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St. Louis…I think I love you!

Posted on Sunday 10 February 2008 by Greg @ 6:44 pm
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What an excellent event! What made it great? The thousands in attendacne? The 24 tons of canned food collected? The hundreds of decisions for Christ?

Sure, that was a big part of it! But, ultimately, it was the Spirit of God working in and on and through the teenagers and youth leaders who attended!

Now the real work begins! Hey St. Louis conference goers. Did you take the Double Dare? If so…do tell us your story!

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On February 10, 2008 @ 6:50 pm Zach Eastin said:

Hi Greg,
I took the dare, and so far…I FEEL LIKE I’M ABOUT TO EXPLODE!!!! I know this girl at my school who is an athiest, and i have been trying to get her to church. But lately i’ve been figuring out (with ur help) that i need to do more than that and share the gospel with her because she doesen’t totally understand it, and blows it off completly because i believe in a god. So, i guess what i’m really saying is…please pray for me to have the courage to acually talk to her about Christ and what he’s like.
Thanks!!

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On February 10, 2008 @ 7:03 pm Rachel said:

Greg,
Yes Ive chosen to take the double dare. As much as I’ve learned this weekend, I’m trying to think of a way to bring it up. I called my best friend and asked her the big question, If you were to die right now would you go to heaven or hell? She told me that she would probably go to hell. I asked her if she wanted to go to heaven. She said yes. I told her that she can go to heaven if she puts all her faith in Jesus Christ and realizes that she has sinned. My best friend is very close minded but listened to my words. I then began to explain the Gospel to her. She kept listening and told me that she’s beginning to understand. I actually used something that you said to us. I said “Britni, do you like religion? Because I hate religion. All it is to me is a bunch of rules and regulations. I dont look for religion. I look to strengthen my relationship with God.” She told me that she wants to look for that and feel what I am feeling. Then she sadly told me that she had to get off the phone and go to work, which I know was true, and she also said that she would call me as soon as she got home because she wants to learn more. Please pray for her to see how amazing our God is and join the family. I understand that it may not happen overnight, but I am just hoping that God can reach her life sometime soon :]
Thanks for everything you have done in St. Louis.
You’ve changed many lives this weekend!
God Bless You!
Rachel

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On February 10, 2008 @ 7:42 pm Amy said:

Greg,
Wow, this weekend was amazing. This was my first Dare2share and I love it! I’m taking your Double dare. One of my friends is athiest and i’ve tried explaining God to her and how amazing he is. She wont listen and I’ve asked her if she would die today where would she go? She told me Hell. She grew up in a family that doesnt believe in God. She told me that God couldnt be real because there isnt proof behind his existence. Please pray for me and give me the courage to win her over. This is going to be a long and tough road, but I want her to join our family and love God as much as we do. Also, pray for my friend kala. She attended the conference with us but she didnt even pay attention and slept through the whole thing. It broke my heart that she could even do something like that. Throughout the whole thing you could feel your adrenaline pumping because of the excitement. Pray for her and me so I can have the strength to help her through whatever is bothering her and to end her confusion about believing in God.
Thanks for what you did in St.Louis.
You’ve changed so many lives this weekend and I liked being there so much, I’m attending next year!
See you in next year and God Bless =]
Amy

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On February 10, 2008 @ 7:55 pm Derek said:

Hey Greg,
WoW!! i went to the Dare2Share conference in St. Louis and man was it great i bought the red survival book and did i think i had faith and i know i did i think this just helped me on the part of sharing.. Im really excited to go to school tommorrow (And i never say that) LOL! Im writing a sermon to take back to my youth group and try to teach them just a little of what i have learned but i will make sure to bring them next year. It was really great going to collect cans and just talking about God to them ya i got rejected but it was so much fun. I am taking the double dare my youth leader suprisingly gives that dare also and i have taken it from him and shared a little but nothing like im feeling now. Its great!! I memorized the G.O.S.P.E.L. and a bunch of scripture since leaving or trying to on the scripture. Thanks for letting God work though you and make a difference in my life.
Thanks For a GREAT time in St. Louis
Ill be coming back next year and bringing my friends.

Derek

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On February 10, 2008 @ 8:21 pm abby said:

Greg

I went to dare2share and took the doubledare and it has made a difference in my life already. like derek ^^^^… my youth leader does it too. he gives it to us every week almost. i came with a small group and we were so psyched. correction are so psyched. i had so much fun and i’ll be there next year. i am praying for the safety of everyone here at dare2share. i hope you all have fun.

Abby

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On February 10, 2008 @ 8:26 pm Katelin said:

Hi, My name is Katelin Hayes. At the end of last year my youth pastor mentioned a leadership trip called dare2share. I really didnâ€™t know if God was leading me to go on this trip because I did not see my self as a â€œleaderâ€. So, I prayed long and hard about going to dare2share, and I felt as if God was leading me to go. I was really excited about it because I thought it may help me to grow stronger in Christ and learn more about witnessing to others. I LOVED D.Gray! He had a wonderful testimony and I could relate to him alot as well as others in our youth group. I also would like to say â€œJob Well Doneâ€ to Lincoln Brewster and The Washington Projects. Another person I would like to commend would be you. Your messages were comprehendable and very touching. You seem to be a very devoted and Godly man. On the other hand there were a few things that went on at dare2share I felt were inappropriate. One of the things I felt was inappropriate would be the showing of Nacho Libre, Transformers, Superman, Dumb and Dumber, and A Night In the Muesum in between your message points. I felt as if all of these were taking away from the depth of your message, not only that but they are not Christian based movies. However, I liked when you showed the clips of The Passion of the Christ, Facing the Giants, and the clips with your son. They added emphasis to what you were speaking about and were not a distraction. It may have been accidental, but I was also very shocked today during the morning service when I realized that throughout the entire service, no one took a moment to pray. I felt that having 9,000 teenagers gathered at dare2share to worship Christ and to learn more about how to be a â€œleaderâ€, prayer should have been the â€œleadersâ€ of dare2shareâ€™s main focus. I can not begin to explain to you how I felt about Hawk Nelsonâ€™s appearance. I was in total shock at the way they were acting at a Christian Convention. Our youth group lives by the memory verse Romans 12:2 â€œAnd be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is of good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.â€ Overall I learned alot through this conference. Please email back.

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On February 10, 2008 @ 8:28 pm Kelly said:

Greg,
This weekend was amazing. I’d never been to dare 2 share before, I have seen the GOSPEL Journey though and was so excited to hear you and Zane speak. I can’t wait till next year. I’m sorry to say I haven’t done your double dare. I did buy one of your books though, “Venti Jesus Please”. That’s a great book; I couldn’t put it down and I read it so fast I couldn’t wait to finish it. The students conversation really got me thinking and questioning some things.
Thanks for St. Louis, I’ll HAVE to come back next year.
Kelly

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On February 10, 2008 @ 8:33 pm Nicole Mathews said:

Dear Greg,
I have chosen to take the double dare. I attended the St. Louis Dare 2 Share conference and It was amazing.I have this friend that I want to bring to Christ, but no matter how hard I try, she won’t listen. She says that she’s from the “Show Me State” and if you can’t show him to her, He’s not real. It breaks my heart personally. I’m going to keep trying though. She needs Christ in her life. It’s amazing how when you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, how good and whole you feel. You let me know that I could do this Greg. Thank you.
Nicole

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On February 10, 2008 @ 8:37 pm Caitlin said:

Go D2S!!! Man I loved it. I took the double dare while my Dad was busy doing something for someone. She just kept blowing me off and trying to change the subject. I had to leave but I’ll try again tomorrow. Maybe someday i’ll finally get her to pay attention…I have a charley horse from jumping soooooo much last night at the Hawk Nelson concert. I stood in line for an hour or so to get thier autographs and then we went looking for Zane. Well I had a blonde moment…When I asked where he was…come to find out he was right behind me…geez…next time he comes out to autograph he needs a line…wanna talk about smushed like Sardines? Some people are just so pushy…oh well. I really liked the intense drama. Definatly something I didn’t expect. Plus I never pictured Zane as a drug dealer and a major alcoholic, or even thinking aboutt having an abortion!! He’s lucky hes alive today and I’m glad, he’s really cool.

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On February 10, 2008 @ 8:48 pm Nicole Mathews said:

You got Hawk Nelson and got to meet Zane?!?!?!?!? That is soooo Cool!! I wanted to meet Zane and Hawk Nelson sooooo badly! That’s awesome Caitlin.

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On February 10, 2008 @ 9:07 pm Ellie said:

Hello Mr. Greg Steir,

Dare2Share rocked my world hardcore. I’ve always been kind of on the verge between fully serving God and just leaving it for Sundays. But this weekend I decided to fully surrender to the Lord, and I am so excited! I could barely sleep on Friday night. Thank you so much! This has been the best Dare2Sare yet. I also can’t wait to take the double dare tomorrow when I get to school. I’m going to talk to my British friend, because I’ve always been to nervous to. I also got to meet my hero, Daniel Biro from Hawk Nelson, so I was really excited about that on top of everything. So you have my heartfelt thanks again for putting so much of your time and heart into this!

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On February 10, 2008 @ 9:22 pm Sarhea Hall said:

Hey Greg,
First off your conferences never cease to amaze me and I thank you for that because I grow as a christain every year and I am glad God has put D2S in my life.Okay and like for lke 5 weeks before this conference I was like dealing with inner turmoil. I didn’t know why but I wanted to get it solved before Dare 2 Share because like I don’t like to cry like it just it isn’t me. I just don’t like to cry. So one of my strong christain friends was going to Dare 2 Share for the first time. I don’t get to talk to her because we go to different schools. Well yet again I stayed up all night. Only it wasn’t crying like last year. We planned to go to bed at like 2 o’ clock so like we could try to rest. I like to talk out my problems sometimes you know. So I thought that like my friend and I were going to like talk like in depth and well that didn’t happen at all we were talking about totally different stuff you know. Well I looked at the clock by the time we finished talking about the not in depth stuff and it was 2:30. I asked if she wanted to go to sleep and she said no. Something amazing happened the whole entire time that we were talking before 2:30 I felt tired drained and just wanted to sleep. After 2:30 though we like really started talking about like in depth stuff. About anything and everything we like felt at that moment. From how society looks down upon christainity to like guys. Well that time I wasn’t tired at all I remember something she said that I am willing to share she said”Sarhea this is what I feel God wanted us to do here. Yeah, we are going to learn how to share our faith yet again ,but like I feel that he wanted us to stay up this is what we are supposed to get out of D2S this year.” I took that qoute for like granted but Greg God hit me like a bomb. Saturday you hit on almost every single point we talked about. It was utterly a God thing. So like the day went on and like I called a couple people for the cellphone challenge. One wasn’t home so I left a huge message on his voicemail and the other one hung up on me. I took the Double Dare challenge though. This morning the youth that went to D2S like gave the sermon about d2s and like stories and everything. I felt led to talk about the Double dare challenge so I did. I like spoke and like I don’t even know really what I said like it was totally God led. I do wish to talk to you or one of your staff about something though more or less a thank you inside of a testimony. I just want to thank you for like just having God’s words spoken through you. I am really thankful to have inspirational leaders like you and the rest of the d2s staff that I can look up to even if the rest of the world may not think we live up to the standards of society.
God Bless with plenty of love
Rae

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On February 10, 2008 @ 9:29 pm DALLISON said:

hi greg my son and i tlked with you at the leadershipmeating in st louis my son is fifteen and god has called him to ministry .im not a proud dad ha ha . this was my first comfrence as the youth pastor of our church and i had 20 people with me 8 adults and 12 kids on friday night i had 4 kids acept christ or renew there faithopenly and one more that raised his hand but didnot step out.this was a very emotional evening for me to see these kids working for god and acepting we as there new youth pastor god is great and so is this comfrence that you do keep it up and god bless greg. tanks from dan allison centralia first baptist.

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On February 10, 2008 @ 9:33 pm Janna Clubb said:

Greg,
I would like to take a minute and thank your staff, Jamie and the rest have been so helpful in every way you can imagine. We have a small church and this was our 1st (but not last) time to D2S. WOW!!!! What a Glorious weekend. In SS our youth took the double dare promise and got started. Also one of our youth invited Christ in her life Friday night. She went forward at Church Sunday. We were so pleased, we had been praying for her for a while, What a blessing your group of people are doing for our youth. I enjoyed the whole weekend, Except for Hawk Nelson, I thought you could of ended with a better group, I really didn’t think they were the right band for that, after the purity speech you had givin that day. We had a 2 hour drive home, the kids talked all the way home about what they had experienced. After the long weekend I would of bet they would of slept all the way home, but was still pumped and on Fire for Jesus. As a youth leader, I would like to say you also motivated me to do more.. Thank you so much for the dedication you have for the youth
God Bless You and Your staff
Janna

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On February 10, 2008 @ 9:39 pm Katie Phelps said:

Hey Greg!
I was in St.Louis this weekend at D2S. I have to say that you guys were amazing..you really had me pumped. – Friday night I excepted Jesus Christ as part of my life, Saturday I accepted the double dare,and graduated PU. I have never felt so amazing. I want to thank you.To hear your story along with Zanes and Derwin’s made me realize I am not the only teen in the world that doesn’t have it all.–I don’t love in a family that goes to church, or prays at night. I live in a family that never talks about God, that won’t bring up his name. I am 17 years old and have been attending church on my own for the last 4 years. I have always been there physically but not mentally,spiritually,or emotionally. Today was my first day, I was terribly tired, but I was there all the way.– I am ready to spread the word and reach out to others about Jesus Christ.–Thanks again & God Bless….Katie Phelps(Coulterville,IL- United Methodist Church)

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On February 10, 2008 @ 10:06 pm Becky said:

Cool! Can’t wait for the one coming up here.

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On February 10, 2008 @ 10:11 pm Sean Laberer said:

So I went to work today after church and after Dare 2 Share and was looking to beat the 48 hour challenge. I work with some of my friends who are not believers or they just seem not to care so I knew this was going to be tough. One of my friends in particular is somewhat quiet and keeps to himself and I thought I would wait until we were off and share the gospel with him. As we sat there he seemed to be really interested in what I wanted to tell him, so I started off by asking him what he did on Wednesdays so that he would have a chance to come to youth group. I then proceeded to ask him if he died tomorrow where would he go, heaven or hell. He answered, “I dont know, I would like to think I was going to go to heaven but there is no sure way to find out.” I answered and told him there was a surefire way to know, no doubt, where you were going and that way was our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He seemed really stoked to learn more and is going to start attending our youth group to achieve that personal relationship with God and is started that journey TONIGHT!!!!

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On February 10, 2008 @ 10:44 pm chris said:

dear Greg,
i always have had an awesome time at dare 2 share, since i first went freshmen year i have just fallen in love with everything about it. the atmosphere is just great and to see all these teens and to see that they are dealing with the same stuff i deal with.but something about this year has just set me apart from the years in the past. i have been chosen out of my church to go to Bulgaria this June.And at first i was scared and worried about the whole thing. but Friday night when you told us about how if we had the cure for cancer you wouldnt second guess giving it to your friend who has cancer. And that really got me to thinking, that i dont only have the chance to cure my friends. But go to another country and cure everyone there. And i am So excited now about going. And this being my last year of high school, i cant think of a better way of starting this new part of my life then being able to Go and teach another nation about God!!
God bless everyone who is in the dare 2 share program you guys ROCK!!!
Chris

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On February 10, 2008 @ 11:49 pm Steven S said:

Hey Greg, I took the Double Dare. Every person in my youth group did. We were wanting to go ouot and share the Gospel. I wanted tosay thanks for the time when you made us call our friend or someone in our family. I called my stepmom. We had talked About God and Jesus, but she didn’t believe in Heaven or Hell. I invited her ro come to my church this Sunday. I also wanted to tell you that our church does a Contemperary Worship Service on Sunday nights, and we each are going ot stand up there and tell something about Dare 2 Share. My friend Emily and I are going to do the phone call thing and ask every one to do what we did. I know that it is hard to share the Gospel the first time but as soon as I started doing it, I keep wanting to do it. I went back to our hotel that night, and every person I saw, I asked if they knew Jesus. Thenext day, I did the same thing. I even asked the clerk at the gas station. Every person that says they don’t want to know Jesus, I pray for. I pray that they get this Jesus High that every one in my Ypuyj Group was feeling. Thank You so much Greg. If your not too busy, please write bacl. Maybe with some pointers on speaking in front of the congregation. Thanks!
Steven

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On February 11, 2008 @ 12:00 am Jorden said:

I haven’t finished my double dare yet, but I’m trying to see how my friend is doing(an online friend) with Jesus, because she said she’s Christian. But I have a hard time believing it with the way she acts. I’ll tell you my testimony from the conference though…

I have been struggling with a hardened heart lately. I don’t honestly know why, but I have. So I realized this and I tried to soften it, but I don’t think I was honestly trying as hard as I thought I was. I mean I was trying, just not hard enough. I adopted “Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God” as a verse to live by, but my heart was still hard. Then Friday I walked in and was mega-excited, sat down, and that killer skit(to avoid confusion: the terrorist one) started going. It just made me realize I was a weak Christian even though I appear strong; so I re-dedicated myself with “Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God”; and I had an amazing weekend with God working in my heart. So thanks Greg and all the D2S staff for all the work you do!

God Bless!!
Jorden

P.S. I can’t wait to tear into Venti Jesus Please(non-literally of course )! I bought three copies: one for myself, one for my gf(she’s a Christian, but I thought she might enjoy having a copy), and one in case I ever want to give away a copy.

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On February 11, 2008 @ 12:40 am Belinda said:

Hey Greg,

First off I would like to commend you and the D2S staff for giving youth this wonderful opportunity to learn more about God and how to share their faith! I am a parent of 3 (one being almost 16). This was his 2nd year at D2S and my first. I went as a chaperone. I have been involved as a “helper” with the youth group for the past few months. I can not begin to express how overwhelmed I was on Friday night. I almost didn’t get to go but am so ever greatful that I did. My son has been struggling a lot with many things these past few months and so have I. After have him rededicate his life on Friday night, I felt a great sense of relief. I pray for him daily and want him to grow closer to Jesus. The youth leaders of our church are very supportive of all the kids. Most of our group took the Double Dare Challenge, including myself. I am so pumped up and ready to share my faith with everyone I come in contact with. The majority of our youth and chaperones gave testimonies at church on Sunday morning. It was very overwhelming for some of us but especially for our Youth Leader. One of our youth has already brought 4-5 people to Christ. He went out witnessing after church and got 8 commitments from community members that they would attend church next week. God Bless you for all the inspiration your staff gave these young Christ followers. Can’t wait till next year when we will be “INVINCIBLE”!

God Bless,
Belinda
Unity Baptist Church

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On February 11, 2008 @ 7:15 am Gracie Stearns said:

Greg! I loved D2S! And yes I took the double dare! My best friend Isabelle is one of those ‘I go on Holidays’ kind of people, so I was talking to her about D2S yesterday on the phone and I told her about the G-O-S-P-E-L! It felt great. Thank you so much! I am definitely coming back next year. C U in Saint Louie again!!!

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On February 11, 2008 @ 7:40 am Josh Hulme said:

Hey Greg,

This was my first D2S confrence i had ever been at… and it was AMAZING! I took the double dare and am preparing myself now to go out and do it. I have always been a leader in the churches i’ve been at and here in the Christian groups at my school, and i’ve always looked for ways to try and present the gospel- but what you did this weekend took all of this to a new level! I’m ready to go out and not just try to poke the gospel in at little holes in conversations, but to boldly proclaim the truth of Jesus Christ, becuase it is the ONLY way of salvation, and people need to know! Everything this weekend was very encouraging and strengthening- from the worship to the witnessing I could feel the Holy Spirit working in my heart and the heart of my friends this weekend… Thankyou so much for the ministry that you have, i will definitely be back next year!
In Christ Jesus,
Josh

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On February 11, 2008 @ 8:46 am Tessy Fuller said:

Greg,

You talked about how teens would start a revival in our nation. It happened in our church on Sunday morning. I am a wife of a youth pastor and this year I was able to lead someone to Christ as we did the food drive. After I chickened out a few times I heard your words – “You are setting the bar for how far your teens will grow spiritually” They were watching me being an introverted chicken. I prayed that God would give us boldness. That He would give me words to say. As we went up the street we saw three guys keep coming out of this house. Talking on their cell phones and watching us. They looked a little rough and as we approached the house the guys were inside. The girls said “We don’t want to go there – lets just skip that one.” I said No – we need to go. After a long talk (everyone was in the van waiting on us) – we were able to pray with one of the guys and lead him to Christ. His brother actually pawned him off on me. *Smile* His name is Edwin Flores. Please keep him in your prayers. Then Sunday morning arrived. I told Pastor I needed to testify. The teens came up and sang Soon and very Soon – and then I testified. One thing led to another and our nice scheduled service turned into something amazing. The teens began to testify. Our preacher didn’t preach. The adults started to talk and open up and become transparent with each other. One of our teens stood up and said “God is speaking to us today in a way that He has never before and we need to listen.” I thought one of the prophets had stepped into our church building. The shyest member of our youth group did his double dare and led his friend to Christ Sunday afternoon. Thanks for being a vessel that God is using to set ablaze hearts to share the gospel.

Tessy
Macon Church of the Nazarene

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On February 11, 2008 @ 10:25 am Truman said:

Greg – awesome time in St. Louis, man! This was the best time we had here at D2S yet! Every single one of our teens shared their faith during the outreach event at least one time. EVERY ONE of them! That hasn’t happened before. What’s more, they’ve taken up the 48 hour challenge, and I, the crazy adult volunteer, am going to be checking in with them to see how they’ve done.

When we left the conference, we ended up helping a homeless man who had just left a downtown STL shelter. Michael told us he didn’t feel safe at that shelter because someone had tried to steal his stuff and, while he slept, someone crawled into the cot with him, and, well, you know. We prayed for him, shared the good news, gave him our remaining food, a train ticket and I gave him my coat. (His story is why we thought the guy was legit and not a scammer.)

I’m at work right now, and just saw a live feed on CNN about a school shooting in Memphis this morning where one 12th-grader shot another twice. A co-worker passed by me and shook her head wondering, “When is it going to end?” Well, you — we — have some of that answer: An army of teenagers presenting the Gospel message.

Bless, you, man.

May the The LORD bless you and keep you; may the the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace. Amen.

– Scott K. (aka Truman)
Lutheran Church of Webster Gardens

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On February 11, 2008 @ 10:32 am Kevin Papp said:

Greg I have been going to D2S for three years now. The past ones have taught me a lot but this one was amazing. It hit the nail on the head. The Double Dare has been great. I read the Venti Jesus Book and it really does help. I know now, and am prepared for the questions that might arise. In fact whenever I got to school today, I was ready to share the gospel. I have already shared it with like ten people. The day is still young though and I have a lot of friends to share with. Dare 2 Share is an awsome organization.

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On February 11, 2008 @ 10:53 am Leah said:

Greg,
I took the double dare and I have talked to a few of my friends but they just werent really that excited about it or didnt really care or seem interested. BUT me and my friend who also took the dare we were talking to two of my friends and they want to be saved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God has really been working through me and I feel great after going to dare 2 share in st. louis. It is just a life-changing experience!!!!! Thank you for all you do and i CAN’T wait until next year.
â™¥â™¥â™¥GOD BLESS YOU ALL,â™¥â™¥â™¥
Leah
First Baptist Church St. Clair

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On February 11, 2008 @ 12:03 pm Amber Thornton said:

Praise God, HE is faithful!
Way to go D2S team, and St. Louis Youth Leaders! We Miss you all!

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On February 11, 2008 @ 1:53 pm Jerry said:

Hey Greg,
I’m a youth mininster, and some of my youth are really stepping it up in a lot of areas of their walk with Christ. One youth in particular is really working hard and setting her mind to sharing her faith with her friends. They are teaming up, which is a major step for them to be working together, and they will be sharing with their friends at their lunch table this week. They need prayer to follow up on their goals, and to have the wisdom they need through this major time after the Dare2Share even when decision becomes action. Some of these youth have courage and boldness that I just envy. They are awesome. Christ is going to town right now. Thank you for all of the resources that you have provided. I am trying to get the teens to start getting the resources themselves, and not just relying on me to spoon feed them all the answers. Your resources are really great for inspiring that kind of growth in them, and I know precisely where to point them for helpful resources for understanding the views of their friends better, and how to approach sharing with them. Thanks for all you do, and all you sacrifice to do it.

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On February 11, 2008 @ 2:52 pm Samalama said:

I took the double dare.
I have told my friend at school about Jesus so far. I made a list in my prayer journal and right now I am so on fire for God. I can’t wait to tell more people!

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On February 11, 2008 @ 2:59 pm Ashton W. said:

Hey Greg,

I was so excited to go to back to school and tell my friends the G.O.S.P.E.L when I was at D2S but this morning I woke up sick and im afraid my 48 hours is up. I cried this moring because I couldnt go tell my friends about the awesome time I had this weekend. ALOT of people accepted Jesus this weekend. I was amazed how much he changed them. I just sometimes feel like I dont have a very good relationship with Jesus because I have been raised in a christian family and I dont have a heart breaking testamony and I didnt have a huge turning point in my life when I accepted Christ. Im just really in awe about how some peoples lives turn completly around and mine just keeps staying the same. I cant wait till next years D2S. God Bless you and everything you do.

Ashton W.

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On February 11, 2008 @ 3:28 pm Red_fred said:

Greg,
I went to D2S with 19 other people.We didn’t get to go to but 15 houses due to a bad wreck.The car was hit by a oil truck.The back half was gone and the front half was smushed!! I started the double dare with one of my friends, but before you guys told us to doit I had already told myself I was gonna do it
Red_fred

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On February 11, 2008 @ 3:41 pm Sam said:

Greg,

Thanks so much for bringing D2S to St. Louis again. Our church (woo-hoo Morning Star!) has attended in the past, although this was my first year going, as a youth leader. I texted our youth pastor, who asked how it was going, “life-changing”. He thought I was referring to the impact the conference was having on the kids, but I was talking about the impact that it had on me personally.

I’ve done some screwed up things that I’m not proud of, with many of those things happening since committing myself to Christ, but like you said, I just keep getting back up, knowing that God will always help me to do that. So if it can happen to/for me, grace can happen for anyone.

God bless you, Greg, for the work that you’re doing. We’ll be back next year.

And to my homies at MSCYM – yeah, I peeked when Greg asked who had committed themselves to Christ, and also when he asked who intended to participate in the double dare challenge. So I know who you are, and I’m expecting you to share your stories next time we see each other.

Jewish Shlock Rock rules! (inside joke)

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On February 11, 2008 @ 3:44 pm Ryan Helmkamp said:

I loved Dare 2 share it was amzing. Today i went to school and would not stop talking about it. Now i have a bunch of kids that want to go next year. I also wanted to tell you About this thing my mom started called Monday school. I think my mom told you about it at Youth specialties. But that is part of my doubledare is I think i got one of my cousins to go. Because at monday school is pretty much a question and answer. and for a while we went though Gospl journey. The monday School has almost doubled our Church nd counting.
And if you just maybe by any chance e-mail my mom at dbiesk@yahoo.com

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On February 11, 2008 @ 4:14 pm Rob said:

Greg-

Awesome again! This is my second year at D2S and you guys keep handing out what the kids need (and really do want!) It was a bit melancholy this year as “My” kids weren’t there. I brought my own two, but last year I was serving as the Jr/Sr High youth director and we brought five kids who quickly wanted to come back this year and promised to more than double their numbers. Unfortunately, due to a recent move closer to the St Louis area I’m not with “My” kids on a weekly basis anymore and they were unable to get things going and coordinate the trip this year. We’re hoping to bring a new youth group next year and maybe we can entice my old group to join us.

Lacking “My” kids this year left a big hole and as I think back on it I too was worried about being the only one in the room who hadn’t come to Christ yet like the young lady talked about Saturday Night. Then I realized that happened to me on February 9th, 2007 during last year’s conference, I just didn’t know it fully at the time! As I look back at the past year, I realize that I have changed and have been leading my life differently. Not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but getting better each day and getting a little closer all the time. You mentioned it last year, that Jesus died for our sins, all of our sins. Not just those in the past, but those we have yet to commit as imperfect beings. I grew up in a Christian family, attending church, but not really understanding much about true faith in God. And as an adult, I thought it was an all or nothing proposition and somehow you miraculously changed and never committed sins again. If you sinned, it meant you weren’t “saved” and/or you failed in your faith. Boy, talk about a tough test! My eyes have been opened and see that it’s a daily struggle to improve ourselves and overcome our challenges with God’s help. Your comment this year was diect and to the point. “It’s not God’s job to remove our our problems, but rather His priviledge to help us through them.”

While my move was a great opportunity for me (and my kids even though they won’t admit it!), it sure left a big hole leaving all the youth I was working with behind. I’m looking forward to building new relationships in our new town and helping the youth choose their paths.

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On February 11, 2008 @ 4:48 pm Annie Brimmer said:

Hey Greg!!
My name is Annie. My group was the group that came up to you at TGI Fridays, and I was the 1st one to talk to you, I don’t know if you rember that or not, but any ways. I texted my best friend Emily when you told us to call. Later on I called her, and she asked me why I was so happy. I really wanted to tell her all about it, but I didn’t have time!!! I wanted to make sure that when I did it, I would do it the right way. I did not do it within 48 hour however, but I am still working on it. = ) My friends and I where really inspired, and I came up with a lot of good ideas when I got home how to spread the word! I can’t wait till next year to go back to Dare2Share!!!!

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On February 11, 2008 @ 5:03 pm Jack Goeke said:

HEY GREG!!!!!!!!!,
DARE2SHARE was amazing. it was the best conference i have ever been to. i took your double dare and i am currently trying to find somebody to help me persue it. thank you so much for speaking it was awesome. and your kid is amazingly cool. Thanks for making dare2share so special. i cant wait till you guys come back next year. you should seriously consider trying to have hillsong come with you guys because that would be amazing!!!!!! thank you so much

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On February 11, 2008 @ 5:19 pm natasha said:

I did take the double dare. One of my best friends got saved after three times of sharing the GOSLEL with her. The first two times she was like yeah what ever. Then I called her and she got saved over the phone. Now I am happy becuase my best friends H.M.O. and C.F.H. get to enternal life in heaven.

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On February 11, 2008 @ 5:20 pm jennifer said:

Hey greg i took the double dare. i talked to my friend audrey who watched as her best friend commited suicide. now she is a goth/emo who hangs around REALLY bad influences. i gave her the gospel card after i was done talking and asked her to think about. she thought about it and said that it mad sense it’s just that it’s to soon for her to make any life discisions that she’s still too depressed. After that i got on the bus and talked to another friend about dare 2 share iand i told her zane’s life story and told her about G.O.S.P.E.L. and she accepted christ!!!!!!! then i invited her to sunday school, church, youth group, and disciple now in march. Please pray for Jessy!

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On February 11, 2008 @ 5:29 pm Mackenzie said:

Hey Greg!

I shared with my friend Peyton. I do not think it went well. She is an Atheist, her mom literally controlls her life (from my point of view). Could anyone reading this message say a quick prayer right now for Peyton? Thank you very much.

-Mackenzie
First Evangelical Free

P.S. Had a great time at D2S!!!!!!!!!!!!

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On February 11, 2008 @ 5:45 pm Josh Hulme said:

Hey Greg,
Just wanted to say that I did the double share, and that the person I witnessed to today came to accept Christ as his savior!!!! thankyou so much for challenging all of us to do that!!!
In Christ,
Josh

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On February 11, 2008 @ 6:09 pm Emily Nice said:

Hey Greg!
Let me just say that this weekend, I “picked a stinking side.” I was one of those people that believed in God but never really committed to my beliefs. At Dare2Share, I chose to commit myself to Jesus Christ, and live for Him only. I just wanted to let you know that I think what you are doing is absolutely amazing! It was Dare2Share that changed my life forever and brought me to Christ completely. Every single aspect of the conference was so inspiring and motivational, and I have been putting all the things I learned into practice ever since this weekend. At school today, I talked to a lot of people about God, and I don’t think I ever really would have done that before. You and Zane and Derwin were all really inspiring to me, and I just want to thank you all because you guys honestly changed my life, and the things you all taught me are helping me to help others come to God. I feel so incredible that it’s almost hard to believe, but trust me, I have faith!! Thanks again to everyone!
God Bless You All!
Emily

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On February 11, 2008 @ 6:12 pm Emily Nice said:

p.s. I was just scrolling back up through the page and noticed that my friend, Steven S, had commented on this too. I just smiled because it just made me realize that he really came to Christ too, and i am so happy for that!

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On February 11, 2008 @ 6:16 pm Rebecca said:

Greg,
I toke the double dare. I told my friend named Alan about how Jesus died on the cross for our sins and how he rose again and I also asked, “if you were to die today, do you know where you would go?”. He said he didn’t know so I asked him if he wanted to know Jesus and I also toke him through the GOSPEL Journy. He got the message but he said he needed time to think so I told him if he ever had any questions about religion or God to just ask me. I know I planted the seed because he told me today during lunch that Jesus works in misterous ways and he never told me that before.

Signed,
Rebecca Bailey

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On February 11, 2008 @ 6:44 pm Amanda said:

dear Greg,
I loved dare2share! You did a good job in St. Louis. I’m 12, and in the seventh grade. Not many kids at my school have ever heard the gospel before. I’ve set myself a goal to share Christ with all of my friends, and people that talk to me. I’m not one of the popular kids… (kids scoot away from me in school…)but, I’ve learned to accept what people think and say about me, knowing that it’s not true, because I’m a Child Of The King, and they have no right to say those things to me. I look up to you, you have been a good influence in encouraging my walk with God. I appreciate your time that you took to come and speak to us. thank you!!!
sincerely your sis. in Christ,
Amanda

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On February 11, 2008 @ 7:14 pm kaitlyn said:

Hey there Greg! You did an amazing job this weekend, along with D.Gray & Zane! This was my first weekend going to Dare to Share and I am a fairly new Christian. A “baby” if you will. The drama you guys did was amazing. It really made me ask that question, “Would I die for my faith?” And of course my answer was DUH! But then when we went out to go can collecting and I knew I had to share and talk with people about Jesus Christ – I got nervous and was like…wow, can i really do this? is my faith really that true? Something else had happend that day and I wasn’t in a great mood, but I said a prayer asking Him for help, and guess what? I got the courage to share Jesus Christ with people! It was awesome!! And that night when you dared us the Double Dare I took it and it’s been completely awesome! I called a close friend of mine…and she’s really busy with work and said she doesn’t have time to come to church etc., so i’m going to get with her as much as she has time and go throught the Bible with her. I’m really excited. So thank you for such an amazing weekend! I already can’t wait for next year!

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On February 11, 2008 @ 7:15 pm Lizzie said:

Dear Greg,
I took the Double Dare and started sharing what I learned from Dare 2 Share on Sunday after church and then today at school, so far I’ve told about 6 people, and had about 5 ask me about it. This was my first year going to Dare 2 Share, and I’m really glad that I did, and that I can share everything I learned with people around me. This weekend was great! I can’t wait for next year!

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On February 11, 2008 @ 8:19 pm Heather said:

Hey Greg,
I got off the phone with one of my firends who lives in Cali. and I asked him all the questions. Like what do you think about religion and where is he going after he dies. He told me that he dont attented church and hes going to hell. After he said that I asked him why is that? He told me that hes doe alot of things that he wasnt proud of. After that he had to go because he was still at work but when we talk again I’ll talk more about it. And right now I’m on a instent messanger or IMmer as other perple call it. And I just asked him the same thing and he said its ok. So I asked what do u mean by that and he didnt say anything. What I like being on Inrtant Messagers is that you can talk to more than one person. I just asked one of my friends in Candana, and he said he thinks its good. I also asked where is he going in after he dies and how does he know for sure? He said heven and he didnt give me a direct answer.

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On February 11, 2008 @ 8:50 pm Taylor Gregory said:

Hey Greg!
WOW dare 2 share this year was well…there isnt really a word that can express how awesome it was! I have never felt so on FIRE for God before! I feel like I can move mountains now! I can’t stop sharing…everywhere I go i’m like “Hey do you know Jesus..cause if you don’t i want you to feel the same joy that i have” and surprisingly I have had some crazy answers from people that i never expected it from! But i just wanted to say thanks for everything! You and the Dare 2 Share team are awesome and I am so thankful for all the work you guys do for us teens! What you do really does work and I hope you never stop! I can’t wait for next year!! God is doing some AWESOME things and I can’t wait to see how much people have improved next year! I was just certain that God was going to do great things at school on monday but unfortunately we had a realy bad ice storm so we couldn’t make it and probably not for the rest of the week but I know that God is doing great things even tho we cant be at school! Well thanks again for EVERYTHING and I’m praying for you guys and everyone that has attended the conferences!!
God Bless,
Taylor

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On February 11, 2008 @ 9:07 pm Sarah Kay said:

Hey Greg!
D2S was… wow. I am right now in the process of taking the double dare challenge. I wrote my freind a letter about the weekend and told her i needed to talk to her about it. I decided to finally talk to her because she has been giving herself away to any guy and doing drugs and getting into trouble with the police and stuff like that. She was actually my friend for a while then I told her about Christ last year after a D2S conference and then we kinda stopped talking and she followed her brother and joined a gang and its been down hill from there. But I put all that and I told her to look and analyze her life and I asked her if God would approve of it. I haven’t gotten a reply yet but all the credit goes to you. With out you and your prayers and support I probably wouldn’t have had the courage and strength to tell her about God
THANX SO MUCH!!!!
Sarah Kay

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On February 11, 2008 @ 9:08 pm thomas taylor said:

our bus broke in st.louis it make us late to the consert. thankfulley a church in a near bay town gave us a ride home.

naxe year we can’t go it is the same weekend of (ycw)yound chrshon weekend in siveldoler city

sary if you can’t read some words i cand spell that good i have a reading and spelling problume.

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On February 12, 2008 @ 12:03 am Emily Rantz said:

so i went to Dare2Share last year and it really opened up my eyes bringing me closer to God and showig me something and someone that i could get close to and not be let down! Greg you opened my eyes big time this year and last year. i went through alot of hard things from hurting myself to running away from drinking to using drugs and that was only my 8th grade year! well with this experience it really opened my eyes made me wake up smell the coffee smack me in the face and say ARE YOU CRAZY EMILY WAT ARE YOU DOING TO YOURSELF i was bringing myself down and others around me i lost alot in those years and thanx to u and all the Dare2Share people i found hope and something to look forward to i’m just very glad that there is a program out there to help troubled youth like me realize i was going down the wrong road and that i needed some stabiity and Dare2Share was it there was a time in my life when i thought nobody loved me no one cared until that day that i was saved and it just hit me like that broken stop light had finally turned green and i was ready for the world i’m in the 10th grade now and life is finally good i had a wonderful time at Dare2Share and it made me realize i want to be just like you and Zane Black and everyone else in the Dare2Share program i want to tell teens of my story of how i went all the way to rock bottom and came out on top living life to the fullest and knowing that God will never let me down hes someone i can count on and has blested me with so much
so Thank You and hopefully one day i will be sharing my story on the same Dare2Share stage as u and Zane traveling the United States spreading the Gospel

Emily Rantz

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On February 12, 2008 @ 7:43 am Mandy Simmons said:

Okay, I am Mandy Simmons and I just got back from the St. Louis dare to share and I am ready to take the double dare, but the one person that I really want to meet Christ is an atheist. When you told us to call a friend, that is who I called, but he just said that if he died he would turn back into the dirst he came from and he just refused to listen to anything I had to say. I know you said we can’t just shove christianity down thier throats, but how can I make him realize that there is a God and that he loves him? Other than that, my weekend waws great and I can’t wait until next year. Friday night I gave my life to Christ and I have felt great ever since. Thank you for helping me find him.

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On February 12, 2008 @ 9:29 am Scott Wilson said:

Greg,

Five of my students came to know Jesus Christ on Friday night! It brings me so much joy to see them radically living out their faith just days after coming to know Christ. Each one of them has taken the double dare and the phone calls haven’t stopped. Their obedience to the great commission is simply incredible. There is power in the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ! Thank you so much for staying faithful to the Gospel and declaring it of first importance. God is richly blessing Dare 2 Share’s ministry as was evident by the lives changed this weekend. I can’t wait to take another group of students to Dare 2 Share in Chicago.

Keep on laboring for the Gospel!

Scott Wilson

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On February 12, 2008 @ 10:00 am Chris Williams said:

Hello,
I am a 22 year old college student who helps with my churches youth group. I too have taken the dare. I have read Venti Jesus Please and have already given both of my copies away.
I was slightly down hearted (even as a leader) Saturday when no one was interested in what we had to say. However it is not us they are rejecting it is God. Maybe thats why it hurt so bad.
Remember Greg’s dare is more then that. We are demanded to GO and make disciples (Matthew 28:19-20). Plus Jesus says he will be with us always. So even if we are in a room of non-believers our savour is right by our side. Don’t stop spreading the word as soon as you feel you have completed the dare. Go for the gold and complete God’s command.

God Bless

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On February 12, 2008 @ 10:52 am Whitney Benefiel said:

I took the DoubleDare Challange!!When I got to school yesterday I was still so excited about what I learned at Dare2Share that i told everyone about it. I have one friend who doesn’t believe in the Lord or the Bible but she listened to me when I told her about everything we did. She was the friend that I called on my cell phone at the conference. She still doesn’t believe yet and I ask that you will pray for her!!! I can see in her eyes that she wants to but just cant yet. She isn’t the only one that i know who needs the Lord. Will you please pray for my brother. He has gotten off the path to Christ and is headed in the wrong direction. I don’t know how to reach him because we aren’t that close and doesn’t want to talk about it. Pray that I have to courage to keep talking to them. Dare2Share was amazing and unforgetable!!!!! Thank you soooo much for everything you did in St. Louis!!!!

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On February 12, 2008 @ 10:59 am melissa banks said:

hey,
i took the dare. it was hard because i have been going throw a really hard time….my dad had abuseed me 4 years ago and i never really delt with it…he got 5 years probation and i still never delt with it. then last year in abot october i stared thing about killing myself and at first i never did nothing and was going throw a whole lot and all throw those mounths. then the week befor christmas i was going to kill myself at school and then the counsler found out and i talked to him and then he called my mom and she came and took me and i was place in hyland. i was their for one week and got help. then i came out and was on meads…and still am. i do not want to kill myself anymore and iam in counsling and iam talking about want happend to me. but the one person that has helped me more than anything is god! hes hear for me evry day and no matter when i need him he is their. iam in love with the lord and hes my one and only. Even throw i dont have my dad he is my dad my great dad. God. he is the way iam living my life.! But anyway i took it and on sunday i called him and talked to him and tolled him the gosple and read some verse to him and prayed for him, why he was on the phone, and he asked me many ?, and i anwsered them then about 2 hours of talking i asked him if he wanted to pray the sinners pray and he said yes! then we prayed and he came to no jesus. it was awsome. it felt so good that i could do that. but it was not me it was all god. then i wa so happy i went to call another friend and tolled them the gosple and all the things that i had learnd at dare2share and she tolled me that if thats what i was going to talk to her about that we could not be friends at all. so i lost a friend, but its ok because i have god with me, and i pray for her every day! i just want to say thanks to you and that whole weekend because it changed my life and now i can tell everyone about jesus! he is so awsome. I think that god wants me to tell my story and share the gosple with people and reach them that way. this has been an my mind ever scence that weekend and i want to do it. could you help me to get stared and maybe give me some help, i really want to do this for all the people that dont now about jesus. i want to reach thousand and maybe millions. whatever god wants me to do is what iam going to do. thank you for all that you and everyone eles have done for me.!!
GOD BLESS YOU ALL! YOUR ALL IN MY PRAYS!

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On February 12, 2008 @ 11:14 am Julie E. said:

Dear Mr. Stier,
Remember me from last year? Probably not, but I was one of the girls up on stage in 2007 who told a life changing story. My story was about my older sister who ran away from home. Well, this year, my younger sister got to come with me to the event. Let me tell you, God was really working in our lives. Our sister has still not returned home, and I still get doubtful of God sometimes, but I know that he can do anything. Anyway, after seeing the drama on friday night, I realized how lucky I am to at least have my younger sister with me. God is right about family members leaving home and turning on their own family, and about the rumors of wars and everything else. I guess I never believed in Him so much until after I realized how I relate to the drama and how God is true in everything He says. I am still hoping that God brings back my older sister to my family and Himself. Going to Dare 2 Share has just helped me tremedously to look forward to everything that God sets in front of me. Thanks, Julie E.

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On February 12, 2008 @ 12:16 pm Thomas Ratledge said:

Hey Greg!!

I am not a youth, but a youth leader that attended the conference in St. Louis this past weekend, and man, do I have a story!!

One of our youth kids, Ashton, hadn’t been coming to church for very long, only about two to three months. We have youth services in the bus garage at the church, and he only came when we were out there. He had been in some trouble with the law earlier in life, and the day we took him and the others out of school, he had just gotten out of a five day in school suspension!!

We attended the conference, and the boy was like a sponge. He was so pumped up when we returned home that night, he called his family in Texas and witnessed to them over the phone. Five salvations through that one phone call!!! I asked him why he didn’t wait until the next day, and he said “There’s no time! They need Jesus now!!”

The next day he gave a short testimony at church, but did not mention his evangelizing. He called and left my wife and I a message right after church: “Hey Tom and Amy! Just wanted to know if it was against the rules to go door to door telling people about Jesus. Even if it is, I’m going anyway, because that’s just the way I am; I like to break the rules! Please pray for me. Thanks.” Wow!!! We couldn’t believe it! We prayed for him right there in the car and then tried calling him back. His dad said he was already gone on his skateboard. He personally invited eight different families to our church for next Sunday, and shared the Gospel with all of them!!

One more thing. Ashton told us that one of the doors he knocked on was answered by a big, angry man. The guy told him that if he ever knocked on his door again, he would punch his lights out! Later, Ashton told us that getting his lights punched out for Jesus would be okay once in while; it’s the least he could take after what Jesus took for him. Wow!! Wow!! And double Wow!!

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On February 12, 2008 @ 1:26 pm Jennifer said:

Hello, my name is Jennifer Kline. First of all, i just wanted to say how much I enjoyed D2S in St. Louis this weekend. It was so refreshing to go to a conference and hear sound doctrine taught, which is so often lacking in our churches today. I took the double dare with my friend Jenn, a catholic. I have the kind of relationship with her that I can bring up the topic of salvation with her whenever; she is always happy to talk about it. I realized this weekend that I have not been taking full advantage of this wonderful relationship where I can freely express the gospel to her anytime. Please pray for me as I continue to witness to her. I also wanted to share the fantastic way God answered my prayers this weekend. I signed up for D2S St Louis before Christmas, so I had no way of knowing that my AP government term paper draft (6-8 pages) would be due on the Tuesday right after D2S. I was kicking myself for signing up and freaking out about how I was ever going to get it done, but I went anyway. I was pretty stressed but then when I got there and heard you speaking, I just really had peace about it and really enjoyed the conference. And lo and behold, when I got home from the conference, God sent SNOW!!! So He provided plenty of time for me to finish my work and I am now sitting at home ( on Tuesday) finishing the last few endnotes on my paper and praising the Lord for His marvelous wisdom and timing! He is the Ultimate Weather Forecaster!

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On February 12, 2008 @ 2:40 pm Riana Michelle said:

Greg,
i am 16 years old almost 17 and i just recently attended d2s and let me tell you it was awsome. now this was not my first time attending…my youth group has been going to dare to share for about 3yrs. well i took your dare and yesterday i talked to my friend jaz about Jesus and how wonderful he is, she listend and we talked about it off and on for the rest of the day. also i have been trying to live a life that would show others just how much i love the Lord. i don’t wanna be one of those Christians that talk the talk but don’t walk the walk and you know thats exactly what i have been doing. so i have been reading my Bible and praying and just trying to live right. i do realize it wont be easy and its not ging to happen over night but i’ve back slid alot since moving up here to st.louis from texas and i think its time i got my act together. i just wanted to let you know that this past weekend was a huge eye opener for me and that i am taking your dare. : )

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On February 12, 2008 @ 5:14 pm amanda said:

Greg,
Hi, my name is amanda and i am 13, i was just at dare2share in st.louis, remember, you asked us ways we could get money to suport our church and i told you that i was ganna go around my church and ask people for loose change to put in the offering plate on sunday. well, i didnt get to, but i just wanted to let you know, im ganna take the double dare, plus d2s chaned me, i dont know how or why, but it did, (i evan changed my myspace name to “jesuse loves you”) i went back to school and told all my friends about dare to share, and it turned out, one of my friends summer went, she thought it was great too, i loverd it sooo much and cant wait to go back next year!!!

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On February 12, 2008 @ 6:28 pm Heidi said:

Greg,
My name is Heidi and I am 17 years old. I went to the conference in St. Louis. It was amazing. I gave my life to Christ at the conference in 2005. But at this one in 2008. Well after my church had collected cans we were walking to return them and well we were stopped by this lady named Pat. She was really nice and I had remember that you wanted us to share our faith whenever the chance came. She was looking for money for her and her daughter to eat. They had been living in a battered womens shelter. There is a Catholic church trying to get them an apartment and we gave her the cans we had collected. It was amazing and I gave her some of the money I had brought for food. She told us that she believed in Christ. We prayed for her when we caught up with the rest of our group. I have one more story to tell you. I decided to take the double dare. I didn’t even wait 5 minutes after I left there was a man and his wife sitting there and I gave them some change. My friend Liz and I thought it was the perfect opportunity to share Christ so we went back and talked to him for a 1/2 hour. He said he believed but I am not sure he did because he said you could never be sure where you are going when you die. I know where I am going. He told us that his daughter had died and his brother was shot. It was hard to hear it broke my heart and he was smiling he said he never quits smiling because he is happy. He spent 10 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. We prayed with him before we left. God was truly at work in St. Louis. I hope that I am able to go back next year. Thanks so much.

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On February 12, 2008 @ 6:45 pm Dana said:

Greg,
I am a youth leader who’s whole youth group was positivly affected by the confrence. This was our groups first time attending and we will be back.

One of my students took the double dare and she has already ran with it. She has gone to her highschool and ralley other students (who were also dare takers) to start a christian group for the jr. students who didn’t have a christian club. She has taken the time to contact the administration and organize dates. I know that God worked in her life through this confrence and now he is using her to touch other teens. Praise God.

Thank you for allowing God to use you and thank you from bringing Dare2Share to our city.

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On February 12, 2008 @ 7:13 pm Red_fred said:

Greg,
I tried to share the gospel over the phone,but i’m not sure how well it worked.My friend was kinda all like yeah, okay,whatever, so keep her in your prayers.Her sister was a goth a few years ago,so…

Red_fred

P.S. Loved D2S this year.The drama was FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!

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On February 12, 2008 @ 7:47 pm BigFatPonyDancer84 said:

Hey Greg!

Hey I just went on the 8th and 9th and the day before..I actually was going to kill myself until I heard your message. I didn’t really think I was going to make it much longer so I went and I had so much fun! I loved it. Well anywho on with my story! I did the cell phone dare and I called my brother Kevin. He had been in trouble with the law with drugs and drinking and has been in rehab a few times. I called him and taught him about Jesus and he was saying how it was so cool that Jesus loved us so much that he died on the cross for us. And I prayed with him and he accepted Christ. I was so excited to:)

~*~Elenore~*~

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On February 12, 2008 @ 8:00 pm nathan perkins said:

greg,

i was wondering if there is anyway i can still get the tool kit you were talking about this weekend in st Louis, I wanted to sign up for the tool kit when i was there. i just got so warped up in the show and listening to you and D. Grey….but if there is any way could you please let me know.. i took your challenge and i didn’t have my cousins phone number over the weekend so i left him a message on myspace for him to get a hold of well I’m still waiting on him to call me. but if you could please pray that i get the courage and get the gospel out clear and make it where he understands what I’m talking about..lol see my cousin nick was in a car crash about 6 months ago and he was not supposed to live but i kept praying and, about 8 months later he is out of the hospital and back at school and walking and everything just like he used to..he is the one that i was thinking about when you asked us to think of some one..and i really hope that i can get him to church and that he will give his life to the lord. well Greg I’m going to split i will be back and let you all know how it turned out. once again i would appreciate it if you could let me know how i can get that tool kit you were talking about all weekend..
Thanx
Nathan Pekins

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On February 12, 2008 @ 8:08 pm Tayelor said:

Hey Greg,
I’m Tayelor and I want to tell you about how I took the 48 hour challenge.
=]

Ok well i used to live in Festus and there I hung out with alot of teenage girls my age and older. Alot of the time we’d just hit St.L and shop or whatever. Well, my best friend isn’t a christian i mean i got her to go to church for a while and it’s because there she found a cute boy… i let it go because i just knew that if she stuck around long enough she’d come to her senses well my mother passed away of cancer in november and i had to move away. she stopped going to church stopped praying stopped hanging out with the church kids and went back to smoking cigs. and smoking pot. When you told us to grab the phone and call someone it hit me I just thought to myself now’s the time. I have to call her. I did she answer i said ***** wht’s going on? she said oh nothing just hanging out with luke. =[ yikes. he's a big time drugie. i told her ok well i'm callin you because yes i am at dare2share but more importantly i was challenged to call you or someone who hadn't received Jesus. She said i know jesus and i'm a good person. STOP. i told what you told us just because your a good person doesn't mean your going to heaven. she started crying i told her look ***** you might have been through some rough stuff look at me look at what i go through everyday not having a mom not having my best friend. i told her yeah sometimes i just want to give up and stop believing but i know i can't because jesus believes in me and he needs me to help people who don't know Jesus who haven't ever felt the love i feel. she didn't know what to do so when i got home sunday i showed her the venti jesus please and she liked it. we talked about everything sunday and we came to an agreement. my faith was challenged and a faith that isn't challenged isn't faith. she's going back to church and is going to get her life back together but last years drama made me act on this years challenge. i would have felt horrible if i didn't tell her about jesus. =]]]

I’m happy i got to attend dare2share and hopefully help another teenager come to GOD. =D

your amazing.

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On February 12, 2008 @ 9:07 pm Tobi said:

Hey Greg!
My name is Tobi and i took the Double Dare.

There is this kid at my school who has it pretty rough. His step-dad beats him he lives with his grandparents his dad lives in a differnt town and he doesnt have alot of money.
Well i was on yahoo messenger and i had on my stat that i took the double dare and that i surrendered.
He asked what my stat meant.
I told him what it meant.
and he simply replied o cool. I asked do you believe in god and he said i dont know anymore why should i believe in him if he hasnt done anything for me.I said what do you mean he hasnt done anything for you? he said i have been shot i have been beat i started doing drugs in 4th grade where was god when all that happened why didnt he help then? i said did you ever ask him to help? and he said no. I told him god has done plenty for you jesus went through a lot also you think being beat and shot was a big deal jesus was nailed to a cross beat spit on and mocked for YOU! So what do you mean he hasnt done anything.All you have to do is pray and believe in what you are praying for. You cant expect a miracle. Or a life of perfection because you will be dissapointed but what you will have is a friend a guide someone to love you through all the tough times. I asked him to pray and ask for forgiveness and he said ive done to much bad. and i said No. god will forgiive you. Pray to him tonight ask for forgiveness and he will help you he will forgive you. You just have to have faith.

That night he texted me and said he prayed and thanked me.
But the next day he told his friends what i said.
And me and my other friend who went to the conference were teased but i told them i would pray for them.

Thank you For all of your tips i may have really helped him out ive come back a completely different person.

:]

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On February 12, 2008 @ 10:02 pm Abbie said:

I do believe that I took the double dare. I was in school on Monday when myself and two other friends of mine that went to Dare2Share took the double dare. I myself am a strong Christian although I don’t live in a strong Christian family. My sister only believes in Jesus Christ as her savior to a certain extent. So Kayln, Austin, and I went to talk to her and tell her of the gospel and where she would go when she died. We did our best and a couple of times I got worked up and my friend Kayln reminded me that I couldn’t shove it down her throat and to back off and let her come to Him. My friend Erica told me to back off a little too. Later that school day we got called off school because of ice and my friend gave me a ride home. While in the truck my sister told my other friend that me and my friends wanted to tell her about Jesus Christ. My sister and my friend started laughing so hard.:( i had an awkward moment and I didn’t know what to do. So, I just let them be and I’m gonna put her in my prayers too let her come to him, and have a better life.

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On February 13, 2008 @ 12:29 am Malina said:

Greg, Just wanted to thank you guys and all of the people behind the scenes at D2S, it is so good to see people reaching out to the teenagers in such a mighty way! We enjoyed the whole weekend…you were awesome and really know how to talk to the kids..D Gray was a great speaker and totally kept everyones attention, loved how he related to the teens, and Zane….well do I even have to say how cool he is….what a role model for our teens and they just loved him! We love Washington Projects and Lincoln Brewster especially Lincoln….you could really feel he is led by the lord! I could have done without Hawk Nelson, even the kids wanted to leave while he was singing….we were looking for an awesome ending to an awesome weekend and were disappointed by Hawk Nelson, we did not feel he was appropriate for a Christian Conference where we are trying to teach our children not to be conformed to the world. Other than that we loved the conference and hope to be there next year! We are praying for your ministry.

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On February 13, 2008 @ 9:45 am Brittany said:

Greg, Hi my name is brittany. This was my fourth year going to D2S and still every year, it makes me cry. because the fact that every year i say i am going to take the double dare challenge and then i end up not doing it. I get so upset with myself and i know that i can do iut and all i have to do is pray about it but then i get really side tracked and tell myself excuses why i don’t do it. I just hope that you will pray for me this year as i am now finally going to take the double dare and stick with it. I have decided today that i am going too. I originally told myself at D2S that i was not oing to because of what has hsppened every year, but i feel that god is realy pushing me toward it this year. I also have shosen to start living my life more for God. I just hope that u pray for me as i go throught school because i have been having difficulties because i broke up with someone that iwas trully in love with because he would not talk to me about god and when i brought it up, he thought i was pushing my religion on him, i also broke it off because i think he was ready to do stuff that i knew i was not goioing to so. I fouind it amazing that you guys talked about the sex factor this year because i was really struggling with that. It was awesome and i thank you for being there for everyone. I also thank god that we can have confrenses like this and not be killed for them.

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On February 13, 2008 @ 10:41 am bassguitar4life said:

what’s up Greg?
I went to D2S in St. Louis and it was one of the best experiences of my life. I loved the story about the can drive group that ended up saving a lady from suicide. We didn’t have an experience like that, but we did get to talk to a bunch of awesome people! Oh, yeah, my friends and I that went and we’ve been doing the double dare. After one accidental “puke” we have helped convert three people! I’ve also gotten some of my other friends to try the double dare too!

I can’t wait to see you, Derwin, and Zane next year in St. Louis!

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On February 13, 2008 @ 12:37 pm BigFatPonyDancer84 said:

Like you said, we shouldn’t be saying “holy farmer joe I can’t wait until next year!” we should take action now and start sharing our faith=]

~*~Elenore~*~

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On February 13, 2008 @ 3:53 pm Steven Bradshaw said:

Greg,

I want you to know of the impact that Dare2Share had on our student ministry this year. Before the outreach experience we found out we had a flat tire on our bus. When we found out that it would be three hours before it could be fixed, we were disappointed because that meant we wouldnâ€™t be able to get to our assigned neighborhood for the outreach programâ€¦

We have attended the conference in St. Louis now for 4 years. In the first three years that we participated, the outreach experience was always a highlight of the weekend. (It was in the fourth year, too, but Iâ€™m trying to build some tension as I write this!) In those three years, students shared the Gospel countless times during the outreach event and one person trusted Christ as their Lord! At the conference 2 of our studentsâ€™ friends trusted Christ as their Savior! Also, several students shared the Gospel during the cell phone challenge and were blessed to have friends trust Christ on the phone!

So, back to this yearâ€¦Instead of shutting down and just hanging out at the mall, we divided our students into teams and sent them out into the area around the Scottrade Center with our adult sponsors to try to engage people with the Gospel. Our students put into practice what they learned and shared the Gospel with people sitting at tables at Union Station, walking in the park, or waiting at bus stops. Many of our students took a chance, shared the Gospel, took prayer requests, and had the time of their life!

We try to teach our students to be faithful in sharing the Gospel and to leave the results to the Lord. So, when we went three years seeing only one person trust Christ through the outreach experience, we were thrilled. However, this year God blessed our students and allowed them to see eleven people trust Christ! We have never been more thankful for a flat tire!

Grace and Peace,
Steven Bradshaw

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On February 13, 2008 @ 5:09 pm Taylor Morris said:

Greg,
Dare 2 Share was AMAZING!! I’m takeing the double dare but i need some more courage i guess… i’ve been thinking about this and there are a few guys in my class who i think know God but they don’t show it … but what i mean is i’ve been trying to get them to come to church for over a year and i was about to give up on them but then i went to dare 2 share and the message i got was telling me it takes time ! On wed.night at my church we’ve been watching your movie and i’ve been trying to get them to come and watch it but they just say that’s lame or something like that …. so … would u just give me some advice and Pray for me .. love always Taylor !

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On February 14, 2008 @ 8:55 am Amber Simmers said:

Hey well of coarse i took the double dare. I was so scared to talk with my friend about Christ but somehow i made it. I went up to her this morning and asked her about it and asked her if she thought about it anymore. She told me she has and now she wants to start going to church. She said that many people around her are christains but they never asked her or even told her about Christ. She said that she doesn’t know how to thank me for helping her. I now know that Christ really does work through us. I love God. And had a wonderful time in St. Louis Dare 2 Share. Love Love Kiss Kiss ~amber~

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On February 14, 2008 @ 3:15 pm godisgreatallthetime said:

Dear Greg
Dare to share in St. Louis was awesome. I have been going to dare-2-share iwth my youth group for 2 years now. Both of them have really changed my life. When I got back to school, I asked everyone if they knew jesus and if they were going to heaven or hell. My one friend said she didn’t know because she had made some bad decisions in her life. I told her that Jesus has forgaven her for all the bad sins they have done. She said how do you know that, and I explained how I just knew, and how my weekend taught me how to do it. I couldn’t continue my faith to Jesus Christ without my youth group or events like Dare-2-Share. When we were on the way home from St.Louis we stopped at this Gas station along side the rode and my friend Steven S (comment blog number:19). Asked the guy if he knew Jesus. I can’t remember what he said. It was really cool on the way home because we had walkie-talkies in between the 3 cars and we were like God is Great All the time and they would repeat all the time, and we would say God is Great. Also my friends Anna, and Emily(comment blog:42&43) they were thinking of a song and they created to the left to the right were all on Jesus high. it was really funny and spirtiual.

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On February 14, 2008 @ 5:56 pm James Cooley said:

HI Greg

This was my second D2S it was so cool! You are an AWESOME person and an awesome role model I really wanted to meet you and Zane, But I got a pix off a girls forehead which Zane signed LOL. But anyway this years was really really good but I do have to say that the dramas weren’t as good as last years. But that is just my opinion. I am really glad I came worship this year was AWESOME you guys picked an awesome band. Well If you can please email me back I would love to hear from you

James c. Cooley

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On February 14, 2008 @ 10:27 pm Kristan H. said:

Hi, Greg!
I asked two of my friends if they knew if they were going to heaven or hell, and both said they didn’t know. I don’t know if they took in what I told them, but please pray for them that they DID take something in!
-Kristan

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On February 15, 2008 @ 10:45 am Curtis Ryan said:

Hi Greg thanks for opening my eyes that i need to bring others to christ and that his day is coming. THANKYOU DARE 2 SHARE
-Curtis Ryan

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On February 16, 2008 @ 11:33 pm Anna said:

hey Greg
i didnt do it in 2 days but i want to.
and im prayin for confidence and im prayin for someone to come along who doesnt know God.
my one friend says she knows God but she doesnt act like it..
and when I tlk about God she says she doesnt like me acting like that..
I’m trying to get a hold of her and when I do..were gonna have a tlk.
and i’ll be prayin until we have that tlk so im ready.
God Bless YOu

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On February 17, 2008 @ 2:23 pm Ryan Smithson said:

Hey Greg

The event was awesome. It was really cool to see all those people who changed their lives for God (Zane and Derwin). It was a great learning and worship experience. I don’t know if you rememeber, but I was with the Lindemann’s when we ate lunch with you and I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to talk to us.

Thanks
Ryan

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On February 18, 2008 @ 10:16 am Kody said:

hey i took the double dare…kinda i did the one to trun my school upside down literly i brought in a crain ok that part i made up but i need some help i have three people that i don,r know how to talk to 2 athesits and one wiccan one atesist is my guitar player and hes the hardest of the the other atesits is someone you studys the christian religion but does not believe it so i was going to give the book venti jesus please to barrow i only bought one lol and the last one shes a wiccan but use to be christian til the one who took her to church her stepfather tryied to rape her but she said she’d give it another shot so yeah thats where im at so please if you have some advice it would help

p.s. i heard God at the dare 2 share in st. louis and he told me to become a youth minister…i think lol well im looking in to it pe@ce out
one love, one God, one way

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December 2nd, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Man where was the spell check when I wrote this?! anyways I have takn my first two steps to becoming a youth pastor. I am trying to go to SBU and have become the prsident and founder of FMA (Future Ministers of America)I’m teaching my irst sermons from Greg’s book “a field guide to….” so hope God is right and I can do this.

One Love, One God, One Way!

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On February 21, 2008 @ 5:29 pm Miranda Stanfield said:

Greg,
I took the double dare but all my friends are all ready christens or are to dumb to listen to me and turn ther life around, they just walk away from me when i try to talk to them. please pray for me to be able to get though to them that Jesus is the only way to heaven.
God Bless,
Miranda

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On February 22, 2008 @ 11:15 am Taylor Gregory said:

Hey Greg!!
This past week has shown me that God can do some amazing things when you least expect it!! We didnt get to go to school for a whole week because of a really bad ice storm..well things were starting to look better and we went back to school! I had called a girl during the cell phone challenge and had to leave a message..well come to find out, she thought i wasputtingher down and making myself look better! So when we FINALLY went back to school i explained everything to her and she totally understood!! YAY..well i was gonna go to school the next day and talk to her about a few other things and guess what…We got ANOTHER ice storm! yeah so we’ve been out for 2 more days!! lol but during this time off i went to the bowling alley and i saw an old friend that used to go to our church but she became lesbian and everyone at church just stopped talking to her..well i went up to her and told her that we missed her at church and if she ever needed anything to let me know…well every since then she’s been texting me and im helping her through some tough times…now she wants to come to churh with me! YAY im so excited! So even though we arent at school…we’re still reaching people! Also, this week i found out that one of my friends cuts herself…so we’re working on that..so just pray for her and all of us christians at school so we can share the WONDERFUL love of Jesus to her and everyone else at school!! Thanks for doin what your doin!!! You’re great at it!! Keep up the good work!
In His Love,
Taylor

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On March 1, 2008 @ 7:49 pm Christy said:

hey Greg!

First i’d like to say that i LOVED your teaching and the skit REALLY touched my heart to the core. well my sory probably isn’t as INCREDIBLE as many other people’s but I’m glad that i did something for the Lord! So my friend saw me reading Venti Jesus Please at lunch (it was so good i couldn’t put it down!!) and she asked me what it was about. Now she was already a christian but lately shes been having a hard time with her dad and was shrinking away from the Lord. So I tell her and she’s like when you’re done can i read it? and i was like no prob. so i gave it to her and over the weekend she called me and says Christy, I judt finished the book and it was the best thing i’ve ver read in my ENTIRE life!! I was like really? thats great! and she started talking about all the parts that hit home for her like vertually murdering someone (she said shed done that to her dad PLENTY of times) and like 3 weeks after she read it she comes up to me and says, Christy guess what? And I’m like what? And she says, I haven’t cussed at anyone or anything at all for 3 weeks!! I was like Oh my goodness!! Thats incredible! I’m so happy for you!! She like my mouth is now clean!! So I’m just super happy that I was able to help my bff out…thank you SO MUCH for your encouragement!!

YOU ROCK!! and jesus rolls! (the stone away)

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On March 6, 2008 @ 2:05 pm Joseph Fessenden said:

The youth of Hannibal Free Will Baptist attended this meeting for the first time this year. I spent a lot of time talking the youth leader into going because I knew what a life changing event it is. They proved me right. Returning from the conference there was a new member added to the family. She gave he life to Christ during the meeting. A group of girls took it upon themselves to be a group of super sneezers for Christ. They are getting repremanded by teachers for sharing their faith in school, but they keep moving on. I am proud of our youth group for the courage and passion they are showing forth. I have a prayer request caused from the growth. The youth has outgrown it’s basement room. A bank donated us a building, but the building needs 15000$ worth of work done n it and we have no where in sight to gain that money. Pray God provides the funds quickly so that we can get the new youtbuilding up and running asap so that the work God is doing in Hannibal doesnt get hindered by lack of space. thank you!

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On March 15, 2008 @ 3:30 pm Mikayla said:

Dear Greg,
At the Dare 2 Share conference i took the double dare. I have been working on it ever since. I finally accomplished it! Last week my friend saw my Zane shirt. We started talking about it. I asked him if he went to church and he said not anymore. His family stopped going and he stopped beleiving. He said he missed going. I told him to talk to his mom and see about going. He said he would. The next day i asked him what happened and he said that they might possibly go as long as his mom was in town. If he doesn’t go i got permission from my mom to invite him to go to church with us. this week i have spring break so in a little over a week i’ll find out if he went. If not, then he IS going to come with me.

God bless,
Mikayla

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On March 20, 2008 @ 12:27 pm Kelsey Day said:

well i wasnt at the st. louis event but i was at seattle on march 14-15 2008 and i took the dare with a couple of people…1) Aleshia Watkins. a very good friend of mine that has…had no idea that there was a God and never knew of a man named Jesus Christ. I called her and she didnt seem too open to the idea at first…maybe it was the fact that i herd a click on the phone then my phone lit up and said “call ended” I got over it and everything since has gotten better things are moving easier and she has listened to what i have to say and Greg, you have REALLY helped me through everything so far. 2) Jesslyn Rose Smith. we had been together for quite a long time but it was a long distance thing because she lives in Boise, ID and i live in Baker City, OR in North East Oregon. I met her at a football game i played in and i got her phone number and we eventually hit it off and decided to date. i never thought much about her relationship with Christ if she even had one so I got a text from her the day we were heading home from seattle. We were talking about the weekend and the double dare…things started clicking in my head and thought well now would only be an approprite time so find out what her thoughts were right??? so i said “hey =) whats up? I have a rather important question for you…” she asked what it was and i asked her if she believed in Jesus and had a relationship with him. We talked for a long time and eventually we started to get extremely close and on track to saving her in Gods grace, in Gods timming and in Gods power. That day, she was saved and i know i will see her in heaven and i will be with the love of my life and the God of my dreams at all times

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On April 25, 2008 @ 11:41 am alisha said:

hey,
so i totaly took the challenge and im totaly excitted..
the week after i got back i talked to 10 ppl in one day..it was amazing.
i didnt know i if i was serious about it so i waited a while to write this..God is amazing and is using me to share with others about JEsus..i just recently stood up to people in my class during a debate and shared my faith to a bunch of people..i have talked to so many people and been on misson trips and dare2share really has helped me have a better walk with God and train me to share the GOspel…
YAY GOD!!!!

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On May 27, 2008 @ 4:46 pm Corey H. said:

Bro. Greg. This is quite late, but I still have to share this story. I was at D2S ST.Louis in 2008. I called one of my all time best friends back home for the cell phone challenge. I wish i could tell you that it was amazing and I wish I could tell you that she was saved and share a dramatic story about how it all happened, but that wouldn’t be the truth. The truth to my story is a very sad truth. I made the call and when my friend answered on the other end i began to share the gospel with her. This girl was at one time a faithful attendant at the church I attend and she claimed that she was saved. She is now living a life that shows the opposite of any of this. I asked her point-blank… “Are you saved?” The reply was something that nearly made my heart break into pieces… “You know the answer to that question. Why are you asking me this?”… I wasn’t giving up… “Because I want to hear you say it. I want you admit it to yourself and to me. Tell me the truth. Are you saved?” … The reply was this… “No.” … I asked this next question… “How do you live with yourself knowing what you walked away form. Knowing WHO you walked away from. Ho do you live day to day thinking about that?”… Her reply… “I guess I just lvie day to day. I really dont know the answer.”

The end of my cell phone challenge didnt come until I was out of the Savis Center and at Union Station getting lunch. The whole time I walked from the Center I was talking to my friend about the gospel. At the end of the conversation, nothing happened. I hung up the phone knowing my friend just admited she was heading for hell… and she didn’t care. This made me appreciate my christian friends so much more.

The purpose of my message isnt to discourage, but encourage. If you have a lost friend, dont give up on them. Keep witnessing to them. Keep showing them the love of God, Pray for them, live a Godly life as an example to them, and keep telling them about Jesus. And if you are blessed to have close christian friends as I am, keep them in your prayers and help them live strong for God. Relly on each other and on God together. Hold your friends close, and pray you get to spend eternity together… in Heavan of course.

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On February 18, 2009 @ 9:22 pm bobbypatterson18 said:

Hey Greg,
I wanted to say that one year ago when u came to st.louis it was an amazing thing for me cause it was my first Dare2Share confrence and I loved it. It was the most awsome thing that I had ever expericened in the 18 years of my life. Man I would do anything to have another expericence like that and to be able to go house to house spreding the word of God to the ones that didn’t know there was a GOD it was wonderful. Well man I would really appreate it if you would e-mail me back at bobbypatterson_2@yahoo.com
Your Brother In Christ,
Bobby Patterson

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