Comments on: Charlotte and Denver here we come!

By: Hayley-*-

Hayley-*- — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:07:18 +0000

Hey everybody once again!! Well imma guessin y’all went to Denver already…just wanted to say how much fun it was again!! thanks D2S y’all are GREAT!

By: maxine glaser

maxine glaser — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:12:32 +0000

hey greg! so this weekend was intense. i want to thank you so much for being inspirational and having faith in all the students. i took the 48 hour challenge and so far i havent heard from the person that i am trying to reach out to. i hope that i can get to him and that he will accept Jesus as his Lord and his Saviour. i also made the decision to live everyday as if it was judgement day. so far so good. preaching the Gospel to the neighborhoods of denver was easier then i thought it was. honestly i was extremely nervous but once i got out there it was easy and i wanted to keep going. there was one man whom we asked if he had any prayer requests and he had like 4 of them. he wanted us to stay there and pray for them with him, so we did, we were on his porch praying for like 10-15 minutes. it was truly amazing and touching. we did get turned down but that means there are more people that i can pray for:D so the worship was insane. starfield is a great band i loved how they got all of us to get all fired up and crazy. i loved seeing all the people lift their hands up, jump up and down and get fired up for Christ. His presence was there. i am looking forward to next year. God Bless, maxine glaser

By: Janna H

Janna H — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:16:09 +0000

Here I am, again, posting on another post on your blog. It’s addicting to read all of these comments and feel the same as all of the youth that have commented! I only wish I had "LifeTIVO" so I could experience every moment over again.The Denver D2S Experience Top 10 List (according to a poll taken by the Laurel United Methodist Youth):10. The bus trips; always an educational experience for a new youth leader. Especially with 44 youth and 5 chaperones for 10 hours and lots of energy drinks. I cannot stress enough the importance of headphones and a Jeremy Camp CD. 9. Waiting in line for the doors to open. We were the third group there and we actually had a "We Love Jesus" shouting match and a dance off. We also received our dinner (pizza) a nanosecond before the doors opened. We actually fed all 49 of us while entering the Pepsi Center. I was left at the door with two chaperones balancing 10 pizza boxes and a box of Capri Suns; that was a moment I certainly won’t forget!8. Getting floor seats the first night. We were so close we could see your (Greg’s) nose hairs. The kids were pumped to be so close that they were floating a foot off the ground (when they were jumping up and down to Starfield, of course). 7. Laying hands on our bus that broke down in Arvada when we were finished with our outreach mission. We actually prayed that the bus would be healed. I know someone took a picture of all 49 of us praying for the bus. Good news: by God’s Grace we had an aspiring diesel mechanic among our group who managed to jump the bus back to life. Cheers for a God moment!6. Our girls (30 total) will overwhelmingly admit that their favorite memories include meeting Starfield on Saturday night. Those guys signed every paper, CD, book, and out Squid Stick (the pole we hauled around to identify the group). All of my girls were screaming on the way out to the bus which was….embarrassing but cute. 5. The Drama. In their words: It was "chilling," "insightful," "awesome," "sweet," "scary but true," and my favorite comment was "dude."4. The outreach experience was amazing. We were all inducted into P.U. and had many doors slammed in our faces. The "WOW" moments came when we were introduced to a man who had just recently lost his niece and an Asian family who said they didn’t need prayers because they had been praying for us all day! If only some TV station hadn’t done a food drive earlier that day! We still came out with a lot of prayer requests and a lot of experience!3. The Cell-Phone Challenge. Out of our group 1/2 had their cell phone on Saturday night. They all made the calls and 3 were able to lead their friends Christ. One of my youth was actually told to "lead the way" because her friend was so inspired by my youth’s recent commitment to Christ. AWESOME CHALLENGE!2. Having their youth leader (me) projected on a big screen for all to see. I am personally honored and inspired by this and have a deeper understanding of my purpose as a youth leader. The youth were especially jazzed that I was crying onscreen and have made it their mission to thank me often in an effort to make me cry. My payday is watching them grow in their faith every single day. 1. Having three of our 45 youth commit their lives to Christ. No explanation needed here.THANKS AGAIN TO GREG, THE DARE 2 SHARE TEAM AND EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS WEEKEND A MOUNTAINTOP EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US AT LAUREL UMC!His love and mine, Janna Huhtala

By: Janna H

Janna H — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:21:14 +0000

It’s crazy to think that at this time on Friday and Saturday I was rocking out with 10,000 youth in the Pepsi Center. Thank you Greg and the entire Dare2Share team for bringing the G.O.S.P.E.L to Denver every year. My youth from Laurel, Montana absolutely adore you and have already started plugging for Dare2Share 2007!! You would think they would be tired after three nights of very little sleep and a 10 hour bus trip each way…nope they are still on FIRE and looking forward to next year! His love and mine, Janna Huhtala

By: Hayley-*-

Hayley-*- — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:08:06 +0000

hey!! wow!! I’ve been to D2S twice, and i love it!! I always TRY to be the best christian i can be but, here lately after D2S this year i have done really good. My sister’s boyfriend got in a fight and i love that kid he’s so nice to her and everything but, i heard all day at school yesterday oh he got beat down and just dumb comments like that. I was sooooo mad, I was thinking BAD things about the school and the kids and everything but then i stopped in the hallway and said " dear God please, please forgive me for thinking that. I apologize (idk if that’s spelled right). Amen." And the halls were crowded but i had to i felt sooo bad after thinking that. The skit thing that they had this year was INTENSE!! It was a definite eye opener. Well, it was EXCELLENT! hope everybody that has gone or is going has fun!

By: Vanessa Andrews

Vanessa Andrews — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:54:07 +0000

Greg, I will be in Denver this weekend to be going to the game day conference and I know its going to rock!! I can already sence that the Holy Spirit is going to be strong in that place and thousends of people in the mile high are going to come to know Jesus.. In the mean time keep up the AWSOME work of God and be blessd I will be praying!!! Jesus ROCKS!!! Vanessa

By: Ashley Buckner

Ashley Buckner — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:56:22 +0000

I can not wait for March! It’s going to be a long winter…sigh….Signing off Ashley

By: Britney

Britney — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 21:05:57 +0000

Hey Greg I was at the Charlotte Conference this past weekend and I must say WOW I LOVED IT the Drama the teaching the music it was just amazing I have become so much closer to God my youth group and I talked to my youth leader all the way home asking to go to Dare 2 Share again next year I just want to say I really look up to you and the rest of the D2S team for everything you guys do Thanks for giving me a great weekend Britney

By: nathan

nathan — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:57:24 +0000

hey greg . i was in charlotte fiday and saturday. i had a blast. and i really liked the drama. thanks, nathan

By: KrazyKati

KrazyKati — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 04:18:31 +0000

Charlotte was great and everything about God started to mean something. I;ve been a christian for 8 years so it was a big deal for me. This was my secong year going and i loved it my mom wants me to go to bed. so off to do that. Thank you and God continue to Bless