAST NIGHT IN THE JAIL WE PRAYED WITH KELLEN. A YOUNG GIRL THAT JUST TURNED 18 YEARS OLD. WE CELEBRATED HER NEW LIFE IN THE KINGDOM!! HALLELUJAH!