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1. On March 6, 2009 @ 1:14 pm Jay said:

   • Sounds like a big wave…..shred it, baby, shred it. Will be praying for you guys!

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2. On March 6, 2009 @ 1:19 pm Jason said:

   • Looking forward to great updates during the ATL conference through TWITTER. Keep us posted!

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3. On March 7, 2009 @ 10:13 pm rodney said:

   • It was amazing. Hate to hear you won’t be back next year. Looking forward to “the cause”

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     Lilly.N Reply:
     March 10th, 2009 at 4:58 pm

     waite
     Hes not goanna be where next year?
     ~Love Lilly~

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4. On March 7, 2009 @ 10:14 pm Leyanet said:

   • Hey greg!
     I has soo much fun at the Dare 2 share Atlanta!
     yeah hey! we had not gotten snow for lonnng time soo we are soo happy that the snow came lol!

     First of day of Dare 2 share!
     I was shreddin the gnar! i called up my freind about god and of course it didnt go well! i mean he was like having no promblem with my religous and he said someday he will be changed! soo i failed

     Second of the day Dare 2 share!
     I actually called a different freind of mine and this time it went awesome!
     she accepted jesus as her savior! i even saved one person during the breaks.
     well we went up to three people. One is very good at the bible. she does believe in god and she memories the whole things. she goes to the church. she ended up teaching us lol!
     the other one was actually the saved one! we talk to him and he was very encourage and he never through of god that way. i mean lots of people has told him about god but they never really give him in the perservice of god is. he was soo encourage and he was accepted as jesus christ savior. i gave him my book of john the little one so he can go home and read it! but yeah! it was aweosme
     the third one however he is very confused one! he think he is god! and it didnt go well!
     but we saved one person! soo it was aweomse!
     we ended up shreddin the gnar!

     and Greg! i hope you like my note i gave you at the end of Dare 2 share on march 7th. That was my story. Thank you for everything!

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5. On March 7, 2009 @ 11:33 pm Olive said:

   • It was great seeing you today and am so happy that the minsitry has been growing and continues to grow each time.
     Thank you for the great work.
     GA KYALI MABAGGA!!!

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6. On March 8, 2009 @ 12:34 am Lori said:

   • Glad to see the reports on ATL…will be praying for the youth and leaders as they return home safely and put to work the great things that were taught. I am continuing to pray for the conferences…and, I can’t wait til STL!!!!!! c’ya there!

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7. On March 8, 2009 @ 3:59 am Megan said:

   • Oh my gosh this is imbrassing but i want you Greg to reply so bad and pray for me so please respond
     Hey Greg, (GREG PLEASE REPLY AND IF ZANE COULD PLEASE REPLY AND KEEP ON REPLYING PLEASE!!!!)
     I know I’ve said I’ve replied so many times but I need you to say something to me reply and talk to you first in this message I got a few questions. The questions that satan keeps on asking me and I’m haveing trouble anwering, and then tell me if you could diffrent ways of that answer because I’ll give satan an answer but he won’t take it. Here are the questions:

     * How do you know when you truly belive in god? That is a question of myself becasue I want to know for sure that I belive in God.

     * When will satan stop asking me these questions or until I can ignore that crap that satan is saying?

     * What are some ways I can know for sure that I trust God?

     * Will you pray for me? Like Pray that satan will get out of my head and that I will trust God better.

     * This question is to Greg personally. Is there any way I can talk to you by e-mail or talk to you get your phone number or something? ( I’m not being a stocker) It’s only because sometime when you have free time I want to talk to you so that I can talk to you and you can respond right away.

     * This one is also to Greg personally. Is there any way that I could talk to Zane or have him respond on here like so I know it is him? The only reason for Zane is because I want to ask him a question and the question is when zane decided to be a christen how hard was it to ignore satan saying that crap and thing’s.

     Ok well like I said satan is getting in my mind and saying crap I want him to stop and I want to know that I belive in god.

     Ok 2 messages up I was telling about what has happened just this year yea still not finished so here is more of the story and my life:

     Well since that girl i keep on hanging out with her I don’t know why but I guess I just do. Even today I asked her about dare 2 share and she knew about and then i asked then why didn’t you go to it and she really honestly said this. Oh yea because there was a dance this weekend and then i said so u would rather go to a 2 hour dance then go to d2s worship god and listen to bands then she said this oh my boyfriend was at the dance soo… yea.

     That girl sesorily said that. Amazed yea I am too.
     Well the reason i keep on saying things to you Greg and my life it is because after dare 2 share and now i know for sure that I was on satans side with out knowing it and i was helping tons of other people about god and not helping myself. know i really want to know i do belive in God. I am haveing troubles i almost burst out crying in school if anyone could reply and help i do need it.

     Well know i kinda don’t know what to say but i need prays i do belive in god i trust him but i need to talk to someone like you Greg Stier and Zane Black. just to say something i guess i did belive in God before d2s but not as much as i really thought. There is so much more but i fell like i’m alone annd even though know it is 2 days after d2s satan is starting to say you can end this all, all by killingg yourself this, this right here i need more help then ever im fighting the devil but i need other people Praying.

     Right know i am crying tears are pouring out of my eyes i’m scared i know right know that i’m doughting myself i don’t want to go to devil’s side i need help please everyone please help i need pray for me i want to belive in god and i do i don’t know if i am doughting myself or not but i need help. Greg this is a poem i made tell me what you think of it.

     i want to die latter in the years and go to heaven.
     I want to worship god.
     i gave satan so many answers to so many questions.
     He won’t he Won’t take them
     sometimes i wake scared frighten
     i say i want to belive in god
     But how i say
     I need prays , people, and GOD
     When satan askes me those questions i try to ignore
     i figure out a way to make it go away but
     when i think that answer in my mind
     satan answers which isn’t good
     i think you might know that answer
     that satan says
     but i pray to god save me love me
     satan is there again again and again
     I pray to i love god
     satan again
     in my way so
     i pray i ask god save me i trust you
     then god is me savior god is the one
     this might come back again it will but god
     is always there no matter what satan say’s
     GOD!!!!
     so yea greg please reply give me some answers i love god but satan is in my way and is trying to convince me of crap here is a saying i made:

     It is easy to fall in the trap of satan’s lies, but harder to belive in satan, easy to be on god’s side but sometimes hard to get satan out of your head and lies.
     which is better: GOD

     so please reply i love god i just need help and satan out of my head. i love god please pray for me please and anyone else can reply and give me answers and pray for me please!!!

     I LOVE GOD!!!!!!!!!!

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8. On March 8, 2009 @ 1:44 pm Jamie said:

   • This was our youth groups first trip. It was an amazing trip We were blessed with a great experience pulling us closer to God. I pray that this conference was the spark that ignites the fire in each heart of our youth allowing us to claim many souls for christ. Love “Shreddin the Gnar”.

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9. On March 8, 2009 @ 1:59 pm Dave Miller said:

   • The ATL was awesome as usual, hate to hear you guys are not back next year. I’m at a new church now and took a “first-timers” group so this was a totally new experience for them. The first night we were there we got to talk with a lady who was working at Waffle House and really try to encourage her to continue her walk with Jesus and not get caught up in some bad habits she was doing.

     During the cell phone challenge 2 of the 3 students i brought called their friends and shared the gospel with them. All of them did a great job when we were out walking in our neighborhood. I am so proud of them and the job that they did. Now we just have to continue the work that was started in us and spread the gospel in Knoxville, TN. We are up for the challenge!!!

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10. On March 8, 2009 @ 3:24 pm Alex said:

    • Hey Greg!
      This weekend was amazing with our youth group.
      We had so much fun shreddin’ the gnar with the neighborhood we were at, although we got the door shut in our faces multiple times. ha.
      But, I came back to my church’s service this morning and decided to be baptized. I got saved when i was 10 or 11, but i wasnt really sure what it meant at the time. Now I finally understand EVERYTHING and want to live only for Christ. And, I wasn’t the only one to do so. Another guy in my youth group decided to become saved at this morning’s service and I was so proud of him. We had been friends for a really long time (okay, and we dated for a while) and i knew that he hadn’t really been saved. We totally did not mean to do this at the same time, but it just worked out like that, and i’m so happy for him.
      Oh! and another thing. This girl that i have been friends with had been coming to our church for a couple of months and wasnt able to go to the conference this weekend. I started texting her a little while ago and i was able to share the gospel with her, and she really took it to heart. I explained everything to her, and now she is seriously considering becoming a member of my church and getting saved.
      All i really want to say is just thank you for everything. Because of this conference this weekend my life will never be the same again, and i love it that way.
      

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11. On March 8, 2009 @ 6:40 pm Justin said:

    • Hey Greg! This was my 5th, and final, conference as a student and I just wanted to thank you. Dare 2 Share has had a profound impact on my life. I don’t look at it just as a conference but as a call to action, a set of battle orders where we all come together once a year to learn different ways to defeat our enemy. Thank you so much for allowing the Lord to use you!

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12. On March 9, 2009 @ 8:54 am Jared Allen said:

    • Greg,

      I told my students they could not bring their cell phones to the conference because I didn’t want them to be distracted at the conference. Because of this, I felt so bad when they could not participate in the challenge to call their friends at the conference.

      SO…WE DECIDED TO DO THE CELL PHONE CHALLENGE AT CHURCH WHEN WE GOT HOME. We told our students to text their friends and tell them to call them after church because they had something important to talk to them about. Within an hour after church we already had two students that had led their friends to Christ and many more that had amazing seed planting conversations.

      It was one of the most powerful nights I have experienced in student ministry.

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13. On March 9, 2009 @ 12:18 pm haley blakely said:

    • Dear Greg,
      Friday night my youth minister, Mr. Kevin, called me from the conference. All I could hear was loud noise, and I figured the call was a mistake. So I text him & asked if he had meant to make the call or not. He told me that he wanted me to hear what you were saying… about me.
      I didn’t go to D2S this year, but if I could go back in time to just one moment I’d go back to Thursday night and not change my mind about going. I’d give anything to go back and be in Atlanta with my youth group Friday to see the skit that was inspired by me.
      I was with some friends that night, and whem Mr. Kevin and other people from my youth group started texting me I started crying and almost wrecked my car, haha.
      A year ago, when I gave you my blade, I never would have imagined any of this would come from it. I can’t thank you enough for what you’ve done. Everybody is always telling me that I can’t make a difference, that I can’t change the world. But, I think I’ve already started to. I believe anybody can change things, if they really want to.
      If you still want to e-mail me the script, that would be great. I hope I can continue to impact people.
      And, once again, thank you.

      -Haley*

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      Greg Reply:
      March 9th, 2009 at 1:19 pm

      Hey Haley,

      Thanks so much for your post. I sure wish you were there. It was, in many ways, a dedication to that moment in Atlanta last year where you dropped that razor in my hand.

      I am having Paul (our director) email your youth pastor the script for you to read. You were the motivation behind the drama. My prayers go with you as you seek to serve Him and rescue others from the pain they are going through. We still have pain in our own lives of course but as we get our eyes off of self we can heal as we take others to the hospital…so to speak.

      Be well young lady. Stay connected to the body of Christ!

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      Leyaenet Reply:
      March 9th, 2009 at 10:27 pm

      hey Haley
      i was in your situation before.
      i has been throught a lots.
      so i know how you feel.
      i was in situation where i tried to commited death and i am still having that siutation but i has been through a lots.
      so you should been at atlanta and seen that drama.
      When greg talk about suidice i was little sad and i wanted to leave the room because i do not want to be reminded my old history of death and suidie.

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      Lilly.N Reply:
      March 10th, 2009 at 1:20 pm

      Hey,Haley
      I’m so glad that Greg wrote a skit based on you
      b/c of that skit one of my friends accepted Christ into her heart.
      When greg talk about suidice…I knew that was a situation for one of my friends and I wasnt goanna let that happen so now I beginning to share GOSPEL with her and others and hopefully she will find that Amazing Love from Christ instead of Guys.
      ~Love Lilly~

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      gnarshredder90 Reply:
      August 17th, 2009 at 10:24 pm

      Haley,
      I was where you were. I have been there. The blade and all. I was haveing a hard time with school, with friends, and fighting with my family. For Me, it was almost as if Greg had heard of my past. The drama was amazing and It was one of the main things that helped me solidify my faith, for the second time. Your story, and in all realness, mine as well, has been a very positive influence on the people around me. I wish you could have been there, you would have cried with the rest of us. I thank you for sharing your story, and letting Greg Share it with us.
      God Be with you, God Bless you.
      Jessica, AKA Lex.

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14. On March 10, 2009 @ 11:22 am Rachael Harrell said:

    • I am so jealous of everyone who got to go to D2S this year. Though not completely.
      This time last year my parents and I were preparing to leave the country with a missions organization called Operation Mobilization. It is so weird that it was only one year ago. D2S was a very good thing for me last year. The friends who went with me ended up becoming my best friends, and I am convinced it was partly because of that.
      I do miss very much being able to go this year, I have been twice in the past, especially because of the bands that were there. =P
      I think last year I had decided I wanted to work for D2S, doing who knows what. Now, have no idea and the future is approaching so quickly it is speeding by at a blur.

      I do have a question for anyone who has the knowledge. Is there a video of that drama?? I absolutely love the D2S dramas. They are so inspiring.

      Congrats to all of you who got to go. I wish I was there, but only half because the country I am living in is Italy.=P
      With much love!
      ~Rachael

      P.S.-I am a 16 year old missionary kid. Wow.

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15. On March 10, 2009 @ 1:09 pm Lilly.N said:

    • Hey
      I am glad you came to Atlanta b/c I have learned alot on how to shred the gnar with my friends about God
      Recently I have gone back to God and Now we are cool then ever
      but I brought my lil sis with me and this was her first time as a teenager to attend any conference/concert.
      She thought it was amazing and she also learned how to share Christ with others
      I am currently a freshman and man let me tell ya its hard to bring up God with my friends and even people I dont know but after the experience in Dare2Share its became easier b/c I have learned to trust God in everything and I ask him to use me so I may get through to my friends and others.
      People were really shocked that I am not Ashambed to Say that I believe in God fully,they say I’m happier than ever and so full with joy.
      But I said its b/c of JESUS I’m alive and I really do pray for each and every one of my friends so they might come to Christ and find that peace and happyness that I found.

      To conclude it all,
      I took in every message that was preached,every scrit that I saw and applied it to my daily life!

      So Pray for me as I speak and tell my friends about the GOSPEL
      And also Pray for them to accept Christ and Find that happyness that we all have.
      ~Love Lilly~

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16. On March 10, 2009 @ 7:20 pm Todd Pruitt said:

    • Hey man I just wanted to say what an awesome time my youth group and I had in Atlanta. For most of my youth it was a life changing event. I wish you could have heard them talk in front of our church Sunday Night. Man just to hear how they spoke was inspiring to me. I really want to thank your staff and volunteers. Our church van broke down Saturday afternoon while doing the missons drive. Your staff bent over backwards for us and I cant thank them enough for the hospitality. My youth group was able to get back to the congress center Saturday night and finish out the conference, and your staff did everything they could to acomedate us. Tell Zane and Derwin that there are some really good people in Atlanta. I am sorry for their miss hap. Anyway I look forward to taking my youth deeper and wider and watch them ” Shred the Nar” Thanks Again God Bless Todd

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17. On March 12, 2009 @ 4:43 am Tiffany cline said:

    • Hey greg,
      i just wanted to tell you that, at the dare to share confrence in Atlanta we took what you called the “cell phone challenge” i called this girl whittney. She is having some problems right now her parents got divorced and she doesn’t have many friends, just me, and she is getting all depressed. about a month and a half ago she tried to commit suicide but her mother stopped her. so when she told me i asked her why and she said she was unhappy with her life but she said she was getting some pills to make her happy. I told her happiness doesn’t come from a bottle and that i knew someone that would always be her best friend and make her happy. When i invited her to my church she said i’m already a christian if thats what your doing. so i asked her what church she went to and she said she wasn’t in one. i asked her if she was saved and she said she didn’t know what that meant. So i tried to tell her but it made her mad at me, or so i thought. When i called her she didn’t answer so i left two msgs. then i talked to her at school and she told me she wasn’t mad she just didn’t think God could help her because she kept praying and he didn’t answer. then i told her that God can’t look upon sin. I asked her if i could tell her about the GOSPEL and she said that she would love that!!!! I am so excited to Shred the Gnar for JESUS!!!

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18. On March 24, 2009 @ 8:18 am Lilly.N said:

    • Hey,greg
      How are you?
      Well,I just wanted to ask..
      Has anyone wondered how long the Water Proof WRITBAND last after the Dare2Share conference is over in your state?
      Thats what I asked myself.
      Then, I had made plan so see how long the writband would last and it lasted a long time,TRUST ME.
      I receieved the writband in the Dare2Share Conference in Altanta on March 6 and the writband lasted untill March 23.
      To be pratical the waterproof Writband Last for 17 days.
      Its Amazing!!!!!!
      Well,I just wanted to inform you on that.
      Have a Nice Day
      God Bless!
      ~Love Lilly~

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19. On March 26, 2009 @ 4:39 am Tiffany said:

    • Hey greg!!!! I have some awesome news!!! I wrote on here earlier about my 13 year old friend whittney and how she wasn’t saved, well last night i talked to her and shared the GOSPEL with her and about halfway through (O) she said she didn’t know all that and i explained everything to her and she said that it was interesting. so i continued and when i got to the E-everyone who trusts in God will have everlasting life, she said she hadn’t asked jesus into her heart. i said would you like to become a part of God’s family? and she started crying and she said yes so we prayed the sinners prayer together and we both started crying and i said welcome to the family. She was soooooooooo happy the rest of the night. and she said it felt good to know someone would always be loving her. I’m so glad i got to learn the GOSPEL I think that is an awesome way to explain jesus to someone!!!! Just be prayin’ that whittney will grow in the lord.

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20. On August 17, 2009 @ 10:10 pm gnarshredder90 said:

    • First off, my name is Jessica, but everyone call me Lex, not really sure why but they do. I have a story to tell and I hope that you will ‘listen’ or read in this case. I was there that weekend in ALT. When I first heard about it, from my youth pastor, I thought it was just going to be a giant outreach thing and maybe some good music to go with it. To be honest, I only went to please my pastor. Being one of the senior members of the youth group, I am expected to do this kind of thing. I was expected to lead the youth group on their many adventures, this being one of them.

      So, with my forms sign, I packed a bag and packed myself in the van my pastor had rented. We traveled from our church in Palm Bay, (Central Florida, Near Kennedy Space Center), to Atlanta, Georgia. I was the oldest on the trip and I was expected to act like one of the adults. We checked into our hotel and put our youth group tee shirts on. Once we walked into the actual conference center, I heard the music and I remember smiling. I couldn’t believe that I might actually enjoy myself. Like I said, I first thought that I was just going to please my youth pastor. We got there a little late the first night, so we had to sit in the back of this huge room. The first talks and everything were amazing. Mind blowing to say the least. My opinion changed when the talks finished, the music carried me to where I used to be when I first became a Christian. I admit that before this experience, I strayed from Jesus too many times to count.

      When I heard what we were going to be doing with the Outreach, I got scared. When I first pictured Atlanta, I pictured gangs everywhere and well the worst I could think of. I thought everyone in charge was crazy. We got one of the worst neighborhoods to get. No, not the side of town that had nothing to give, but the side of town that had more than enough and still wouldn’t give. The richer side of the town that can’t see the conditions around them. Now I grew up lower class, being raised by my mother and her parents. I am the younger of her two daughters. I know what its like to live from paycheck to paycheck. That’s what some of the families we helped do. I had hoped that the people we were going to see would help out their neighbors. I was horribly disappointed. I couldn’t believe some of the responses that my group got. “We don’t give to people.” Or “Why should I give to them? Why can’t they work for their food?” I was horrified that someone would even think that helping someone else was so much work.

      The highlight of the entire outreach was this one elderly lady’s house. It was the last house we went to and she shuffled to the door, her dog in her hand. Being the leader of my group, I stepped forward a little and told her what we were doing. She smiled and nodded. With our youth pastor following, she led us to the pantry of her house and she said: “Take how ever much you please. I have no used for it really.” I was floored. With a glance back to my pastor, we started stacking cans on her counter. We got to about ten cans and I nodded, backing away from the pantry. She smiled and piled out another 15 or 20 cans. “I really don’t need this much, it’s just me and my dog.” She assured us. I had been instructed to ask if the donor would like to pray. At first I was a little hesitant about it. I am not really a public prayer person. I motioned to my pastor to begin the prayer and he shook his head, telling me that it was my turn to step up. My voice shook as I prayed, but when I was finished, the elderly lady gave me the biggest hug I could imagine and told me that she would pray for all of us. She will forever be in my heart. I don’t think I could ever forget her.

      Another thing that touched me a lot was the Cell phone challenge. At first I couldn’t think of anyone to call, most of my friends already follow Christ. Then I remembered Rose. Rose and I have been best friends since 6th grade. We have been there for each other through everything. Rose has struggled with a very harsh history. She was assaulted and raped when she was 12, a few months after we met. I was the 1st one she told about it. I convinced her that she needed to report it. I helped her through the trial. Her assaulter was convicted and sent to prison. I was there, through it all. During it all I told her about Jesus, but she was never ready for him. Before I left for the conference, I told her that Jesus would always be there, knocking at her heart, waiting for her to open the door. The Cell Phone Challenge gave me the chance to tell her even more, everything I had learned. She didn’t accept Jesus that day, but when I got back home, I called her. She told me that she needed to talk to me and we talked for several hours. I agreed to meet with her and she told me that she was ready and she wanted Jesus to save her. Since then, Rose and I have been leading the rest of our friends, the nonbelievers, to Jesus. There are only two left to come to Christ: Mandy and Russell. I pray every night that they choose Christ.

      The entire experience was beyond what I could have imagined. I have to say thank you to everyone who made it possible. Most of all, God. He opened my eyes to what needs to be done, and how I can help get it done. I was told that I would be a good candidate for seminary. I laughed the first time I heard that, but now, I am starting to think seriously about it.

      I didn’t think one weekend of listening to speakers, watching skits, and doing outreach would change my life… but it did… and I am glorifying God. With his help, I helped establish ‘Fellowship Of Christian Athletes’ and ‘Young Believers’ organizations in my high school. The two organizations are charged with outreach and fellowship in the school. Most of the students in high schools now fit into three categories: Believers, Non-Believers that have heard, and Non-Believers that haven’t heard. I graduated in May and I will be coming back to make sure that they team I left it with continues down the right road, the road to Christ.

      I hope that you all will keep my friends, our outreach, and myself in your prayers. Russell and Mandy will come around; God has given me that comfort. Thank you for letting me share my story with you. I still have my ‘D2S’ wristband. In fact I think it lasted nearly to graduation on May 23rd. March 6 to May 20th, well over two months. Of course, I think God had something to do with it.

      Jessica
      AKA Lex

      SHREAD THE GNAR!!

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