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COLD in COLUMBUS

Posted on Sunday 4 February 2007 by Greg @ 9:44 pm
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It’s freezing here. I’m talking 20 below with the wind chill. But that didn’t stop the almost 5,000 teenagers at our Dare 2 Share conference from going door to door to collect canned food and spread the good news of Jesus all across the great city of Columbus. How did they do it without getting frostbite? Two words…rolling heaters.

We told them to think of their church van, bus, etc as a heater with wheels. The driver would roll into a neighborhood with a vehicle packed full of teens. Small groups of teens would get out run to a door or two, collect some food and try to share the good news before sprinting back to their vehicles to get warmed back up. While these f-f-f-f-reeziing teens got their numb hands, feet and faces de-iced another group would be released into the artic chill to collect cans and distribute good will and good news with big smiles and blue lips.

All in all it worked pretty well. I think the “pity factor” helped (how I got most of my dates in high school). Many people felt sorry for these teens and would give them canned food because these young evangelists were out braving the elements instead of playing video games, surfing the net or watching a movie on a Saturday afternoon like most sane teenagers.

Suffice it to say God did some amazing things. Hundreds came to Christ, thousands were trained to know, live, share and own their faith and nine tons of canned food was collected for the Salvation Army.

I call that a good days work.

But now the real work begins as these thousands of teenagers take the good news back to their friends. BTW, if you are one of those teens I want to hear your story. Did you take the 48 hour or the cell phone challenge? If so what happened. It may be cold in Columbus but I hope you heat up this blog with your powerful stories of changed lives.

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On February 4, 2007 @ 9:59 pm inspiredchristian said:

Hey Greg, I was at the dare2share Game Day and i loved it. It was an Amazing time. I just wanted to let you know that I have been thinking of going into the ministry in some way, now mind you im only sixteen so im still thinking. Seeing and watching you really helped me in making my decision easier, so i talked to my youth leader about maybe doing a Wednesday sermon with my youth group about sharing our faith with our friends. He said he loves that i came to him because he always thought i had it in me, and he said this coming Wednesday i can do the youth lesson. I just thought i would let you know that you inspired me big time and I cant wait till next year!! See Ya Then, The Inspired

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On February 4, 2007 @ 10:12 pm Kelsie Angeletti said:

Hey Greg I was at the Dare 2 Share yuoth conference and I have decided to share my faith with a guy I know who is gay and wiccan and it is not going to be easy. He also has it big for always cussing and saying such perverted things that there aren’t appropriate for adults to hear. He said he knows he is going to Hell and he said he would burn if he is near a church. I would love it if you could give me some pointers. Oh, and I am already awaiting next year! Kelsie

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On February 4, 2007 @ 10:23 pm Jason Hughes said:

Hey Greg! I was at the youth conference in columbus, an yeh it was freezing!! 1st i would like to tell you thats its a GREAT program, filled with the love of jesus christ, and all the fellow teens. 2nd I envited my friend to go with us and he did, he accepted the lord to be his one and only god, i can now say that hes my brother in christ, and its great to know that i will see him after i die, but in a much better place. i had a GREAT time, and i plan on going next year!!! -jason Hughes-

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On February 4, 2007 @ 10:47 pm Darlene said:

hey it’s me aggain just wanted to say it was freezing outside…and we got the door slammed in our faces..and many people didn’t give us the time of day..BUT I wouldn’t trade the expierence for anything!!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 12:24 am lauren said:

hi greg. my friend hannah, and i took your telephone challenge this past weekend. i called my friend that has practiced the hindu religion all her life and whose entire family is from india and are also hindu. when i got her on the phone all i could get out of my mouth was the words " god loves you so much"… i just kept saying that over and over. it was all i could say. when i got off the phone i collasped on the floor of the lobby and just started bawling my eyes out…and a few minutes later my friend hannah was on the floor crying with me. we sat and cryed, and prayed…( she had tried calling our friend who is mormon and didn’t have any more luck than i did with her conversation)…we just felt like we failed…miserably. then finally hannah said to me " you just called a hindu….and i called a mormon…what did we expect?" ( this is where we started laughing) we’ve realized that even though we didn’t lead either of them to christ on the spot…we did do something. we didn’t do what we wanted to do in the situations we were in….but we did what god wanted us to do and that’s what matters. tomorrow we are meeting with our mormon friend to discuss both of our beliefs. hannah and myself have been studying about mormonism all day…and i think with the knowledge we have now and with god’s guidance we have to make some kind of impact on her life. and that’s what we’re hoping to do.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 1:51 am Mason said:

Heya! My name is Mason Minnick..And i was at dare2share in columbus. I took the challenge for calling a friend, and sadly mine didnt pick up. I sent him an email, that hopefully planted some kind of seed somewhere in im. Its amazing the confidence a person can get, when they are surrounded by 5000 other christians, all fighting for the same thing. Its amazing to see nearly 5000 people all praising God, ive never seen or heard of anything like it. This is a really good program, I plan on going as often as i can, and bringing as many people as i can every time!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 6:28 am Brian said:

thats pretty awesome Greg! I’m glad you all had a good time.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 7:03 am Becky said:

Greg I am glad for that conference!!!yay for people getting saved.I can’t wait until March.~Becky~

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On February 5, 2007 @ 7:54 am ashelton said:

Hey Greg! Go Colts!!! Just wanted to let you know that I had a great time with my youth group in Columbus! God did some amazing things! I wanted to let you know that I took the 48 hour challenge right away on my cell phone on Saturday night. I’m a teacher and youth director. I called up my school custodian. Him and I have some things in common. We talk about sports and guy things quite a bit. I’ve been able to make connections with him over the past couple years and knew that the time would come when I would need to share the gospel. I did it Saturday night! I was awesome to feel God’s presence throughout the whole conversation. It was a little awkward at first, but he could really tell that I was sincere. He listened and I listened. He didn’t quite go all the way, but God got him really thinking. I told him to think about it and I would get back with him at school. He really appreciated me calling and said that he needed it. I’m just so happy that you gave us the challenge! Now I want to call my dad and uncle! I’ll let you know what happens! Oh, I don’t have to go in and teach today because of the cold weather! I’ll read more of the Field Guide to Sharing Your Faith! What a great book! I bought one for all my youth! Adam Shelton

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On February 5, 2007 @ 8:38 am Laura said:

Hi Greg! I was at the dare2share confence in columbus, and it was really cold. but now its colder. Most of the schools here are closed because it’s, like, 25 below. Mind you, this is really weird for Columbus, the only time I here about "cold days" is when my cousins from Minnesota come to visit, but i’m glad there’s no school. The bad part is, I took the 48 hour challenge, and I don’t have my friends number or email, and neither do my other friends. So I kinda have to wait till tomorrow (relying on the fact that the temps will be up). But I’m keeping myself busy with your dare2share book and the starfield cd (which I love) and I’m going to tell my friend as soon as get back to school. I’m really excited about it!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 8:42 am Caitiln said:

I went to the conference in Columbus with my youth group. It was awesome! I had a great time. It was very cold!! My friends even made up a song about how cold it was. I took the 48 hour challenge and I e-mailed my grandma last night. I’m still waiting for a response. Can’t wait until next year! ‘Til next time.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 8:48 am Kyle Justice said:

Hey, its morning and school has been CLOSED here in Columbus for the cold. It’s -10 windchill outside Greg and I was going to go and tell someone about the good word of god and beat the 48 hour challenge, but every school in central ohio has been canceled! Well i’m going to strech it out another 24 hours. I went to the confrence to just for hek of it and I relly have to say it was awesome and it change how I thought about god. I just loved getting out my cell phone and telling my freind about god with the other 4,999 people. (Guessing) I was kind of really mad at security because the time that Rachel Washington came out she pointed at me twice and I tried to leave my awesome spot and get up on stage but the guy would’nt let me in! So I turned around then I saw people on the STAGE! Nice, but you now I wasn’t there for the music. I was there for god. I have some questions, you did’nt talk about video games. Are they a sin? And what does it take to be involved in the drama because I love to make serious movies and act. And while I was waiting in the front of the stage after lunch I was asking about this asian guys camera. I just love that stuff. Well I’m going to go enjoy my day off! Kyle

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On February 5, 2007 @ 8:49 am nathan maring said:

Hi Greg! I was at the conference at colombus and I had a great time. It was really cold, but I am from Michigan and right now I have snow day! The bands were great and so were your messages. I really enjoyed everything. Collecting cans was fun and I graduated from P.U! I am so glad I came. Now I can share my faith with other poeple. I love DARE2SHARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 8:51 am D2S Angel said:

Hey Greg! I was at D2S in Columbus and it was freezing! I even fell on black ice in a drivway! Thank goodness the owner of the house got home just b4 i fell. next year im going to bring as many people as i can! Maybe we will be in the arena by next year! My 2 friends are athiests and i have been trying to get to them and the one keeps shutting me out. Then my youth pastor bought all of his group your dare2share book. just started reading it. It is great so far. I’m kind of like a journalist. So anyway, i’m going to tell them about Jesus after i read your book. I need help with this. This is my first year at dare2share and im not sure how to tell someone. I know the gospel journey helps. STARFIELD ROCKS!!!! I’m looking forward to seeing you next year!! Your #1 Fan, Mandi

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On February 5, 2007 @ 8:53 am D2S Angel said:

Oops! Sorry for spelling wrong! I forgot to use spell check!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 9:08 am godloveme said:

Hey Greg! Thank you for share your gospel. It was my first time at D2S . I had so a lot fun. I will share the gospel with everyone i know. The callling a friend was hard for me but i’m so happy i did it.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 9:12 am Jim Laupp said:

Greg, such an awesome conference in Columbus despite the cold! It was my fourth time taking my youth. What was so amazing about this one was that three of them placed their faith and trust in Jesus on Friday night!!! When I had them tell the group back at where we were staying, I told the whole group that there was no drug on the face of the earth that could match the spiritual high that comes from being involved and seeing a friend come to Jesus. I am praying that each and everyone of them gets to experience that same high during the 48 hour challenge and beyond. Thanks for all you do! Jim

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On February 5, 2007 @ 9:42 am Giuliana Palazio said:

Hey Greg, this was my first year at D2S and was one of the most amazing things I have ever done in my life. It was a very eye-opening and inspirational experience. Going from door to door collecting canned goods for the poor really moved me and made me appreciate my life. The most impactful thing may have been the drama on friday night. I don’t like to cry in public, (I got that from my Dad) but I was straight out bawling during that performance. I realized how much I needed to change and that I was only a Sunday morning Christian. I was setting a bad example for my peers and most importantly my little sister. I am determined to completely change my life and refocus it on Jesus. I am excited to start my new life and this "Jesus high" will last forever this time. I also got your Dare to Share book and I just can’t put it down. I am almost done with it! I plan on taking it everywhere with me now! (Along with my Bible!) This way I can always have it handy when I am trying to spread the word with my own Tara the typical or Marty the Mormon! I also wanted to tell you about my friend Julie. Julie has never been a religious person and is basically on a really bad path in life. I have tried to talk to her about Jesus numerous times, but before D2S, never really took it serious or realized how much was at stake. When we took the cell phone challenge on Saturday, I had the number ready on my phone to press Talk and connect the call. When you said the prayer and ended with Amen, nervously I sat there listening to it ringing once, twice, three, and four times. Then I heard her voicemail come on and the beep directing me to start my message. I immediately knew that I wanted to tell her about the gospel right then and there on the voicemail. Then, when she called back, I would explain it further in more detail. So, I took about two minutes to tell her about everything I could. The condensed version of course! Well, the next day, Julie called me back basically laughing at me and my attempt. "You know I don’t take that stuff seriously!" She said laughing. A few months ago, when our friend Amanda got saved at a 9/11 service, Julie laughed the whole time thinking it was stupid. Well, despite my frustrations, I told her that I would pray for her and if she ever wanted to talk about heaven and hell and anything else, I would most definitely be there. I plan to pray for Julie everyday and continue trying to discuss bring it up with her. I don’t think I was unsuccessful in my attemp. Because I truely think I planted the seed in her. I hope that she will one day accept Jesus as her Savior and be saved! Thank you for all the training and dedication you put into your work! God bless! Giuliana -Burlington Baptist Church

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On February 5, 2007 @ 9:50 am Emily3basketball said:

Hey greg, I was there, but i from michigan so i’m pretty use to the cold. My youth group collected a lot of can goods but never got a chance to share the good news of Jesus. but i did learn how to share my faith. this was my first time at a d2s and i loved it. That drama really hit home to me and although i had already put my faith in Christ i realized how much better i could and should be. The phone call was hard but i am soo glad i made it. I had a great time and you are a amazing speaker and preacher!!! p.s GO COLTS!!!!!! thanks for everything, Emily

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On February 5, 2007 @ 10:12 am Sarah said:

Hi Greg! I was at D2S in Columbus and it was really cold. Our church is from Portsmouth and its been a pretty mild winter until last thursday. I took the 48 hour challenge, but we didn’t have school today. So I sent a mass email to my friends who aren’t saved telling them about what we did and even spelled out G.O.S.P.E.L. I asked them to think about it, and some of them will probably laugh at me.But hey, then I’ll sort of graduate from P.U.!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 10:23 am Chris LeRoy said:

All, Praise be to God. This was an awesome conference. I am a youth pastor at Plain City UMC and cannot begin to tell you how the Dare2Share ministry has affected the young people in our group. A few weeks ago we had seven members in our group get up during worship and they gave their testimonies and told of their love for God. They will not be kept silent. At this Sunday’s worship, one of our youth told of the conference and the 48-hour challenge. They had a 48-hour challenge success over the cell phone on Saturday evening!!!! We also had six graduates from PU. We had a graduation ceremony for them and had last years graduate’s hand out their PU graduate badges. Keep up the good work and let’s help God create more barbarians (An excellent read "The Barbarian Way" by Erwin Raphael McManus). Grace and peace —- Chris

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On February 5, 2007 @ 10:32 am amber egelston said:

the challenge you gave us to call someone.. i called my sister. shes 16 and just got her license like 3 weeks ago. i called her and two hours before that she got into a car crash. she doesn’t no god and i am trying really hard to make her care and no.. shes close i am going to keep trying my best

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On February 5, 2007 @ 10:36 am Victoria said:

Hey Greg! D2S was probably the most moving thing I have ever done in my entire life. Nearly all of Friday’s session I was bawling my eyes out because I was so moved! I think what hit me the most was right after the drama when you told all of the youth leaders to stand in the isleways and pray out loud. Then, all of the sudden, you were engulfed wth hundreds of prayers being echoed throughout the massive room. Have you ever seen Bruce Almighty, like the parts when Bruce hears tons of prayers being said at once? That is exactly what it felt like. Hearing all those prayers being said for the teens there was so overwhelming. And the countdown for next year began the second after D2S ended! Praise Jesus!!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 10:52 am Kelsey Garmon said:

Hey Greg! I was at Dare 2 Share in Columbus! I just want to say that I had a blast and can’t wait until next year! On Saturday afternoon, the first 2 houses I went to, I got the door shut in my face. At the next house the closed their blinds before we got to the porch, but finally at the fourth house they gave us an 18- pack of Easy Mac and I shared the G-O-S-P-E-L method from memory and the homeowner accepted Christ that very day! I also took your cell phone challenge and my friends Ethan, Toby, and I called our friend Chris and he to re-accepted Jesus Christ! On Sunday, although I was SUPER tired, I went into work. I had forgotten to cut off my orange pass from my wrist. My boss asked me what it was and to cut it off. When I told her what it was, I worked it into a conversation abou my faith and how she too could accept Jesus Christ into her heart as her Lord and Savior. My boss gave me a hug and accepted Jesus! This was the scariest moment for me because, if you can only imagine what its like for a 16 year old, 5′3", 110 lbs girl to talk to a 40 yr old, almost 6 foot woman to tell her about my faith. I was shakingand almost scared I was going to lose my job! But, I did it and I am so glad that I did! I would have never done this if it wasnt for what Dare 2 Share has taught me! Again I can’t wait until next years conference! In Jesus’s Name, Kelsey P.S. My youth pastor, Eric George, mentioned your dream of having over 10,000 in Nationwide Arena in the near future. I think that would be just amazing!!!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 10:54 am Kayla Burney said:

I went to the dare2share conference, and it completely changed my life.Now I want to tell everyone about Jesus.I am a very shy person,so it is going to take faith and courage for me to tell others about Christ, but I am going to do that. It made me cry to think, my bestfriend would be going to hell. She believes God made the animals, and they evolved into something else. I really do not know how I am going to bring up Jesus in our conversation. On Sunday night our pastor did not even get to his sermon because we were speaking in tounges, and praising God.It was awesome!!!! This was my first year at d2s, but I can not wait to come back. I am reading that book on how to share your faith, and so far it is really good. On Friday night we drove back to Heath and had a lockin at our church.We stayed up till like 4 or 5 in the morning talking about how we felt about d2s, and how it opened our eyes. I could not stop crying, as I was talking about how it hit me like a brick, that my friends are going to hell if I don’t do anything about it. I think it is going to be easy in my school to tell people about Jesus because everyone at my school respects me. I remember one time when a girl walked up to me and slapped me in the face, all I did was walk away and did not say anything. So when people make fun of me or try to get in a fight with me I just walk away. I was born with Cystic Fibrosis, which is a common heredity lung disease. I am so glad that God has gave me healthy lungs, and a chance that I can show people I can do it. I am blessed to know that when I was still a sinner, Christ died for me. God bless you, and your ministries. Thanks Greg!!!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 11:03 am Felissa said:

Greg~ I was in Columbus at Dare 2 Share this weekend and I just wanted to say that it was awesome and thank you so much. Yes, I took the cell phone challenge with a friend named Payton. I’m not quite sure how she responded. I tried to explain what I was saying in the best way I could, but she seemed a little nervous on the topic because she kept on trying to change the subject. I’m trying the 48-hour challenge on her and when I tried to call her last night, she didn’t answer… I don’t know if I scared her away or what? Please give me some more advice because I think she is just shrugging me off. I don’t want to freak her out by getting all "What if you go to hell" on her (not because I am afraid for my social status, but because I want her saved) but I really want to get through to Payton. Please pray for me to have the right words! Also, I’ve been checking out the dare 2 Share website and I saw something about when you tell other people about God that you should use a "Before and After" thing about how you were before Jesus and after Jesus. Well, I’ve been a Christian since I was little now and I don’t really know what life would be like if I weren’t so I don’t know how Jesus really changed my life much. Does that make sense? Any suggestions? -Felissa-

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On February 5, 2007 @ 11:19 am Andrea said:

Hey Greg, Our youth group really liked the skit on Friday night, the one with Jordan and Christa and judgement day. We were wondering if there was a way to get the script so we could use it for an outreach event? During that skit 2 teens from our group accepted Christ! Thanks!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 11:29 am Katrina said:

Greg i was at columbus for Dare2Share it was my first year i was with KC Carrols youth group she had given her testimony on stage but i just wanted to tell you that you are doing an amazing work and that that drama helped me to lay something verry big down on the altar it helped me to give this burden over to God to ask for His way and not my own.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 11:29 am victor said:

Hey Greg, thanks for the awesome experience this past weekend, because of what D2S did, I was inspired to share the good news with my girlfriend. She hasn’t replied yet, but can you do me a favor? I know you are busy and have thousands of comments…but could you spare one prayer for us?

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On February 5, 2007 @ 11:29 am Brittany said:

Hey, Dare2Share was an awesome experience for me and my youth group, thanks! I have 2 stories to share: Chelsea: I called her on the phone call challenge and left her message. I told her that Jesus loves her and that I would love if she started coming to church with me. I told her that I was sorry I hadn’t told her about Jesus much. I tried calling her back because she wasn’t at church on Sunday and we didn’t have school today (monday, because it is FREEZING!) but she won’t answer. I wonder if she is sleeping or if I am graduating from PU. Stephanie: She grew up Wiccan but I think she was more agnostic than anything else. I was in a play with her at school last year, where I heard her tell her beliefs to people back stage. She said that she didn’t believe in anything really, she was too young to have to make a choice. I got so sad for her and began praying for her. But I felt like God was saying, "do more than just pray, show her My love." Steph has been through some tough times in her life this year and several times I have supplied her with encouraging verses and letters telling her that I didn’t understand what she was going though but my Jesus does. Then I decided to invite her to Dare2Share- and she accepted. Once there she got to see the Gospel illyustrated for her and she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior. She didn’t just say a pray either, she is totally changed. Praise God! Oh, also I guess I could tell you my own story of who I am going to be from my experience this weekend (it’s pretty simple): I’m a fire, I’m a flood, I’m a revolution.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 11:34 am Josiah Sapp said:

Hey Greg- The conference in Columbus was amazing!!!! It changed my life and the way i can spred the good news of Jesus christ to my freinds and family. Well i have a story for you. First off, when you gave us the challenge to call the freinds that were praying for , i thought that i didnt have anyone to call. But God but one freind’s name into my mind an my heart. I thought that i was just being paranoid about her because she has been doing some things that she shouldn’t. But the more that i tried to not think about, the more God placed on my heart to call her. So i did but she wasn’t there. But i did leave like a 3 minute message of me telling the good news. I think that she might be a poser, like she says that she is saved but acts a different way on her myspace. That was the first part!!! The second part is me and my freind were driving home and we were really close to my house when we hit a sheet of ice on the road. We slide all over the place and went offf the road and into a ditch. We just barely missed a drainage hole by like inches. The hole was about 9 feet deep by 11 feet wide!!!! Its only by God’s grace that we missed it. The damage isn’t the worst and we are both fine. It was just crazy how my soul could have very well been taken to heaven that night. It just showed me that that kind of thing can happen to anyone. Welp that’s it Greg i was changed by your message through the entire weekend and cant wait till next year. Till everyone has heard the good news -Your brother in christ Josiah

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On February 5, 2007 @ 11:42 am Holly said:

Greg, I just wanted to say that the entire Dare @ Share conference was sooo amazing! I’ve grown up going to church, but not once did I actually take my faith seriously! After this weekend I am on Fire!! I never knew i could feel this way about my faith! Also i did take the cell phone challenge, i called my best friend heather! she probably thought i was crazy, but i don’t care she needed to know that i didn’t want her to go to hell. I was so nervous i thought i was gonna be sick, but it was totally woth it! Thanks for challenging me, i needed a wake-up call badly!! oh and just so you know most of central ohio didn’t have school today because it’s sooooo COLD! Thanks again, Holly P.S. next year you should definitely have Starfield back, they were absolutely amazing! just a suggestion!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 11:47 am Bekah S said:

hey greg, im a freshman from the dayton area. on friday night my youth group watched the skit and i could tell that everyone was taking as much of it in as possible. after the skit we surrounded our youth pastor and prayed for a little while. i kinda split off from them and was praying on my own. i didn’t realize it then but i had tears running down my face. God was really speaking to me and i really needed it. Lately i have been getting farther and farther away from him and i needed something to pull me back in. God was really tugging at my heart and i fell to my knees. I can’t imagine standing before God and seeing everything i have ever done wrong. i was then embraced by 3 of my closest friends and i thank God that i have them. On Dare2Share, i felt like God gave me a wake up call. I need to take care of myself but i also need to go after others. God showed me that. Also, i have been praying about what God wants me to do with my life and somehow he has placed in my heart a youth pastor. I don’t know why and i don’t know if it will change or not but this weekend i heard that over and over and seeing all the youth leaders stand up at the convention was a big push. I thank God that my youth pastor has been there for me and he has been my tutor as a leader and eventually i think he will be my tutor for a youth pastor. God has blessed me…and dare2share has blessed me to… Thanks for everything you have done, Bekah

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On February 5, 2007 @ 12:22 pm I <3 Starfield said:

Hey Greg, I was at the conference and I’m just about to call some of my friends right now and tell the good news. Be praying for me and my friends as we try to go to school and tell kids about Jesus. Thanks for the great sermons at dare 2 share!!!!!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 1:03 pm brittany said:

It sure was cold we had 11 kids with us 14 people with the youth leaders and me and my friend Erica went to nine houses in a row. We’re both track runners and we ran and ran. We got to one house and we walked up to the porch and knocked and we asked if he had any canned foods and he said "i dont have much but here" and then we said said do you have any prayer request he said "yes i have many….My father is very sick with Lagarats Disease(sp.) and me and my wife are trying to support a family on 2 part time jobs. So we told him that we would pray for him. In church on Sunday Erica and I got up on stage and She told the story and for the first time ever i prayed out loud for that man in front of the whole congregation of 200 people. This has been my biggest fear for a while and i am glad to have faced it. GOD BLESS YOU `*~BRITTANY~*

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On February 5, 2007 @ 1:10 pm brittany said:

hey Greg its me angain i would also like to ask if you could pray for this man too

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On February 5, 2007 @ 1:14 pm Jeff Carl said:

Hey Greg. I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciated your messages throughout the conference. I was with my youth group from Corning, NY, and we all had an awesome time. This year was my second year going, and it was definitely different for me. Last year, when we went into the city, I was all nerves and fear, and it was really hard for me, mostly because that is not my preferred style of witnessing. This year, however, I grasped the concept that the "now isn’t important" in a completely new way. Eternity is what’s important. I lay down my fears and my pride, and I just went for it. It was amazing, and I felt so much better than I did last year about going door-to-door. You see, when you were talking about the three different "styles" of witnessing, I am definitely the "loving and compassionate" kind, so going to people I don’t know and "imposing" on them is not me, but it was wonderful. My fears didn’t exist. Secondly, last year, I took the 48 hour challenge, but I didn’t follow through with it. This year, when you brought up the challenge, I hesitated for a moment, knowing that I didn’t want to fail again and let down God, but I decided to accept. Then, you presented the whole cell-phone thing, and I was like……… "oh…..ok." So I did it and left a really long message on my friend’s cell-phone. She later sent me message back saying that my message made her cry, so I know that I planted a seed. The feeling I have is irreplaceable. Anyways, all that to say that you guys did another awesome conference, or should I say that God put on an awesome conference. Thank you for everything. -Jeff Carl

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On February 5, 2007 @ 2:04 pm elaina said:

hey greg my freinds and i were some of that 5000 and we had a blast!!! my friend emily got saved and so did a few others although my youthgroupe and i would have preferd to go to the DARE-2-SHARE in phenix we still loved it alot of the youthgroup i am in including me took the 48 hour chalenge and i called my friends Kayla and Tequila and now they are asking for advice on how to share their faith with a witch i was so toched @ DARE-2-SHARE i cant wait to start sharing my faith with my friends @ school!!!! the memories i made there are unforget able ttfn

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On February 5, 2007 @ 2:41 pm Courtney said:

Hey Greg, D2S was absolutely amazing once again this yr. isn’t God awesome!? our youth group opted out of going door to door collecting canned goods, mainly because we had such a large group, and using a charter bus, which obviously might have been a lil difficult to use as a rolling heater up and down the streets….. and while sending out only a few at a time, the rest of us would just be sitting. so we went to a near by mall. while there we were able to share Christ’s love with others in a different kind of sacrifice/service. some of us helped clean by pickin up trash, some just stood by the doors and helped open them for shopper’s coming in and out, and some of us just brightened people’s days with an encouraging word. my girls and i went around the mall, just the 3 of us, and were able to talk to 2 people about D2S, what we were learning, why we were there, etc. it was amazing to see how God can use a simple action so common, as going to the mall to help share about our faith. God is good. =] as far as the 48 hour challenge, i work with the young lady God has had on my mind all weekend, tomorrow night, so hopefully he’ll open doors for conversation while on the shift….. and i thought the cell phone challenge was a great way to really challenge the students and push them to do it now….. God Bless you and your ministry, i’m praying for you all.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 2:47 pm Dawn said:

When you told us to call our friends during the conference saturday it really surprised me. this was first year going and i had no clue what to expect. but i was just so excited to call my friend and tell him, i had talked to him before but i don’t think i really got through when i talked to him before i was new to christianity and i didn’t know how to approach him. when i talked to him before he told me he couldn’t just believe in one God that it wasn’t for him. he has been looking into wicca for sometime now and he’s really been sticking to that. so i’m not sure how to convice him that God loves him even though he is gay and everything i ujsut don’t kow what to do. but i loved the conferenceit touched me so much and made me relize that i wasn’t as faithful as i should be. i can’t wait til next year thank you

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On February 5, 2007 @ 2:57 pm Steve Mansfield said:

Greg, We got back from D2S Columbus at 2am in Philly! It was like driving through Siberia on the PA turnpike, but man it was sooo worth it!!!! My teens and I had an unbelievable time, and enjoyed every minute of the conference. The Drama was amazing, the music, and espeically the way you connected to the hearts of many of my teens. If you do remember, I was the Youth Pastor with the big guy down in front on Friday who kept Amening you, the Nebraska fan and evangelist Fred. We were even just messing around with our camera out in the lobby of of the convention center doing the Evangelism Linebacker thing, and some lady came and screamed at us for horsing around. It was priceless! But man, I want to thank you for impacting my teens, and most of all myself. I think I took just as much out of it as they did. I got a chance to honestly evaluate what we do in or ministry and how evangelism needs to be the forfront of everything we do. I can’t wait to plug in all the stuff I learned this weekend bro, thanks so much and God Bless! My kids absolutely loved the conference and the way you connected with them….. Steve Mansfield Student Pastor, FBC Aston PA

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On February 5, 2007 @ 2:57 pm dustin said:

Greg d2s was awesome i had so much fun and learned so much. I took the 48 hour challenge and the mourning we were leaving to go home I was in the breakfast corner of the hotel lobby. There where two guys sitting and talking about god and if he was real or not and so I went over and introduced my self and helped explain to them that there is only one way to god . I Don’t know if they decided to put there trust in god or not but your training really helped me share the gospel-Dustin

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On February 5, 2007 @ 3:05 pm Lauren said:

First off, this year was my fourth year to D2S. It never ceases to impress me. Thank you for your ministry. This year my 48-hour challenge had an added bonus. Saturday night I called my friend Kate. I had to leave a message, but I told her I would call her tomorrow. Well, we made plans to go to breakfast before school today (Monday), but school was canceled. It worked better for me because we had more time to talk over lunch. I just started talking about the conference with her. She was really receptive to what I had to say. She is what you would call a "typical". She goes to church, but she doesn’t really like it. She understood what I had to say and has agreed to come to youth group with me. We are starting the GOSPEL Journey series this coming Sunday and I hope she takes a lot from it. My added bonus: During our half-time at our super bowl party, we watched the intro to the GOSPEL Journey. As soon as that was over, my friend text me. I took the opportunity and asked him if he would come to youth group with me. He said he wasn’t into religion. I told him that it wasn’t about religion and that I was excited to share about a relationship with him. He wants to talk. I am praying that I will be able to convince him to come and that God will move in Him. He needs Christ to fill so much darkness in his life. Thank you Greg and your staff for everything you do for teens. It has definitely made a difference in my life.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 3:12 pm Anna Houben said:

It was definitely cold enough for people to not open their doors, or if they did, for a very short, unwillingly amount of time. Between 6 of us we got a grand total of 2 cans and didn’t seem to get anywhere with the gospel. It’s just remind me that not every day is going to be grand or what you might think as successful. But God is there with us through it all, calls us to get back up again, and rewards us in the end. I want so bad to hear the words, "Well done, good and faithful servant." ~Anna Houben~ P.S. – My friend was wondering if on the Gospel Journey, when you were talking about giving your wiccan neighbor back her ferret- Was the ferrets name Pickle? She really wants to know, …because she thought at first that you just gave the lady a pickle, which would be one of the most random things ever.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 3:23 pm switchfootrocks said:

Hey Greg! I was at the youth conference in columbus, an yeh it was freezing!! i would like to tell you thats its a GREAT program, filled with the love of jesus christ, and all the fellow teens. i had a GREAT time, and i plan on going next year!!! i do think u need to get a bigger named band. i have nothing against superchic[k] and i did have a lot of fun even though i didn’t know any of there songs. u should try to get switchfoot to come on tour with u guys next year that would be so asome other people think u should 2. switchfoot lover from columbus

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On February 5, 2007 @ 3:37 pm godluvsme said:

Hey Greg, I went to the Columbus tour too!! I really loved walking around the neighborhood. There was this guy who told us about his church and gave us food and we talked to him a little bit. We asked him if he had any prayer requests and he had 2. There was a death in his family and a friend of his just had a heart transplant. So we wrote them down on a paper and asked him if he would like to pray with us. He stepped outside in the freezing cold weather and he prayed with us and when were done praying, it looked as if he had some tears. It really made me feel good that he did that because he was the only one who had any prayer requests and the only one who prayed with us. I can’t believe we got 9 tons of food!!! I agree with "Switchfoot lover from Columbus" that you should got some other well known bands. I LOVED Starfield, and Superchick was good, but I only know like 2 songs. I think Switchfoot would be good, or Kutless!!!!!!!! I love the program, and will be coming back next year!! But keep Starfield!!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 3:44 pm Josh Palmer said:

Dear Greg, We joined the conference this past weekend in Columbus. There were 28 of us, and we left on fire for God and ready in impact our city of Indianapolis. In Columbus, we stopped for snacks at Wal-Mart and during our shopping our teens won two people to Christ. There they were 14 & 15 year old teens praying in the aisles of Wal-Mart with middle age people. I am so proud of them and I want to thank you again for such an awesome ministry. Josh P.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 3:45 pm Jessica Norvell said:

Hey Greg, i was @ the Dare 2 Share conference in colubus(this year and last) and this year was a whole lot better. every1 is sayin that Starfield is goin 2 become big, but i already think they r. oh and by the way can u please thank Starfield and Rachel w. and if u can Superchick for inspiring me, and my friend kels and dez. Cause after seeing starfeild and Rachel last year we just loved it, but after seeing them this year and then superchick, it hit us like a rock, all of them started out like, we did, as normal people, and we realized that in a couple years we could be performing at these big christian tours, sharing Gods word like they r doin right now. Who Knows mayb in a couple years we’ll be touring with Dare 2 Share. You probably already know where im takin this, but ill say it anyway we are starting our own band. C ive always wanted to b in a band, because GOD gave me this amazing voice, and i want 2 share it with the world. And this is what he wants me 2 do. We will b known as The Rev’z short for Revolution. We have five people in our group. 3 gurls and 2 guys. My friend dez is playin keyboard she is 15 , kels is playin Bass Guitar she is 15 , my 2 cousins, Z is playin drums hes 12, Brad is playin electris guitar hes 9, and i am the lead singer and im 13. c Z and Brads father was killed by a drunk driver October 2, 2006 and he was the lead singer of the hard rock christian band Hammertown. Jason was the best man i ever knew besides God and he wanted them to live their dream. and their dream was to become a group like their father, and carry on his legend. and i plan 2 help them fullfill that dream. my uncle is the person that inspired me the most. ive been singing since i was a baby and i grew up watching and listening to my uncle Jasons performances. hes also inspired me 2 write poems that i have turned into songs that we will b performing. After my uncles death, i begged GOD 2 just take me, cause i thought i couldnt go on. But then on October 26, 2006 my grandfather passed away, and after that i thought that i was goin crazy. But then i started 2 get use to the fact that i couldnt force. so i put my faith in God and i got through it. But God had a plan. he new that my uncles death would change someone in my families life forever. and he wasnt done, there was someone who didnt quit get it, so thats when he let my grandpa go, he was a preacher. God had a plan that if a middle aged mans death wouldnt change anything, and if an older mans death woulnt change anything, that the death of a new born baby might change something. i had a newborn baby cousin that died 3-4 days after he was born. he was perfectly heathly after bein born 3 months early. but they found a bubble in his brain, he went into a colma, and they pronounced him brain dead. so they let him go. i think my cousin, the father of that baby, a nephew of my uncle, and a friend of my grampa had his life changed, knowing that the only way he will c them again is through christ. and i hope that someday he will learn GODS word and live for him. Sorry so long, whenever i get started it takes forever for me 2 stop, cause i want people 2 know that there are not alone. Well Thanks for listenin. And ill give u a headsup on how the band is doin , and please dont forget 2 thank Starfield, Rachel, and Superchick, for inspiring us. Jessica

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On February 5, 2007 @ 3:48 pm Jessica Norvell said:

oh yeah i went with my youth group (faith on fire) and we are from Wellston,Ohio.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 3:52 pm kristina jones said:

hey Greg i went to Dare to Share this year it was my very first year of going!! Well i took the 48 hour test and it waas pretty good and i had so much fun!! I love Starfield its so amazing and the plays were so real and it was a fun experence!! Thanks to you and everyone at dare to share they helped me learn more about Jesus and what I have to do to be excepted into heaven!!! Thank you so much for everything and the GOSPEL was a very good movie!!!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 4:00 pm Katie said:

Cant wait for Friday! cuz im goin! if anyone wants to read my testimony to God, e-mail me at imasmarteronekt@hotmail.com and type in testimony and i’ll try and send it to u, cuz i want the world to know of wen i gave my life to Christ! bye! kt

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On February 5, 2007 @ 4:10 pm Tyler said:

Greg,

I am an assistant youth leader, and I have felt the calling of the Lord to become a missionary for about a year now. I was afraid to say anything because I am already half way through college to become a teacher. I was so afraid because I am the least likely person that anyone would think of to be a missionary, i.e. I am not outgoing and I keep to myself a lot. To be quite honest I was upset for a while and I absolutely did not want to accept this calling, but after a year of praying, I could not take holding in my thoughts any longer so I told my youth pastor. He was extremely happy and he rejoiced with me.I still have not told my parents but I know they will be extremely happy. I just want you to know that durring the conference I felt the conviction of the Holy Spirit on my life and this is why I am not running form the calling that God has on my life. Thank you very much for listening to the Lord and for doing what you do. Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 4:26 pm Sarah said:

Hey Greg!! I had never been to Dar2Share before Gameday and I just thought you were one of the best speakers I had ever heard. You’re so funny. Anyway, I did take the 48 hour challenge and the cell phone challenge. I called one of my close guy friends and he was busy at our local YMCA dance and couldn’t talk. I called him back and he was glad I had prayed for him and he was happy I worry for his spiritual future. I was happy to know he wasn’t mad or would still talk to me and such!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 5:04 pm lisa said:

Just wanted to say that my husband wanted to call a guy from work that night but didn’t have his number in his phone. He ended up calling another guy from work and shared the GOSPEL with him. My husband got a call Sunday morning telling him the guy that he wanted to call but didn’t have his phone number, committed suicide. Please pray for my husband who feels that he should have made a better effort to get ahold of him so he could share the gospel. Please pray for the co-workers family to deal with this tragedy.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 6:03 pm Bekah B said:

Hey Greg, Dare 2 Share was AWESOME!!! Now i feel so comfortable talking to people now about Christ! Our youth group is from Northeast PA. We all enjoyed it actually. When we went door to door my friend Shannon and I got to talk to like a 14 year old about Christ for about 20 minutes. We got her name adress etc because she wanted a Bible!! It was sooo awesome Greg. But Saturday we had to leave and go home because of the weather. we all prayed about it and it seemed that God wanted us to go home from the weather. we did but on the way back we stopped at Bob Evans and we were all just so pumped up to talk about Christ to people. We had 2 waitresses and showed out Christian faces! At the end we sang them a song and at the end of the song it was the message of Christ. You never know that they could of got saved that night. Thank you soooo much i really loved it and CANT WAIT until next year!!! God bless you! ~Bekah~

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On February 5, 2007 @ 6:26 pm Ciara Newsome said:

Hey Greg. I was at the chilly D2S in Columbus. This was my 2nd year and i wasn’t disappointed!! i know it is a lot of hard work to pull off the program a smoothly as you did. i’d like to thank you and all the "guys in the back" right before we went to collect goods the youth group i’m in sat back there by them. i think they have everything timed to a second. i think the D2S organization is a wonderful ministry. i can see myself doing something similar in the future. i have always had the desire to travel. and i’ve always wanted to help people and reach out. this weekend it just hit me that something like D2S would be an excellent job. Travel and win souls to Christ! I had a wonderful time and i can’t wait until next year! I just wanted you to know that you (an Jose) have very unique gifts from God. You’ve touched many hearts! Keep up the amazing work! God Bless!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 6:27 pm Jared said:

Hey Greg, I was at Dare2Share this past weekend. I tried to call my friend on his cellphone and it was out of service, i tried another friend and his was out of service too. I kept trying with no luck, I was very discouraged so i just prayed the rest of that night. Last night I got a chance i never expected to witness to another friend. I explained how my life was changed this past weekend and everything God showed me. I asked her if she believed in God. I listened to what she had to say. She told me that she is an atheist and she thinks that if there was a God he must be cruel cause he allowed her cousin to commit suicide and she had this whole list of things. I told her that I don’t have all the answers, all I know is that God has a purpose for everything and he takes care of His own. I asked her if she had ever considered that God does exist, she said she refuses to believe. I didn’t push, cause she was definitely not listening. She called me narrowminded and everything else. I just left her with a question to think about and a comment. I simply asked, her, "what if you’re wrong?". and then i told her i would pray for her, then i said "I hope that someday, you too will hold the hand that holds the world". Then i went to bed. I don’t know what will happen next, but the seed has definitely been planted. Thanks so much for your testimony and encouragement to us all!!! God bless. -Jared-

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On February 5, 2007 @ 6:51 pm Jodi Warner said:

So I went to dare to share with my girls small group and wow!!! It left me speechless…I am a pastor’s daughter and I don’t have an amazing testimony. I have been to a lot of youth camps, retreats, and over night flings with my church but none compare to dare to share. (ha that ryhmed) Anyways unlike the other things dare to share focused on witnessing and living a better christian life! Let me tell you its exactly what I needed just at the right time!!! My best friend got saved the first night…6 months of prayer totally payed off! Incredible! I took the 48 hour challenge and I ended up with a pretty amazing story…here goes nothing. I called my friend in that 4 mins and I got her voice mail. I left her a pretty intense message and she wasted no time in calling me back. However, she was in the movies. She called me that next day right after I got out of church…I didn’t get to talk to her for a long time but I sort of summed up what I was dying to talk to her about. That afternoon my phone wasn’t working so I emailed her a message about how I was fearful of her relationship with Jesus christ. I told her I thought my relationship with the big guy was alright and I had a true eye opener at d2s. Using details from what I was feeling…and things I was going to change for God I created a pretty good email (So I thought). I also explained how I wanted both of us to be ready for heaven and I loved her too much not to tell her. About 20 mins later I got the phone call. A little defense she told me that she knew she was a christian because she had asked God to be in her heart. She didn’t understand when I explained that you actually had to LIVE for God. I used scripture and my notes to persuade her but she was too stubborn. She ended up saying well I don’t want to be a christian that lives to die…so I guess im doomed for Hell. IT BROKE MY HEART! but I was not about to back down. I sort of debated her in a Loving way of course, and she ended the conversation with "jodi don’t worry im so far away from dying its not even funny" and I didn’t laugh ONE BIT! Totally ticked off I tried being a good loving friend and conveincing her she was wrong…but she had to go. After the conversation I prayed God would some how show her that she needs him and that Heaven isn’t really that far out of the picture. About 20 mins later I got a cal from my friend that got saved at D2S and she told me that the friend I talked to about God got in a car wreck! It wasn’t serious but it surley wasn’t good. I had instant chills thinking wow God works quickly!!! I had just prayed for her to get an eyewakener and realize how much she needs to be thinking about Heaven…GOD IS SO INTENSE!!! It made me all the more realize how I need to put my full trust in God…right when I was getting discouraged he pulled out another trick! I love him. I say all of that to say people don’t get discouraged! When things don’t go the right way…brush it off and think okay its going to be a little tougher but hey when it happens its going to be all the more awesome!!! God is working ) My friend called me today and said she wanted to rethink things…she realizes that maybe she needs to change a lot of things in her life!!! Thanks Greg…You have helped change my life in amazing ways!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 7:15 pm Hannah said:

Hey Greg! I want to think you for allowing God to use you in such amazing way. All of my life I have striven to live for God. I left my Christian school to go to a public one to witness. Even though that was my goal, I never really talked about my beliefs. I thought I could just try to live and love like Jesus, but that is not enough. Your challenges this past weekend gave me the courage to talk to my friend who desperately needs Jesus. I was pretty nervous before I started talking to her. But I soon realized that she was receptive and eager to know about God’s amazing love. I shared with her the gospel thing and also told her how much Jesus has impacted my life. All I can say is that our God is absolutely amazing!! Thanks again for using your spiritual gifts to help change thousands of lives! *Hannah*

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On February 5, 2007 @ 7:18 pm Derek Gooley said:

Hey Greg, and all other Christians reading this.

I’m attempting to share the Gospel with a close friend of mine that I have been concerned about for a very long time. Her mother killed herself almost 3 years ago, and since then has been very indifferent about faith. I would appreciate prayer from anyone who reads this, and I will be praying for all the other kids from D2S who are working in the name of Jesus Christ. The cell phone challenge was the most amazing and inspiring thing I have seen in a long time. Hearing the collage of voices spreading the Gospel and then seeing the mass of people leaving the room to go to the hallway was really moving. Wonderful idea, whoever thought of that.

-Derek Gooley of Beavercreek, Ohio – Your brother in Christ

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On February 5, 2007 @ 7:20 pm Colton Detty said:

hey Greg i was at the conference in columbus and i loved it i could just feel the energy of the lord flowing though the place. i couldnt afford anything up there but i loved it all the same….i would have liked to have had rachel washington’s cd and the other band i cant remember their name but ill just have to find another way to get them. but i really loved the conference and i will be there again next year god bless Colton Detty

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On February 5, 2007 @ 7:39 pm Sarah Sleppy said:

Hey Greg! I was at the conference this weekend in Columbus! It was my first D2S and wow… I was blown away! One thing that has really stuck with me is you talking about Myspaces and such and whether they reflect our love for Jesus. Well I wrote a blog in both my Myspace and Facebook and have so far shared the GOSPEL with one person who I never thought Id be able to share it with and am in the process of sharing it with 6 other people! All teens about my age (& I’m 18 so my age group is not an easy one!) I wasn’t even aware of the 48 hour challenge because I had a play to perform in Saturday night. I was so moved and compelled by the conference though I prayed and just felt the need to share! Also, your book has helped immensly and I just can’t seem to put it down! I’ll be praying for the safety and success of the conference as it continues to travel! God Bless! Oh! Also, I act a lot and the drama Friday night was so awesome. I have a bit of a weird request though. Would it be possible at all to maybe get a script of that? A theater ministry has been something on my heart for a while and the drama just hit so close to home. I myself have been struggling with bulemia and an overall self image. I saw myself in the girl on stage. So much so I re-dedicated and was bauling like a baby. So if that would be possible at all that would be so awesome! Thanks so much! -Sarah

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On February 5, 2007 @ 7:41 pm Jenni said:

Yes.. COLD in C-BUS but that didn’t stop our youth from getting the job done! We had two 15 passenger vans loaded with kids who couldn’t stay in the vans!! They were so on fire for God that they were warm even in the 20 below temps!! I had to make them get back in the van and get warm so their parents wouldn’t hurt me when we got back! I am a leader and was so proud that my students did the 48 cell phone challenge!! I did it too and found it difficult yet amazing! I didn’t get true results that I wanted.. but I planted a seed and that is a start!!! Praise God! As a leader I was inspired and challenged myself! Thank your for not only sowing into the thousands of teenagers but the leaders as well! You are doing amazing things and I can not wait until next year!! Many blessings to you!!!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 8:07 pm John said:

Greg- I went to Dare2Share in Columbus. Despite the cold it was awesome. I enjoyed going around to houses and sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. Although, all of those we visited that day were Christians we still talked to them about their faith and tried to apply the G.O.S.P.E.L. into the conversation. The weekend was the most uplifting thing I have participated in my whole life. My youth group really grew as a whole and we all learned what we really needed to do to get our friends to come to Jesus. Thank you so much for all you do and I can’t wait until next year! -John, Grove City United Methodist Church

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On February 5, 2007 @ 8:21 pm Rebecca Brown said:

Wow, 60+ comments, Greg. You’re popular. ;D I don’t get that many comments on my blog. Lol. Anyway, I just want to say that you did a awesome job! I hope God blesses you for all your hard work efforts! This was my second year to D2S, so I was pretty stoked about it and I knew what to expect. I dragged along a friend who had no clue what was going to happen, lol. She enjoyed it a lot, and since she was a new christian, this really helped her. After D2S, I decided to witness to my internet friend. Since I don’t go to school (homeschooled) or any other public activity, I didn’t have anyone that I could really witness to in person. But I have felt a burden for my online friend for awhile, so I figured it was the Lord. So talking to her online through Yahoo IM, I used many techiques you taught us and shared the gospel message. She didn’t reject or accept, for she said that she would think about it for my sake. Although I didn’t lead her to Christ completely (That’s the Lord’s job anyway, right?) I think I at least planted/watered a seed in her soul. I got to share the gospel with my other Catholic online friend who also said that he would think about. I think he was scared that the Bible said you can’t get to heaven through works. If you want to prayer for them (I can’t imagine how huge your prayer list is), their names are Josh and Magic(online alias) XD. And I know that this seems off topic from the whole D2S thing, but I was wondering if you could prayer for my dad. He’s the senior pastor at Calvary Chapel Columbus. This weekend, he’s going to Haiti to encourage some other pastors down there. I just really want people to prayer for his safety since it’s the 6th poorest country in the world and it’s ruled by gang lords. Although he wants something big and HolySpirit-filled to happen, I just want him back in piece. :] I would really, really, really appreciate it! Thank you for everything you do! You’re a great encouragement for teens all around the US. -Rebecca Brown

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On February 5, 2007 @ 8:34 pm Steve said:

I took the 48 hour challenge with my cell phone in the building and got my worst fear…the voice mail. I thought…if he picks up now I can just "get it over with" but…of course with my luck that wasn’t the case. So with a shaking voice I left the G-O-S-P-E-L on his phone with a "call me back if you have any questions" conclusion. In about a half an hour from now I am going to applebees with him 1 on 1 and I will be completely honest…i’m shaking in my shoes. Pray for Ryan please as well as others where I work. Pray God uses me in a great and mighty way. Thank you for the time and love you show to the teens of this country and I pray God continues to use you.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 8:48 pm rindy said:

Hey–to all of you who went out and then took the challenges…..AWESOME! Am enjoying reading your posts. The easiest part is over though–you have been surrounded by others with the same thoughts/beliefs…now it’s time to reach out to those in a "different world" beyond the challenges. You can do it though!!! You have already taken the first step. I can tell you that I am just beginning to take those steps myself and I’m not quite a teenager!! Prayers going out to you all—keep the faith!!!!!

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On February 5, 2007 @ 9:36 pm Michael Steger said:

Hey Greg, i went to the dare to share conference this year (and last) and over all it was a great conference Many kids lead there life to christ which is awesome! I brought a friend and he had a great time too. I was talking to my church group and here was the main points i got from them: 1.Drama was a reminder of last year (great) 2.Overall great conference! 3.Fun collecting can food in cold weather (+worth the experience) 4.Security was too tight. i Understand that for security measures this strictness was needed.. however during the concert we had to stay at our seats the whole time.. This made it less like a concert, and we wished we could have went up at least once like last year! I hope your next tour spot will be just as well as columbus.. Cant wait to hear back from you! Thanks for everything!, Michael Steger

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On February 5, 2007 @ 9:36 pm Michael Steger said:

formatting is screwed up so sorry for that! -michael

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On February 5, 2007 @ 9:57 pm Samy Z said:

Greg, I have to say that Dare2Share was awesome. I was so moved by the messages and the music it was awesome. I certainly hope Starfield comes back again next year, they were fantastic! But I must say, that I could have done without superchic[k]. And I know I’m not the only one who feels this way, most people were sitting down through the performance. But I still loved the conference, I feel like I know Jesus on a whole new level. And I will be back next year. But I have to say, it really wasn’t all that cold. At least, not compared to how cold it is here in Michigan. Today all the schools around here were canceled becasue it was too cold. But, our youth pastor didn’t want any of us getting frost bite so we did the rolling heater thing. I do alot of volunteering, so collecting canned goods was awesome. We didn’t actually get to share our faith with anyone, people were all "busy". But it was awesome to get out there and have the experience. And yes, I called my little brother (he’s 15) on my cell phone Saturday night. I have to say, that he hung up on me. And it really broke my heart. And I just prayed to God then to help me to figure out a way to get through to him. And then I started thinking about my Grandmother, she passed away two years ago and she lived her life for God, she was extremely srtong in her faith. And right after I started thinking about her LuAnne (my youth pastors wife) asked me if I had ever known my grandma. And said, "I’m sure she prayed for you and your brother everynight." And right then I knew what I was supposed to do, what God wanted me to do. I have a DVD that was played at my grandmas funeral and the last picture on it is a picture of me, her, and my little brother. I will watch him, we’ll both be crying.. and I’m going to ask him… "Jon, can you really think that Grandma is just.. gone? Can you honestly think that she lived her life for nothing, that she was wrong?" I still have to do that yet, but I will keep you posted. I just realized how long this is lol, but I’m also sharing my faith with my boyfriend… who is an Agnostic. I’m still not quite sure how I’m going to get through to him, but I mention it at least a little every time I talk to him. Thank you for everything that you are doing. I hope you know how many lives you have impacted. Keep going strong in the fight, keep spreading the message. God bless you.

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On February 5, 2007 @ 9:57 pm Megan said:

Hey Greg!! Well, I’m not even sure where to begin. I had an absolutely amazing time in Columbus (aside from the freezing weather). I feel like a completely new person. I have never been so touched by someone’s words. God really is using you in an amazing way! To be honest with you, last week, I would have never even though about writing this message. It wasn’t that I was ashamed of my religion, I was just…I dont even know how to describe it. I guess I thought believing and being a good person was enough. But this weekend taught me so much more. I accepted Jesus in a new way and have made a promise to God and my youth leader that I will spread the good news to as many as I can. I made a phone call Saturday night, but my friend didn’t answer. I left a babbling, shaky voiced message and hung up. Today before school I prayed that I would have th strenght to finish what I had started. When I saw my friend at school I asked her if she had gotten my message, and she did! I started talking to her more abotu it and after I was done she said that after she listened to the message she asked God into her heart! Needless to say, I had an amazing day. Well, I am sorry my message is so long. I have one more thing to say, I am reading your Dare 2 Share book and it is absolutely amazing! thank you so much for your wonderful work in this world! In Him, Megan

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On February 5, 2007 @ 10:19 pm Christina said:

Hey Greg, I had a life changing experience over the weekend. I was told that I would be balling my eyes out by the end of Friday night by my boyfriend who went to the past two years. I tried really hard to prove him wrong but by the end of the Drama i was balling my eyes out, see I’m like the second girl i hated myself inside and out and for about 6 years i made myself through up and i would put on lots of makeup and work out i thought i was Fat when i was in the 7th grade and i was 5ft 5in and i weighed 85lbs and even know being a junior in high school i still struggle and i really hated myself and when i seen that i was like you know what God made everything beautiful and that he loves me and he made me in his image and it made me think of him dieing on the cross and he did it for me and i was there just like that girls said I was there and know I am trying to witness to my family and not to give up but to GO FIGHT AND WIN, this whole weekend was a big wakeup call and I decided to give my hole life for Christ and what he wants me to do, I just want to say thank you and God bless because what your doing is amazing and really inspiring and I cant wait for next year, if i am hear because you never know well Thank you for everything, love your sister in Christ Christina Hill

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On February 5, 2007 @ 10:40 pm carolyn said:

hey Greg, i was at the conference in columbus and it was so much fun. in our group almost everyone brought a friend, and most of our friends were led to Christ. my favorite part was collecting cans because yes it was very cold and we had to use our rolling heater. my first house that i went up to was a shirtless firefighter, we asked him if he had any caned food and he opened his garage door and brought us a huge box of food and no one that went up to the door could lift it so he brought to the rolling heater and we said jesus loves you and he said yeah i just found that out and we said that is great. while the other group was out colleecting we were planing a strategy so we wouldn’t have to go to every house we decided to go to houses with cars in the driveway because i said it was cold, close to dinner time and close to easton and i said you do they math and in the car heating up was a junior in high school yes high school junior that is in calc 3 answered me 17 and i was so confussed but then i relized that he was being funny and started to laugh until the cows came home. Thany you for leading friend and stragers to Christ this weekend, Carolyn

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On February 6, 2007 @ 12:32 am Patrick Westmoreland said:

hey greg whats up i was at dare 2 share in columbus and yes it was very cold. when we were going door to door we came apon a firefighter we ask if he had any canned goods and he said yeah then the next thing i knew he had his garage to open bringing out a box full of food, this box wieghing i dont know more than 60 pounds he could carry with ease and our strongest kid had a lot of trouble carrying it.

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On February 6, 2007 @ 5:27 am Lynn Sampson said:

Greg: My husband and I volunteered in registration and retail at the Game Day in Columbus and attended with our youth group (Mahoning Valley Church, Youngstown, OH) as adult sponsors. On Friday, when you asked us to think of someone who wasn’t saved and begin to pray for them, Jack and I both thought of my parents. Then on Saturday when you gave the 48 hour challenge, we both reluctantly raised our hands. We went straight to their house after church on Sunday and after some general conversation; Jack told them that we came to talk to them about something that is important to us. He asked if they ever wondered about what would happen if they die and if they would be sure that they would go to heaven. We were totally blown away when my mom said, “I think about that all the time.” And my dad said, “She just asked me about that the other day.” Jack then explained the gospel message using a combination of The Way of the Master and GOSPEL. They believed and said the believer’s prayer with him. It was so awesome. Thank you so much for challenging us to step up to the plate. Yesterday, Jack had enough confidence to share with a casual acquaintance at work. D@S is changing our lives. Thanks again!

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On February 6, 2007 @ 6:33 am katie said:

Hi Greg, my name is Katie Campbell and i am from Englewood Ohio, and this was my first time at dare to share and it hit me hard! i used to be a bad kid but now I want to turn my life around. I took the 48 hour challenge with some of my friends and i got a couple to say the sinners prayer with me but a couple looked at me weird and they walked away. I told my youth that wasn’t at D2S about the gospel and yea. i hope to get many more of my friends in church. I couldn’t stand for them to go to hell. Thank again. *Katie Campbell*R.O.C.K. youth*

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On February 6, 2007 @ 8:15 am Tim Keating said:

Hello Greg, i just wanted to say you were amazing at dare2share. it was my first year, and it was amazing. The drama really got to me, and what you said afterwords. I realized how much more i should be living for christ. Since ive gotten back, i already have someone i know that is going to try going to church. Well, i got to meet you in person, in the elevator, i was with my tall friend, i was the kid with the mo hawk. i also loved witnessing. at first, i was nervous, but after the first person i witnessed to, i wanted to keep on going and going, and didnt care how cold it was. Well, it was an amazing experience, and i will definately be returning next year. God bless you

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On February 6, 2007 @ 9:46 am Hannah H. said:

I LOVED dare to share. It was my first year and I expected it to be boring, it was awsome. Me and my friends LOVED starfield, i just bought their songs on itunes!!! Can we have them next year!?!?!? Thank you for all yoju did for me, you guys blessed everyone who went. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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On February 6, 2007 @ 9:58 am Michelle said:

Hey Greg! Dare2Share was fantastic…thank you so much for all the hard work you and the crew put into this event! One quick question…our youth group absolutely loved the "Evangelistic Linebacker" video skit and would love to use it for a program we’re putting together to excite the congregation to share their faith. Is that video available for purchase/download? Again, thank you for all you do for youth and youth leaders…we appreciate you!!

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On February 6, 2007 @ 10:12 am Kari said:

Hey! Yeah, it was freezing. Our youth leader forgot to drop off the cans at the door so we had to carry them. The bags busted and we were going up a hill so we had to keep chasing them. No cans left behind. We got into the building and I couldn’t move my pinky or pointer finger. My friend noticed that my hand had a bruise-looking spot on it. It started getting bigger and soon half my hand was a greyish purple. Well I had to wear gloves and put hot hands in them. After they regained feeling I was allowed to go into the concert, but I had to sit on my hands the entire time I did take the 48 hour challenge, but my friend made it into a joke and said it was really wierd because she doesn’t believe in God Thanks! I had a great time.

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On February 6, 2007 @ 10:42 am mkjk2 said:

I went to dare 2 share last year and this year and i wasnt as cold. we had many mishapts on our way down to Columbus from port huron michigan our bus broke down ten minutes from the confrence and then the heater broke but we never gave up hope and everyone got there i shared the gosple with 4 people and 2 of them called me back and asked alot of questions and answered them the best i could. i plan on coming back next year and iam going to bring friends to hear the word of the bible.

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On February 6, 2007 @ 11:25 am Daniel Torok said:

Thanks for a great weekend Greg, I’ve only been to one other D2S but I’ve been a chiristan all my life, and my cusen has been invited to go on every camp, Retreat, Rally and confrance That I’ve ever been to. ANd she allways gave me an excuse to not go. she has heard Letter From Hell, and a letter from heaven, since I bought them when D2S came to MI, ANd she still would never go. This year she came w/ the youth Group, and she gave her life to christ, and then she was one of the most helpful people in building us up when we were cold/discurged, and Graduating from PU. Thank you so much for your ministrey, and thanks again for the Roaling Heeater Idea God bless Greg –Dan T ( the man w/ the Mohawk)

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On February 6, 2007 @ 11:51 am Lelia said:

Hey Greg!! This was my third year at Dare 2 Share, and I must say, this was the coldest. I really thought the 48 hour challenge with the cell phones was neat. It was interesting because as I was trying to call my friend, my phone wouldn’t connect and the call would fail. I thought it was just their number, but I even tried calling my house & it still wouldn’t connect! Luckily, one of our youth leaders gave me her phone & call my friend. Also, it wasn’t just my phone that wasn’t working; our associate pastor’s wife phone wasn’t working. It was interesting because after I had talked to her. I met up with my friend who is also trying to witness to them. After giving their phone number to them, she said she would call her later that night. I think that the cell phone malfunction was something the devil tried to keep me from calling my friend, but I rose above him!! God Bless you & your crew.

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On February 6, 2007 @ 12:28 pm sam said:

oh yea it was realy cold and more than 10 doors were slammed in my face but the expirience was ausome! i took the cell phone challendge and i called my dad. let me tell you, that was the sariest thing any one has ever made me do. He told me he already knew all this stuff, i explained the g-o-s-p-e-l to hom but he never put his faith in christ. I know that he knows a lot about the bible and jesus but he is too stubbern to listen to anybody other than himself. Do you know any ways to get him to at least listen to us? my entire family would love to see him put his trust in some one other than himself dont get me wrong i love my dad, but he just doesnt seem to listen. I have prayed for him and nothing has happened yet i just want to help him before its to late. this was my first time at d2s & i cant wait to go back next year!

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On February 6, 2007 @ 2:13 pm elizabeth foushee said:

Hey Greg! This was my third time going to D2S and i loved it! Every year you guys make it better and better. I’ve been going to church all of my life but it wasn’t until the conference two years ago that i put my trust in Jesus. As I sat in my seat this past Friday watching the drama and listened to you praying for those who had accepted him this weekend I was reminded of how great and merciful our God truly is. Because of you and all of the staff at D2S thousands of lives have been changed. In the past I’ve been afraid to take the 48 hour challenge becaue i didn’t think that i could really do it. When you had us call our friends on our cells at the end of the conference i was able to find the courage to call my cousin and talk to him. In our youth group of twenty kids most of us called someone and at one accepted Christ on the phone. Praise God! When you come back next year i will definantly be there. God Bless you all – elizabeth

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On February 6, 2007 @ 2:26 pm Jennifer said:

Hey!! this was my first year going to Dare 2 Share and I loved every minute of it! Even getting off at the wrong exit on the way there and driving around the wrong part of downtown for about half an hour. My youth group went together for the first time this uear, so for almost all of us, it was our first experience with D2S. We’re all so pumped and can’t wait until the conference next year!

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On February 6, 2007 @ 4:56 pm matt norrod said:

Hey Greg! My name is Matt Norrod and I went to D2S:Gameday this past weekend in Columbus, Ohio. I was up there with my youth group. I just wanted to say that I think that you are the coolest guy in the entire world! I mean your funny, you’re a wonderful speaker, you know Jesus Christ as your personal savior, and I don’t know, your just cool! Also, I would just love to do what you do. I mean you get paid to tell people about the Lord Jesus Christ. Come on, that is sweet! Anyway, I wanted to say, I had so much fun this year and last year at D2S. They really are life-changing experiences. I also wanted to say, Starfield was great and so was Rachel Washington. I don’t really like rap music but man, she is something else! So yeah, good luck to the D2S crew on further conferences and hopefully, I’ll be able to go again next year! Your Brother in Christ, Matt Norrod

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On February 6, 2007 @ 5:00 pm courtney said:

Hey greg, Dare2share was amazing . God impacted my life so much on this day ! I brought a friend and she excepted christ for the first time. When she told me began to cry she is one of my closes friends I was praying all week before this confrence for her . God truly anwsers prayers. My youth pastor on the way home asked her what she thought of the confrence and she said life changing. I just wanted to thank every one at dare2share and you personaly for what you do and that we won another life for christ. I also wanted to tell you that i shared my faith and used the gospel journey for the first time with my friends at school and two people accepted christ. It amazing I am so happy of what god is doing. I cant wait till next year and the powerful things god is going to do in columbus next year. Godbless god. fight. win.

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On February 6, 2007 @ 6:04 pm fordiym said:

On Friday night as you gave an invitation and challenge to 5000 teens the three girls my wife and I brought each whispered in my ear their full commitment to serving Christ and sharing their faith. But it was the six hour ride home when I find out what really took place in the hearts of these three girls. We left the artic air of Columbus, Ohio on Sunday morning and I took advantage of the six hour car ride to start a discussion. My wife and I found out that while we were sleeping Saturday night to rest up for the trip home our three girls stayed up late reading the Bible, jotting down scripture references as well questions and thoughts. I’m sure you can image my excitement to know they spent that time with God without my leading. (that’s knowing their faith) The reason for their late night Bible journey; preparing to defend their faith when they return home.(that’s owning their faith) Then one of my other girls shared with us if they’re going to defend their faith and take a stand they need to do it in love, L to the 3rd power. (that’s living their faith). Finally, they each have taken the 48 hour challenge, and it all started with them handing a tract to our cab driver from the convention center to the hotel. (that’s sharing their faith) As a youth missionary with a passion to see teens know, live, share and own their faith I want to encourage and back up your ministry. I lift you up in prayer everyday and it’s my goal to tell every church our ministry is connected with about the ministry of D2S. Your…our goals were without a doubt achieved this past weekend in Columbus Ohio, thank you! Also, will you pray for us as we lead our current students in the G.O.S.P.E.L. Journey series? Though it took a chunk out of our budget for the month we know it’s an investment with eternal values. I look forward to attending the D.C. conference is November, see ya then.

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On February 6, 2007 @ 6:42 pm kelsey_2011 said:

I wanted to let you know that Dare2Share has changed my life! I have grown up in church and been saved my whole life. On April 1st, 2006 I had been feeling empty and gave my heart to the Lord. In a teenager’s life, it is so easy to backslide, and that is exactly what happened. Dare2Share helped me to get back on track with God. I felt a lot more confident about my relationship with God and I knew I was going to heaven whereas I wasn’t so sure before. After the cell phone challenge, I felt horrible. My friends ( I called two ) really didn’t want me to tell them about Christ and I don’t think they listened. They even began sounding mad when I invited them to church. After the car ride towards home, I realized that even if they seemed upset, there is still hope that there was some sort of seed planted by that, and that witnessing to my friends was wha God wanted me to do. After Dare2Share I have "monked" my music and I feel so much better! I almost wasn’t able to make it to Dare2Share and I am so happy I did! Walking around in that freezing weather, and getting doors slammed in my face taught me quite a few things that I have taken for granted! It was such an awesome experience. I also took the 48-hour challenge. We haven’t had school since before Dare2Share so I posted a message through Myspace. I haven’t had a reply but when I do, I will let you know the turnout. I have been praying and reading my Bible a lot more than I used to! I can’t wait to go to Dare2Share next year!

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On February 6, 2007 @ 9:33 pm matt norrod said:

Hey Greg! It’s me again. I just wanted to say that my youth pastor (Clint Bieri), got the entire youth group that went to D2S, your Dare 2 Share book. It’s awesome! I just started reading it tonite even though I’ve had the past 2 days off of school because it’s been s-s-s-so-o c-c-c-cold!I also wanted to say that the "diesel fuel" gets my engine revved up! I just can’t handle my friends, that I love and care for so much, burning in hell. I mean, I want to be able to see them again in heaven and just hang out with God, playing football, or in a nice game of dodgeball. Anyway, I’ll blog again. Matt

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On February 6, 2007 @ 10:35 pm Jasmine Patalon said:

Hey Greg, I was at Dare 2 Share in Columbus this year and yes… it was FREEZING, and I was sick the entire weekend. I was there last year actually, which was when I decided to give my heart to the Lord. You may remember my good friend Chelsi Owens. I was one of the friends she brought with her last year. My favorite part of the whole conference this year was when you had everyone take out their cell phones and call the friend they had been praying about and share the Gospel. That really helped me because it made me realize that it really is now or never, because you may not get another chance to tell that person the Good News. I think this would be a good tradition at Dare 2 Share. I know it really opened my eyes.

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On February 7, 2007 @ 8:23 am ashley said:

dear greg, i jsut wanted to let you know that i went to the dare2share converence last weekend with 22 other teenagers from my church and 6 youth leaders, and we all had a blast and were all completly transformed this past weekend One of my best friends came to the relization that she wasn’t a Christian becasue of the drama and she accepted Christ last Friday night and it was so cool to be there when her life completely changed. Now for my own personal experiance, 2 weeks before the trip started i was thinking that God was going to do something amazing in my friends life and just completely transform all my friends but it wasn’t till the Wednesday before Dare2share taht i releized that maybe God was goi9ng to do soemthign amazing in my life and it turned out that it was both. On Friday night, the drama just struck me because i have low self esteem issues and i use to be bio sexual and it realyl just made me relize that i need to get over what i had done in the past an djust look forward to the future and completely change my life, and just give up my own selfish fleshly desires for God, and i broke down crying becasue i rememberd what God had done for me and i was giving God nothign in return and friday night jsut completely changed my life. Then on saturday night God used me to change my friends lifes and just realy relize the importance of prayer. when you had everyone take out their cell phones, 7 of my friends and youth leaders took out their phones and started dailing and i ust covered them in prayer in then after they were done calling their friends, they broke doewn cryign for them and GOd jsut used me to encourage them adn cover them in prayer and righ tthen and there i prayed over every single one of my friends indivigually and i don’t know if you remember us or not but we were the last church to leave the convention center, or at least the converance room and we all gathered together adn jsut poored our hearts out to God adn it was so amazing to feel the presence of God,I have never felt it in that way adn it was just an amazing experiance. About a month ago God gave me the opportunity to tlak to this girl i now from a traler park outreach that we do adn she comes to our youth group on Wednesdays and, God gave me the opportunity to lead her to Christ on a friday night hangtime about a month ago and the way it came about was just completely a God thing. see i have this type of asma and if i do to much atcivity or running aroun i’ll start to get chest pain adn i have an inhaler for it but i forgot it and my mom was at a laides thing and my dad is the youth pastor and yeah there was no way for me to get it and well it was the last activity adn we all voted and teh choices were human dutch blitz, or dodgeball if it was dodgeball i wouldn’t play and well we all voted adn guess what, Dodge ball was the pick so i started cleaning with one of my best friends who wasn’t sopposed to be running around either and we picked up the game area then i went out to see if there was anythign else that could be picked up out in the hall way type spot and there she was laying on the couch becasue she didn’t feel good and i started talking to her and God took over from there and in about 10-15 minutes after i started the conversation with her she accepted Christ right then and there adn it was just awesome and just last Sunday we had a superbowl party and one of my friends brought an unsaved friend with her and some of the teenagers shared their testimonies from the convereance and God told me, go tlak to her, and so i talked to her and GOd took over and she accepted Christ and it was so cool to be the tool that God used to lead them to Him and i nkw i wouldn’t ahve talked to her if it wasn’t for the converance so i jsut want to thankyou so much for doing God’s will in your life nomatter what. You are such a blessing Greg. ove your friend, sister, and servant, in Him, ashley

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On February 7, 2007 @ 8:56 am Kelsie T said:

Hey Greg. I just want to say Thank you! This weekend has changed my life. It has made such and Impact on me. On Friday night after the drama tears just started straming down my face and I said "the prayer" I accepted Jesus Christ into my life. i felt so great. God was deffinately there. Not a few days later, the devil is trying to get me back. Hitting me so hard with a lot of problems, making me doubt myself and what I did, but I have held on. It is going to be a long and hard ride. But with the help of God, and the support of my youth leaders and youth group I know I will make it. No one knows how long it will take for these feeling I am having to go away. But I have faith and I know I will make it. Also, I took the cell phone challenge. I called my friend Makenzie. It didn’t go over too well. I asked her if I could to tell her a way she could be for sure if she was going to heaven, would she let me? (earlier in the conversation she said all she could do was hope she was going to heaven) So I started to tell her what I knew, then out of no where she told me she had to go, her boyfriend was over. I was pretty upset about this, but my youth group leader told me I "planted the seed" Now all I can do is pray and wait, God will take care of the rest. Well anyways I just wanted to say thank you. When we went into the cold to preach the Gospel I wasn’t going to say anything. But I kept thinking about what you and everyone else on the D2S team had said you guys some how gave me the courage to step out of my "comfort zone" and I preached the word. I invited someone to church. I just want to say THANK YOU for everything you do. I can’t wait to see you next year. Love, Kelsie

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On February 7, 2007 @ 9:59 am kris said:

hey i did the phone challenge with one of my friends who was a drinker and smoker and after 40 minutes and my youth group praying he came back to Christ! i was so happy but little did i know how quick Satan would come back at me…4 hours after i got home my mom and i got into this major blow out and i went to bed cryign that night and beating myself up over it…see before i started talkin to my youth leaders i was a cutter and that’s how i dealt with my problems and after my mom and i fought that’s what i wanted to do but i knew that i could be free and that the chains of bondage could be broken through the amazing power of God. well after i took a 2 hour nap and slept in until 9:30 the next day i called my friend who got saved and he was really mad at me and i knew about what. As i said he has a drinking problem and i told my youth leader who told my friends mom so he’s mad at me now. i know i did the right thing but at the same time it feels so wrong. see but im not done yet…im working on getting my dad saved so he can finally see what livin the real life is all about! =) Thanks so much for the amazing conference….im so glad i can me a LOSER for God! Holding the hand that holds the world, Kris

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On February 7, 2007 @ 12:21 pm Sarah said:

hey greg, i was at the conference for the first time this past weekend. it was so amazing! i loved it!you gave me the courage and motivation to finally graduate from P.U.. Never thought that i’d be able to say that with a smile on my face. lol. God’s been helpin me with some addictions in my life, and the mine and munk talked helped a lot!!Thanx a ton!

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On February 7, 2007 @ 1:04 pm Melanie said:

Greg you are an amazing man of God. This was my second year at dare2share and it was truly amazing. it impacted my life so much. i began to think a lot about the things i do that do not glorify God and I knew I needed to make some changes. The drama affected my life, too. I did not want to just say a prayer and live my life the same. I wanted to make a change and have the least amount of horrible things flash before me on judgement day. Thank you so much for everything you taught me this weekend. I also wanted to share about the 48 hour challenge. The monday after, I started to share someone the GOSPEL at work. I began to talk to her about what she thought would happen after death. She had very interesting views. I didn’t get to finish because she got sent home. the last thing I told her was that Jesus was the only way to heaven. I think she was seriously considering this. i hope to talk to her more the next time i go in to work. also…i didnt get to talk to that one person i was thinking of. I froze when i saw him. i texted him and told him i need to talk to him about something important. he asked me about it at school today and i froze. i just told him i wanted to tell him about the amazing time i had. i didnt share anything with him. i am so upset with myself. but i will have more chances. i ask for prayer to have the courage to share with him the love of Christ. thank you greg. don’t stop what you are doing. =]

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On February 7, 2007 @ 4:07 pm Amanda said:

Hey Greg! My name is Amanda and I have attended dare2share for the last 2 years. It has been an AMAZING experience for me each time, and I always look forward to the next year. I was very nervous to share the gospel with people who I’ve never met. I’m shy in that way, so this was very uncomfortable for me to do, but I had my whole church group rooting me on and I attempted to try 2 times, but froze up and couldn’t speak. I finally got the courage to talk to a woman, and even though she didn’t want to hear the gospel, I was proud of myself for stepping out of my shell. I’m still terrified to talk to strangers, but I think next year I can attempt to the share the word again. The year before that I was too afraid and didn’t end up even asking to share the word, but this year was much better. Hope life is going well for you and your family. I’ll definitely be back here and sharing more news. May God bless you always Amanda

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On February 7, 2007 @ 7:09 pm KC said:

Hey Greg, whats up? not much here. I really loved Game Day this year it was awesome, and I was freakin’ out backstage!! haha lol. I am so glad I could share my testimony on stage in front of all 4800 people! My youth group is very proud and on fire!!! I hope your family is alright and that you never quit doing Game Day even when your like a million years old! It is the bestest thing ever@ and I am so coming back for ever and ever!! woot woot…to the woot! Muchos Gracias and stretchy pants guys so have to come back they were cool! Say Hey to Jose for Me! Love from me and God!! I’ll keep you in my prayers Greg! Lots of Christs Love from me to you, KC Carroll

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On February 7, 2007 @ 7:59 pm Wade Beachy said:

Well Greg I just have to say what a year its been so far. I have to start back in 2006. Thanksgiving I was out In Kansas to see family. The Friday night before I left for Home I said good bye to my uncle Ray little did I know It was the last time I would say goodbye to him. The Monday after we got back my uncle was in a car accident and we weren’t sure if he was okay or was seriously hurt or dead. We found out that night that he was getting better and for the rest of the week he got better. My mom went out that Thursday to help the family out. Sunday morrning he took a big turn for the worst his heart had failed and then they got him back up and he still wasn’t doing good but he was alive. Monday december 4th at 3:30 he was pronounced dead and my mom was the one who asked to see if he was still my uncle ray. After he died I diddn’t want to deal with christ but febuary 3rd 2006 I gave in and said God take my life and use in a way you seem fit. I gave my life to christ because he was talking to me an I felt my uncle saying what are you waiting for heres your chance do something an you will get to see me again in Hevean. Before everyone at church saw me as a good christain and at school I was somebody different. Now I hope to remain the same person at home and church so thank you for you message.

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On February 8, 2007 @ 7:58 am Allie said:

I just have to say that Dare2Share was a bid eye-opener for me. The skit on Friday night almost made me want to cry because I don’t want my friends to go to hell. It really helped me to remember to pray and ask god to help me share with my friends the good news, even if it means losing their friendship. My youthpastor said our youthgroup would be doing the E team. I can’t wait until it starts. Thanks for the encouragement. Keep it up Allie

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On February 8, 2007 @ 9:10 am Desire' said:

hey Greg i went to the dare-2-share conference on February 2 and 3 2007. I loved it and can not wait till next year! I was very scared of the holy ghost but since Friday night I am not and on Sunday at my church I received it and spoke in tongues. I hope to see you next year Greg!

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On February 8, 2007 @ 10:45 am naomi said:

hi, i just have to say that i love dare2share! i went to revolution last year, and i just went to game day on the 2nd and 3rd. i thought the drama last year was really good, but this one was even better! i was so touched by it, i couldn’t stop crying. i decided that i want to live in light of judgement day, because every thought and action counts. also, i’m homeschooled so i don’t feel like i have that much chance to share my faith with those who haven’t heard, but now i know i can always share Jesus’ love and the good news. it could even be in the grocery store like the story you told. after gameday, i feel much more prepared to share my faith if i have the chance. just that i asked someone if i could tell them the gospel(even though they said no) was a big deal to me! thank you for hosting this great conference every year, i’ll be back! also i really enjoyed having starfield as the worship band, i hope they come back next year. . .i am a war, already won i’m a revolution!(someone else put this song, but i love it too!)

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On February 8, 2007 @ 11:51 am lorraine Merryman said:

hey i was at dare to share gameday in columbus and it really changed me i was not aware of how much i was like the first girl in the drama i had prayed the prayer at a local christian concert but i really didn’t believe it then at dare 2 share i realized that if i didn’t believe it that it didn’t matter if i had prayed the prayer or not. thank you for what you have done i have been saved for sure now and i have another problem. my best friend just started into drugs and worse things and she’s only 13 ive tried to talk to her about god and she just wont listen she has even called me a hipocrit because i used to do that kind of stuff. plz tell me how to help her because i don’t want her to have to go through all the things i did. how do i reach her but not push her too far? am i doing all i can do? on a better subject ive found out that my sisters exboyfriend has actually turned to god and is going to iraq in 2 years and has asked god to help him through it and to have the courage to go and not to be scared. he is now going to church with my sister regularly and has grown in his relationship with god!!!!!!!! i have to go take care and always love GOD, your neighbors, and yourself Lorraine Merryman

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On February 8, 2007 @ 12:56 pm Melanie said:

well i did it. today i talked to the person i prayed about. and to be honest i dont know what happened lol. here’s a little tid bit of what went down- ———– me: do you know you will go to heaven 100% greg: hope so. me: i know 100% that i will go to heaven. u know why? greg: you are good. me: well good people cant get to heaven. there is only one way – Jesus. i put all my faith and trust in Him. get it? greg: O me: do you understand? greg: yes : ) me: so now do you think you will go to heaven? would you put all your faith into Him? greg: i recon so ———- so yea. i hope he was serious. i am not sure if he was being sarcastic or what. but at least i planted a seed. thanks again greg for all the tools!!!!

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On February 8, 2007 @ 2:23 pm jared said:

greg, 4th year bringing a group to d2s. one thing that our students didn’t get is that "friends" are not the only ones that you need to share the gospel with. our youth ministry is largely unchurched kids. for many of these kids their target needs to be their parents. you didn’t make any mention of that but perhaps next year you can make a note about encouraging kids to do the bravest thing i can imagine in the world – share the gospel with their own parents. God bless you and your ministry. school was cancelled in central ohio for 3 days which means little contact with friends but a whole lotta reading the field guide and a whole lotta im and myspace evangelism.

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On February 8, 2007 @ 3:24 pm I <3 Starfield said:

Hey, so I talked to my friend and she is considering accepting Christ!!I sent her a e-mail about Jesus, saying how much he loves her and wants to spend eternity with her, and that I did too. She wrote back saying she had a horrible day, and it was perfect timing. I sent her an e-mail back telling her more, and what to do if she wanted to know more. And she wrote back saying she was speechless, and she always has something to say. I thought that was pretty cool. This time I’m going to tell her how to accept Christ, please pray for me and her! Thanks.

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On February 8, 2007 @ 4:58 pm the girl in the crownd with the hand shake!! said:

hey greg i was at d2s in columbus i had s great time hearing you talk about god and how did he did things his way and how you talked about faith.when i got home i was bored and i didint have anything to do…so i taught the gospel to my family and then next morning i taught the GOSPEL at church and i had a few people in tears because they were so proud of me for teaching them what i learned at D2S…..Then we didnt have school the next three days so i taught the GOSPEL again to a friend that didnt believe in christ alone….because god is the only you can really count on in your life and then really close friends..i had a blast hearing you i hope i get to hear speak soon and GOD bless you the girl in the crowed with the hand shake!!

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On February 8, 2007 @ 5:30 pm elaina said:

Greg the coolest thing happened to day i shared my faith with my friend and she was one of those People that fall under the atheist thing and it was really cool i cant wait for 2marrow so i can continue So this is how it happened we had a pizza party 2day and since everyone rushed up there we figured we would wait so i wanted 2 take advantage of the time so i asked her what her spiritual out look on the world was and she didn’t understand so i said do you believe in a god and she said no and i asked what she did believe in and she said that if you are good you will be happy in your after life so i asked her if she would be willing to try out a religion and if so what she said Buddhism and i asked why and she said because if you are good in life you will be reincarnated alot so i flipped my copy of your book open to Buddhism and i told her the facts about Buddhism and gave her the journey pamphlet and then finally asked what if your wrong she tried to answer but couldn’t so she turned back around and asked me what if your religion was wrong i froze i remembered something like that at the conference but couldn’t remember i told her i would get back o her and i intend to 2marrow so i went and looked up the answer in the book and i cant wait for school 2marrow!!!

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On February 8, 2007 @ 6:57 pm cassie cantrell said:

hey greg! i had so much fun at d2s this past weekend. this weekend i realized how much people really cared bout me!!!!!!! i also want to share my testimony to you and the readers. this weekend i watched the drama and i saw that i was like the girl. she wasn’t secure with herself and wanted everyone to like her. that’s exactly like me. i no i’m not perfect and not everyone likes me but i do have a lot of people that do care bout me. i try to make myself look better by not eating or over exercising to where it makes me lightheaded. i try to make people like me by being someone i’m not. so when i saw this i realized that i’m fine just the way i am and that if people don’t like me then that’s their problem. also at the end of the drama the girl sat on her knees saying daddy and i want to be the one doing that someday!! then starfield!!!!!!!!!!! played the song Blessed be your name and me and a couple of my friends got on our knees singing and crying bowing down to the lord. after that me and a friend stood on our chairs and said " we are gods children". the next day we got to go out and share the gospel with people! last year i didn’t say one word and i made a big change this year by talking to the people and getting doors slamed in my face. later that day we talked about ipods and cell phones. me and one of my friends have a lot of bad rap songs on ours and after hearing this we promised that we wouldn’t listen to them once until we deleted the songs. i stayed committed to this and haven’t listened to it yet. that night we got to call our friends and share the gospel with them! i called my friend and all she said back to me was yeah uh huh and stuff like that. when we prayed they said stuff bout our friends and thats when i strted to cry because i knew that she didn’t care. i’ve been trying to get her to come to my youth group but she won’t. i scared for her because i no that she might not be going to heaven. this is my testamony and i have made a change since d2s and this year was better than last year i think. maybe because i understand it more now than i did before.

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On February 9, 2007 @ 6:36 am ashley garey said:

hey greg!.. I just wanted to I had alot of fun.. and I wanted to thank you for changing my life and helping me to turn my life over to god!

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On February 9, 2007 @ 7:38 am D Squared said:

Hey Greg, I just wanted to say thanks for another great D2S, I missed last years because of sports but this year I didnt play any so I could come. It is amazing to see God work. I just wanted to say thanks for putting out the cell phone challenge, I was able to call my math teacher and witness to him. He is so close to taking the step of following Jesus, but ya if you and anyone who reads this could pray for me because I am talking to him more today after school. Keep up the good work and God Bless you all. David

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On February 9, 2007 @ 8:56 am aaron Joiner said:

hey whats up?I went to dare2share and it was sooo fun.But most of all i learned alot.Iam a grad of PU!!!!!!!!!!!! the first door i went to the lady said she doesnt give to people and slamed the door in my face.I said God loves you and left. But the thing that i loved the most was.My friend Amanda is really really really shy.and we tried to get her to knock on the door and talk to someone about the gospel.we tried about 3-4 doors and she thought i would let her get away w/ it that easy.but i didnt.i told her we werent gonna leave until she talked to someone.so i was helping her out the WHOLE time.and she actually did.I was sooooooo proud of her. I havent had school for 4 days cuz it was sooo cold.so on monday iam gonna ask EVERYONE if they heard of the "good news". and hit em’ with the gospel.well if you didnt know i talk alot and ALOT of people like me.so i guess iam gonna use my popularity and humor to get these people hooked to da savior.holla at cha boy.

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On February 9, 2007 @ 12:49 pm Kaila said:

The phone call I made was to a friend I had known for a really long time, and lately she had been struggling with depression. I heard her talk about how pointless life was everyday at lunch, and I knew exactly what she was missing–the love of Chirst, but I didn’t know how to share that with her. Dare 2 Share helped to see the seriousness of preaching the word and fighting for the truth. When you told us to make the call, I didn’t know what I was going to say, but I called her anyways, and I know I wasn’t the one doing the talking because I still don’t really know what I said…something about how I saw how much she was hurting and I knew the love of Jesus could heal that hurt…she was busy so she said she would call me back on Sunday, but she didn’t. Now I’m just looking for an oppurtunity to talk to her more about it. Please pray for her, and that God would send me out with His courage and strength. Thanks so much for the most amazing weekend I have ever had.

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On February 9, 2007 @ 1:00 pm Kaila again said:

Oh one more thing– that play about Judgement Day was the most amazing thing I have ever seen–especially the part when she falls on her knees and says, “Daddy”–I want all my friends to see that play cuz i can’t explain it very well..so if there is any way that is possible…let me know!!! or if u could show it again next year or something…anything!!! thanks greg!!!

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On February 9, 2007 @ 3:05 pm spetty_14 said:

So first I have to say it was so cold Saturday, but I graduated from P.U. so I was fine with it. We have missed three days and had a two hr. delay this week for the coldness here in Piqua, Ohio. Anyways Greg I did my 48 hour chanellge not Saturday night which I really was wishing then I hadn’t forgotten my phone in my car on!!!! I wrote an email to my friend instead on Sunday. She didnt except Jesus but she said she go to this one church with me. i think she is to scared to go to the church I attend reguarly (UVCC)! one of these days im going to get her to come though! She was going to go and do something bad this weekend but now that i have talked to her and she knows how i feel about Christ she promised not to do it which is awesome! And finally i have to say this GameDay every time i see someone I think hey I could save their life! I want to thank you for that Greg! P.S. Go! Fight! Win!

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On February 9, 2007 @ 3:08 pm kayla said:

hey Greg, i was at dare to share w/ my youth group…. you see our youth group is used to events with 30-50thousand ppl…we always went to aquire the fire… We decided this year it was time for a change.. thats when we found out about dare 2 share…after the first night we were soo pumped we hardly slept we sat out in the hall reading our bibles till like 4am…. dare 2 share was so awesome and hit everything right on we are coming back next year…. can’t wait….. In him, Kayla

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On February 10, 2007 @ 8:47 pm Kristen Grace said:

Hey Greg! Thanks for another great conferance! I remember my first conferance back in 2000 in Denver CO and been faithful every year. This year was amazing as a group leader it was a whole differant experiance. It was amazing to see the kids light up as they realized God could use them in a mighty way thank-you for all your hard work over the years. God Bless! P.S. Starfield did great with worship but I missed Danny O !

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On February 10, 2007 @ 9:13 pm Rachael M said:

Dear Greg. It was my first time at D2D and I loved it. Before I came I really didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t believe in youth groups or anything that had to do with teens and baptists (lol that’s who I went with). I never was expecting to see so many kids from different churches and denominations come together as ONE. That was the best part; knowing that the prideful don’t have to be prideful and all can be ONE before GOD. It was very encouraging. It was also the first time God could take me by the hand and say "lets go". The devil was far away when I was at that conference. When I got back home, it seemed all hell broke lose. My family (hopefully) unknowingly chooses to stand before the throne of God instead of bowing. I LOVE being humble. When I was there in Columbus, God was over flowing my cup greatly. I still feel His presence now but it is a day to day battle with the principalities especially with a blind solider in an invisible war. My friends see a difference in me all of them agnostics. But in the end its their decision to accept him or deny him. Thank you for reading my story. I hope to see you next year.

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On February 11, 2007 @ 5:35 pm KC said:

Greg I need your help badly, I really need you and the Dare2Share team to pray for me because God has brought to my heart that he wants me to be in some sort of ministry and I don’t know what to do I had a dream of my youth group and I expected Jason our youth pastor to walk in and begin the lesson and instead, there was a MAJOR TWIST! Instead of Jason starting the lesson, I saw myself walk in and start the lesson, so I really need you to pray for me and I hope that God has me make the descision he wants me to make, and I can’t tell you how incredibly hard this is for me to say but I think he wants me to do " teen to teen ministry lesson of some sort I am so scared about this and I don’t what is going to happen so I am going to talk my Youth PAtor about again and maybe something will happen because I haven’t experienced anything this powerful since Dare2Share Revolution tour in Colombus when God broke me down and built me back up so please pray for me! ~KC

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On February 11, 2007 @ 6:52 pm melodee said:

hey brother in christ! i was at the columbus d2s and this was my 4th year. i’m in highschool and i always love the 48 hr challenge. it gives me a good reason to let all my excuses go and go witnessing crazy! well that night i messaged my best non-chrisitan friend on myspace (since i don’t have a cell). though she has listened and been open before, i spilled everything about christ that i’ve held back. i told her also what she means to me and how much i love her. the next day she messaged me back and said "you are so sweet." that’s it. all that and she says i’m sweet. so i asked her about the rest and she said well maybe i’ll come to church sometime. though i would have liked something more, church was a great start. since then i’ve been trying to get a hold of her and leave comments to invite her over again. she hasn’t responded. in school she won’t look at me. i try everything to get her to say hi. she just runs. this hurts me a lot. i love her so much. P.U. is not the best university to go to, but i know God is doing something. i know that my prayers and tears are not in vain. also i wrote a blog on my myspace page called "apology letter". in it i used the G-O-S-P-E-L method. a lot of people don’t like it. well, i’ll do anything for my friends souls. even if they won’t talk to me. thanks for being a servant of the Most High!

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On February 11, 2007 @ 7:06 pm Daniel Munoz said:

I was at the conference and Im trying to get one of my peers to accept christ; it’s going well. Thanks for the tips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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On February 12, 2007 @ 1:57 pm Ricky Berry said:

Hi greg thank you for teaching me on how to get ready for the bigggest game in our lives if it wasnt for you i would have never told him about the two judment days that happens when you die. He is finally a christian and we are really close to each other.

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On February 13, 2007 @ 1:45 pm RED said:

Hey Greg!!! Thanks for that amazing experience at Dare2Share. It was my first time to D2S and I was blown away by how much I learned on how to share my faith. I share my faith quite a bit on my bus. But i never thought i did a great job. It was kinda easy though cuz a cpl were church goin ppl, and they wanted to listen and they said they learned alot, I was pretty happy about that. Only once have I actually talked to someone about the Gospel. And she said she didnt belive there is a God, and I stayed calm and told her everything that u taught me, and tried to show her every reason that shows their is a God. At the end she said she wasnt sure if their is a God, but she said she hopes so. So I’m praying for her now. Thanks for showing me and everyone else at Dare2Share how to share their faith. RED

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On February 13, 2007 @ 4:35 pm Savvy Chick said:

rolling heaters ROCK! trust me i know…i was there. yeah that was pretty interesting…my poor little group of three dropped hits the ENTIRE time! every house we went to wouldn’t give us anything… =( but at least we got to witness to them… this one guy said he couldnt give us anything becasue he had grandkids…another was parinoid and talked to us from the other side of his door and blew us off…and another guy gave cans where he works and after we asked him how he stood with jesus he said "sorry i dont talk about that with strangers" and shut the door… god bless him…but i did take the 48 hour challenge and made the call to my friend Lowie back home in kentucky…she was either on the internet or was talking to someone else because no matter what i did satan would not let me through…so im crying my eyes out (never happens) in the hallway trying to get ahold of my friend so i desperately call my other friend to see if she can get through…when she answers the phone the first thing she says is ‘why are you crying’…but without any luck i went back in to d2s. but what really sucks is that after getting back home i call my friend the next morning to get ahold of her…i still cant get through…(there was a giant snow/ice storm at my house) so for 2 days this happens without any luck…there went my challenge… you see this monday (12 of Feb) was the first day my school had been back…but on monday (after an hour delay) i rush to get to school and im so completely excited because i finally get to talk to her…and when i do i find out she is already a christian…but the thing is she doesnt act like it…but im glad she has accepted jesus as her personal savior but i am also glad that i get to be there for her to show her what a christian should be…BUT while witnessing to Lowie, Brittany was listening in…and I asked her the same question…she said she wasnt sure if she was or not…she was confused with baptism (she thought you had to be baptised to be a christian) so me and my other christian friend Kristy explained it to her…so i am currently, daily witnessing to Brittany and Lowie and the rest of my friends hoping and praying that they will come to their senses…SOOOO– pray for me and my peepz down here in KY! Thanks for the pleasure of being able to go to D2S!

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On February 14, 2007 @ 11:51 am Christopher Paul said:

Hey Greg. I just finished reading your book ‘Ministry Mutiny’. I’ve got to say that a lot of the principals that Tony taught Ty, we as a youth group are already doing on a small scale. We only have about 20 students. Our church building was just built and had it’s first service the Sunday before Thanksgiving. I will tell you, it’s such blessing having a little group of deeply rooted young Christians, rather than a big group of superficial Christians. I see our youth group growing as we apply these principals on a more serious level. Hey, I hope you like the book I gave you at the conference. You know, ‘The Bible Is God’s Picture Book’. Maybe I’ll ask you what you thought about it at the conference next year. See ya then. Chris

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On February 14, 2007 @ 2:36 pm Tiffany McConnell said:

Hey greg my name is tiffany and i live in fairborn ohio and i am from rock youth. This made my first year at D2S and friday night was very emotional i am pretty sure i cried through the whole thing but i am happy to say my friend Chelsi Owens was there to hold my hand through it. i took the 48 hour challenge and it was the last day of it adn i was upset cause i hadnt witness cause they cancled school well i was online talking to a friend her name is Desire’she had a friend spending the night at her house adn she said”Tiffany i need your help my friend wants to ask jesus into her heart what do i do” so i typed a sinners prayer and she said it. IT is amazing wht computers do and i graduated from PU u see i wsa talking to one of my friends about the gosple and she laughed at me so at first i thought i couldnt do it anymore but i was reading my bible and the D2S book that i bought and it really changed the way i feel about it. the best part about D2S was all of it i didnt have a favorite part and i cant wait until next year for the linebacker it is going to be fun. my youth group has changed since we went there and the sunday at our church we had a really good service. well thatnks for doing such an awsome thing. love your sister in christ, *Tiffany McConnell* *R.O.C.K Youth*

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On February 14, 2007 @ 7:47 pm bryan gallagher said:

hey Greg this is bryan. i am one of the four who spoke i front of the 5000 peole in columbus. I was the first one to talk. Well i just wanted you to know that i discourage the standing O at least for the people because we were put on thsi earth to glorify god so maybe have it for god and not the kids well i hope all the other conferences go well cant wait till next year oh by the way you are my hero i dont really have a father and u seem to care about me more than my father thank you so very much… daddy greg hope its ok i call u that

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On February 16, 2007 @ 5:32 pm taylor said:

hey…. i was so touched by D2S! it really gave my the fire i needed to witness to my friends. thanks SO MUCH for everything you do at D2S. I wish everyone in my church could go! i hope to see you next year! peace, taylor

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On February 18, 2007 @ 3:20 pm Olivia Sundin said:

Hi Greg! I didn’t do the 48 hour thing, but I have been talking to my friend who is a Mormon. I talked to my pastor this morning to find out some topics to talk on. If I get together with her tomorrow, I will talk long and hard. I am determined to bring the truth to her. In the book you wrote it said in the Mormon part that ‘We can become gods.’ I asked her if she believes that and she said "no, there is only one God". I asked her what she believes of the father, the son and the holy spirit. She said that they believe that they are three different people. but! We believe they are 3 in 1! The trinity. I asked her what the purpose of the Book of Mormon. She said it was to learn about what happened in the lives of these mormom prophets. They have a Bible, but they don’t use it as much as the BOM. I asked her what the purpose of the Bible is. She said that she didn’t know. I told her that it is a love letter from God to his people. It was written so they will know how to live and love in a Godly way. I want to bring her to Christ in a way that will keep our friendship. pray for me that I am patient with her, that I tell her the right things. Dare 2 Share really pushed me to talk to her and I am so thankful that I went. God Bless You! Olivia Sundin

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On February 20, 2007 @ 9:01 pm matt norrod said:

Hi Greg! Me and my youth group just got back from a youth trip. It’s called Winter Trip and we do it every year. But this year was different because it was the BEST Winter Trip yet!! Anyway, our theme for the weekend was "Heroes" and you had to dress up as your hero at our Heroes Party. Well, you’re my hero so I dressed up like you. I had the D2S t-shirt with a white, long-sleeved undershirt, and jeans and the D2S book that you wrote. My youth pastor looked at me and said, " Who are you supposed to be? " and I answered, " Greg Stier! ". He thought it was funny but also very cool. Then he asked me, "He always wears a long-sleeved undershirt. You should go on his blog and ask ‘ Why do you always wear a long-sleeved undershirt?’ " So that’s what I’m here to do. Greg Stier…Why do you always wear a long-sleeved undershirt? Your Brother in Christ, Matt Norrod

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On February 22, 2007 @ 11:35 am Carrie Hayworth said:

Hey Greg, I wanted to leave a comment sooner but I rarely have a computer I can use. My first Dare2Share was the year before last and at the time I was living in Tennessee with my father…I did everything I could to be able to come up to be with my youth group for Dare2Share. It was a life changing experience. My life felt as if it was going around in a blender with out the lid. I was in Tennessee but my heart was in Ohio with my friends and church. Dare2Share reminded me that God was with my no matter where I go. and even though I am back in Ohio and came this year there are still a lot of problems in my life that I didn’t think I could rise above but when I was out preaching the Gospel to people who didn’t know Jesus I realized how much worse off they are… I wanted so badly for them to listen to me so they can I have the same amazing relationship I have with God and tell them that God has not left nor will he ever leave you. I can’t thank you enough for what you do and I am looking forward to seeing you next year.

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On February 28, 2007 @ 3:35 pm Amanda Truax said:

Hey Greg! It’s Amanda again. My chruch got a whole bunch of copies of your book about how to share the faith with others. I haven’t read much yet, but I’m on my way to reading it all and hopefully sharing the news and Gospel with people. Life has been alright. Some stuff not so good. But I wont share that on here. It’s not major major bad, but in a way it is to me…. but yeah just wanted to write again and see how life has been for you since you visited Columbus? Talk to u soon! May God bless you and your family always, Amanda

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On March 6, 2007 @ 5:04 pm Tonya said:

hey.. i took the cell phobe challenge and tmy best friend that i have been praying for for like 5-6 month got saved that night..i was so happy.. i was crying and i told the very first person that i saw from my youth group.. it was two of my sunday school leaders and the one(rick) told us to wait their and he went to tell his their wives and everyone else that went.. i was so happy i was crying likethe whole way home… on march 4th her and i both got baptized… she is coming next year nad we are waiting for next year…

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On March 29, 2007 @ 7:33 pm Adam said:

Hey Greg, not sure if you still read this but I’m just now getting to it. I came to the conference in Columbus, and learned a lot.THANX. Our youth group watched the gospel journey. WOW WOW WOW to see some of my non-believing friends come and hear the gospel in a way that they never had before was awesome!!!! (I was wandering if you keep in touch with the youth that were in that,and if so has any more accepted Christ.) From that DVD a new youth ministry has started,(Please pray 4 that) anyway just wanted to say THANX

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On September 28, 2007 @ 12:27 pm Kelsie said:

I cant wait to see you guys in columbus in Feburary I am already pumped. My youth leader already bought the tickets! =) It sounds like its going to be amazing…as usual! See you there! Kelsie

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On February 3, 2008 @ 12:04 am Jordin Piper said:

Greg;
Your lessons are sooo touching. && I absolutely love the little videos of your son. He’s adorable. =).
Anyways;
I’m writing you to tell you that during the time when we were calling friends i chose my ex boyfriend who, unfortunately decided to date a girl who is like the anti-Christ. Well I’m still kinda close with him and thought he needed to hear the G.O.S.P.E.L Journey. So I called him and it went to his voicemail && I left him one saying ” Nathanael. Dude. You mean the world to me and I am at a thing called Dare2Share, it’s this amazing convention where a bunch of Christians get together && help others to find God, and I want to know that you’re going to heaven. God let his son die for us man. Just so we could have all our sins washed away and live eternally with Him. I want to know that you’re going to be right beside me with Jesus on the day of judgement. So please call back whenever you get this. Thanks man. Love ya.”

Well he called back && we got to talking and he started crying and tomorrow he’s going to start going to church.
I just thought you should know that what you said, although he didn’t hear it, meant alot to him.
Thanks dude.

God bless.

<3

.Jordi;Christine.
=)).

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On February 3, 2008 @ 3:37 pm Alex said:

Greg,
going around to all the houses to collect food and share the gospel really was an awsome thing to do!! I really enjoyed it, even though I definitly graduated from PU a bunch of times!! But I definitly thought it was a great thing to do!!
Thanks for letting us go out and tell everybody about Jesus!!

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On February 3, 2008 @ 8:45 pm Godroxmysox14 said:

greg,
Wow<3i went to d2s this past weekend it was great i really enjoy your power and touching talks am really thinking about going next year!thank you

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On February 4, 2008 @ 4:46 pm Rj said:

Greg, Our youth group hade fun with collecting can goods because we knew that after that we could eat at donotos. We braved the cold for an hour or so and then our adults decided to go to eat. I went up to order the pizza and wings and wait for the rest of our youth group to come. I will tell you that pizza was goooooodddd! Loved the wings too! I hade the best time at the columbus conference. Keep up the good work!

RJ
(cant wait till this weekend i get to go to Kalahari with my youth group for another conference and music)

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On February 4, 2008 @ 4:54 pm Sarah said:

Greg!!!!
i had such a greattime this weekend. I regained my confidence to talk about my faith this weekend. LAst year i talked to one of my guy friends about my faith he looked at me like i was stupid and never talked to me again. until this weekend i could never talk to any of my friends about my faith but you led me to belive that christ is always going to be there for me when im sharing what i belive. When me and my friends were out collecting cans we met a girl and we talked to her a long time and she was really grumpy at first but towards the end she had a huge smile on her face and was really nice and she said she was going to think about some stuff. All about what we told her and we were so excited. This helped me so much! Thank You!!!!!

~Sarah

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On February 4, 2008 @ 7:39 pm Ashley said:

Hey, I was there. It was my first time, and it changed my life forever! I was saved that Saturday, and ever since then, I can’t stop talking about Jesus! I would love to thank you and the rest of the crew for such a great conference!

Your friend,
Ashley

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On February 5, 2008 @ 11:19 am alc32693 said:

Hey Greg. This isn’t about the conference really, but I was there. It was freezing outside, and we went for at least an hour without getting back in the van. But I loved it. And I am currently reading Dare 2 Share the book. It is great. But I want to make a comment about the Gospel Journey series. We watched it in youth group, and I thought it was really helpful. Long story short, I was saved during the first run through of the videos. We watched it twice, the first time for us and then the next time to bring friends. I had been attending my church for two and a half years, but wasn’t ready yet to be saved. One night after youth group, i was on the phone with my friend Jacqui for an hour and she led me to Christ. Although my salvation wasn’t a direct affect of the Gospel Journey, I learned a lot that helped me make a decision when it came down to what I was going to do. thanks for everything. It would be really cool to meet you some day. i met Zane at breakfast Saturday morning and it was so weird. it’s better than meeting a movie star.

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On February 5, 2008 @ 7:54 pm Jocelyn said:

Hey Greg,
I was in Columbus…and I had a blast!! I am not going to lie at first I didnt want to come and than when I got there I had so much fun. You really challenged me to reach out and to become a better Christian. Thanks!! And I didnt do the Cell phone challenge(I didnt have one with me) but I did do the 48 hour challenge…I called my boyfriend who wasnt a christian(I know not right-christian and non-christian together) and I just told him that what he was doing was wrong and I went thru the GOSPEL journey with him…and He accepted Christ in the middle of school Monday!! And he is so on fire for Christ(I have never seen anyone get that on fire that fast)-He asked If I would go to the next Dare 2 Share with him next year. So Thank you so much because If it wasnt for you I would never have gotten the guts to tell him about christ.
Love in Christ, Jocelyn

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On February 7, 2008 @ 5:13 pm Keith Peterson said:

Dear Greg, Hi my names keith and i went to the conference down in Columbus and going into this trip i wast the most religious person. But on my way down from a suburb of Youngstown i had alot of time to think (4 hours and 23 minutes)just to think about god and the hole idea i had and you know what i was kind of scared to come because i wasnt sure exactly what to expect but on the way down i felt like something inside of me changed and a weight was lifted off of my shoulders. So later that night after our first conference i talked with my pastor and i told him my point of view of church and religion and his respone hit home to me but i dont know why he said, “Dont think of it as religion but think of it as ur relationship with Jesus.“ So now when i came back all of my friends ask me theres sumthing different about you and i always tell them ,“ The only thing thats different is that i have a very important person in my life and he will love me for me.“ SO i just wanted to take the time to tell you, Zane, D. Grey, Stellar Kart, Lincolin Brewster, Washington Project, the crew from Dare 2 Share, and Last but not least Jesus Christ My one and only Savior. God Bless all of you and thank you so much youve changed my life forever

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On February 8, 2008 @ 5:33 pm dal_08 said:

dare2share was awsome i sear i commented already but its not on herr so oh well i cant wait til next year i am so glad that we came. the music was right the feeling was right and the messages was right. i am so glad that u guys talked about the sex issue because that really heloed me being a senior in highschool and everything so there is a lot of pressure to lose my v before college next year so yeah thanx again. u guys totally rocked
dallas hall

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On February 19, 2008 @ 10:15 am Daniela said:

WOW. IT WAS CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
one thing i noticed is that there were more chances to witness this year than there were in ‘07 because of the B-E-A-UTIFUL weather in ‘08. Also, we were definitely more focused on the mission at hand this year than getting warmed up like last year, so we were more patient. I believe GOD used in great ways this year and I pray he will continue to use D2S throughout the years.

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On February 25, 2008 @ 11:36 pm Jeff Sladky said:

Hey Greg, I attended the Lincoln d2s and i was wondering am i able to copy ur “The Journey” traks that u gave us to use, i had one left over but i could really use more at my school. I just want to know if im able to w/out copyright issues.

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