go ye

rob hotchkin

caleb brundidge

this past weekend was my evangelism school weekend. it was great, as i expected. i really love it that the guys from extreme prophetic were able to come visit little ole sioux falls (from phoenix). we are so blessed here to get major players to come and minister, whether it be in music or teachings...yay God!

anyway, the weekend pretty much was meant to encourage us to think of evangelism NOT as a thing reserved for, um, evangelists. the point is that evangelism is a lifestyle, one that Christians are called to live. i liked that thought. i like the thought that every day, God presents opportunity to do His work on earth, and we are His chosen workers!!! wow, that blows my mind. i guess i was encouraged that i do some things "right" in that i am fairly bold about God in everyday conversation, but boy oh boy, i could do so much more.

rob and caleb were both great, rob is a dynamic speaker and sweet spirited guy, funny and humble and radiating God. he made it look easy. he just TALKS to people, gets into what they are about, and what their needs are. he loves people. he is genuine. he made me want to be like Christ. he is the one who coined the description of himself as a "recovering intellectual" - which i love!!

caleb is the one is was afraid of. i mean, wow, i will never be a cool looking black dude! ha. i have never talked to him before, but this weekend i saw that he is a guy with strengths and vulnerabilities, just like all of us. i think my favorite part of the weekend happened when he was helping us to do some "freeing up" worship before we went out in the streets. because i know he teaches prophetic dance and flagging, i was a little afraid. however, i was able to break past it and DANCE. probably for the first time in my life!! i have always been too self conscious to dance. i was amazed at how it felt and i thought "Lord, this is kind of easy!" ha. later at lunch, i was telling caleb about my insecurities, and he said "don't think of it as dancing, think of it as moving. God wants movers, people who are free and able to move without fear."

so there you have it. i'm a mover now.

oh. and there were quite a few neat encounters at the mall, where we ministered. including one young kid (heard about this, did not see it) who gave his life to the Lord, while selling hair straighteners.

:) happy monday.