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50 Comments for 'Dear Charlotte,'

1. On November 5, 2006 @ 4:17 pm Sammi Basinger said:

   •                      Hey Greg.  I was not there but my youth group went on that Charolette trip. I am so proud of you and all of the teenagers that went out there.                     much luv,                          sammi

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2. On November 5, 2006 @ 4:23 pm Kinsey said:

   • Greg, The conference was awsome. I lost my wallet with $25 in it but i was focusing on God so it didn’t bother me .I truly felt the Spirit in me( i have never felt that ).I also relized that judgment  day is coming and i am so motivated to preach the gospel. Plz pray for me because my mom is a single parent and we are running really low on cash and that $25 was alot to lose in this difficult time.             Your Friend ,                          Kinsey M. V. of Monroe, NC

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3. On November 5, 2006 @ 4:29 pm Mike said:

   • Greg, this was the first year we attended dare2share.  What a great experience. The kids stayed up late talking about the drama Friday night, they we’re so wired up by it that they didn’t want to goof off.  I loved your idea on saturday to use cell phones.  That was a cool way to redeem some technology and use it for God’s Glory.  The outreach went ok Saturday, but we had a pretty big language barrier to overcome in the neighborhood we went to. It was a mainly hispanic community and we had a large number of houses where they couldn’t understand what we were doing. It was great to see the youth uncomfortable and nervous. It was challenging to them, but as they went to more and more houses, they started loving it and starting arguing about who was going to get to talk next. Overall, great conference.  Look forward to incorporating some of your strategies into our ministry. Thanks

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4. On November 5, 2006 @ 5:29 pm Jessica Mallow said:

   • hey Greg, well i was at that conference in Charlotte, and i just got home 5 minutes ago. I can literally say that when we first walked into that arena(our youth pastor was late because he got lost) and StarField was playing, i felt something come over me. It was a feeling of some sort that I couldn’t exactly tell what it was. Now that im home, when people ask me how the Dare2Share conference was, i only use one word-Life changing. And it was. It was my first Dare2Share conference, and i have made up my mind that i am going next year also. What really got me was that drama-Judgement day. It made me realize that we never know when it’s our time to leave, and we have to be prepared for that time.  It woke me up, and not only me-but our whole youth group. Our whole youth group was crying so much Friday night.(me too) I thought about Judgement day all night. I guess i really wasn’t prepared for that day before i came to Dare2Share, but now i can gladly say that i have put my faith and trust in Jesus Christ. Thank you so much Greg! You are such an amazing person. I’m working on the 48 hour challenge, but i haven’t persuaded this person yet. I’m counting the months as we speak until next year’s Dare2Share. StarField will be there…right? -Jessica Mallow P.S.–thank you for not killing that lamb  :]

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5. On November 5, 2006 @ 6:59 pm Jessica said:

   • Hey Greg! I went to the Charlotte conference! It was great! The drama this year was very intense! THis was my fourth year and it still motivates me! It was amazing, and I think that you are just filled with the Spirit to be able to do all of those conferences!

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6. On November 5, 2006 @ 7:20 pm Jessica Mallow said:

   • hi Gred, me again! well..i finally got 2 people to accept Jesus as their savior! YES! haha…well this is our conversation:  me: you should accept jesus also, chris  chris: and i know that i should  me: will you?  chris: yea im so glad that he decided to do this…if you can, just keep him in your prayers ~~Jessica

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7. On November 5, 2006 @ 7:57 pm Andrew johnson said:

   • Dear Greg,               This weekend was just so awsome that words can’t explain.  I’ve been a christian since the age of 7 and I am now 16 and I felt like I was just running on idle for god before this conference, but this weekend really just lit me on fire for the lord and to start living my life for him and to spread his word.  I had a great time and all the bands were great. Thankyou so much.  I attend Calvary Chapel of Taylorsville N.C.  P.S.  I will see you next year in Atlanta!              Andrew Johnson

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8. On November 5, 2006 @ 8:04 pm Elizabeth Bowling said:

   • Hey Greg,  This conference was a God-send to me and I just have to say you are such a blessing to this earth and yet I fully understand that it’s not you talking, it’s the Holy Spirit.  Before I came to this conference I was getting back into drugs which I used to struggle with along with a lot of other things, but now I’m sobering up and I’m SOOOO excited.  Jesus loves me and I’m God’s temple so I can’t be disgracing Him!!! I did take the 48 hour challenge, and I talked to my friend who is a coke addict.  I think she recieved it well and I am so glad.  I know God was using me to talk to her and I love her so much.  Please pray for her. –Elizabeth 

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9. On November 5, 2006 @ 8:20 pm Samantha said:

   • HI GERG!!!!!!!!!!!!! im samantha i went to the confrence in charlotte. it was very powerful experence! I have never felt so close to God like just i felt a tingleing that went form my toes all the way to my head I belive it was the holy spirt indside of me just thriveing to come out . I know it sounds weird but its kinda hard to explain. thank you so much for the experence it was truly a blessing from God!……… i havent got to take the 48 hour challenge yet  b/c i dont know my friends phone # but i go to school with her so i will try 2morrow! pray for me to get the courage to confront her and share the gospel and her to give her life to God !!!! lots of love, samantha 

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10. On November 5, 2006 @ 8:20 pm Missy said:

    • Hey Greg! That conference was AMAZINGLY POWERFUL. You were awesome!!! I noticed a big step up in my relationship with Christ Friday night and I relized soo many things I need to change to deserve the go into Heaven’s doors. Thanks so much for preaching so well this weekend. I had a blast! Richmond, VA Grove Avenue Baptist Church

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11. On November 5, 2006 @ 8:35 pm LeAnn Moore said:

    • hey Greg! this weekend was completely awesome! I got to see one of my best friends accept Christ for the first time, and it was amazing! This was my third year going to one of the dare2share conferences and every time get something more out of it. i absolutely love collecting the can food and telling the people about the gospel. Thank you for a life changing weekend. LeAnn

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12. On November 5, 2006 @ 9:45 pm Becky said:

    • Greg I am glad things went so spectactular.I can’t wait until you come to phoniex.~Becky~

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13. On November 5, 2006 @ 10:16 pm Katie said:

    • Hi Greg! My name is Katie and I attended to D2S conference in Charlotte with my youth group. I would like to share with you a little about our experiece this weekend. We are from Florence, SC which is about two and a half to three hours away from Charlotte. We left our church at 4:00 all excited and pumped up about the conference. This was the third year my youth group had attended the confrence and is my second year. (Just to let you know my friend Jordan gave his testimony on stage Saturday at the Confrence with the other atendees that spoke. He was the guy who kept his wrist band on all year. The wrist band aided him in bringing many people to our youth group. And he has started an epidemic at my church, everyone of us that attended is going for challenge to keep it wristband on until next year.) But to get back to my story, our youth group was completely pumped and excited bout the conference. Everyone kept saying "I can’t wait to see the drama this year. Last years impacted me so much!" Our church brought 33 people to D2S this year so we had to drive three vehicles (a truck, a 15 passenger bus, and a 15 passenger van) and we had to pull a trailer for luggage. The bus was in the back and my pastor drove the van and lead the pack us to Charlotte. We were about 30-45 minutes away from Criket Arena when the truck following us flashed its lights at us about 3 times. Pastor Marvin picked up the phone and called Scott, the driver of the truck and asked what was wrong. Scott said the bus had broken down. Pastor took us to the next exit and dropped the youth and his wife off at a McDonalds that was there and said he would be back soon. Well to make this story a little shorter because I know it is long we didn’t make it to D2S Friday night. Instead we were stuck at Micky D’s for about 4 hours. Yes the youth group was disappointed but I was very proud of our youth group that night because not one person complained about the fact that we were stranded at a McDonalds. Instead we made the best of it and ate, talked, and played games. The pastor and his wife finally found a car rental place that was still open and we made our way to the parsonage that we would be staying at. (Every time we visit Charlotte there’s church there that allows us to stay in their parsonage which is not in use.) When we got there we all got our bed set up. Around 11 Pastor Marvin and our youth minister Jimmy called us down and said we were gonna have a devotional. All 33 of us went down to the front room and sat in a circle together like many of us had done many times there before. Pastor read a few verses and said a few things. And you know this is probley terrible but from that night I dont remember what the devotion was about but what I do remember is what happended after the devotion. Pastor Marvin asked if there was anyone in the room that would like to share their testimony or somehting else that God has laid on your heart tonight? At first no one would say anything but then one person raised there had and shared something that they were stuggling with in their life. And from that I know everyone must have share something more than once. And although our youth group was already very close we grew even closer that night. Our youth group doesn’t have cliques suprisingly and we are all very comfortable with each other and are all very close friends outside of church and church functions. I realized during that time of fellowship and worship with my youth group that there was a reason why we hadn’t made it to D2S that night. God knew that we weren’t gonna make it there and had a plan in store for us to make our youth group grow even closer. He knew that we were all going to sit in that circle and share and fellowship with each other. I truly believe that. That was my highlight of this weekend. Yes all those who made it to the confernce Friday night had a great experience but we had an experience that we can talk about that none of the others had and it impacted my life so much. The confrence on Saturday was awesome to but it felt so great to know that even the kids that had been coming to youth group for two weeks or less that came on the trip felt close enough to us and trusted us enough to speak to us about the problems in their life. It also helped me to see how lucky I am to have such a close youth group and such great friends that I can trust no matter what. Ok so now that I’ve told you about that which is only a portion of what i could tell you about but I know taking a really long time. I want to talk to you about the 4 minute cell phone challenge. First of all I had stepped outside for a minute because my friend John* (changed name for reason) had called. Well I noticed a few minutes after I walked out so many people began to walk out and were talking on their cell phones. I hung up a few minutes later and asked what was going on and found out that I had participated in the challenge without even knowing about it because I had just talked to my friend about God. I just thought that that was pretty neat. Then I have one more story to tell you that my friend Kristin told at church this morning when we gave our testimonys about D2S in front of our church congregation.- When you gave the cell phone challenge my friend Jordan (remember the wrist band guy that told his story) called his uncle. He asked Kristin for her cell to call him because he didnt have one and she said he had this look about him that she had never seen before. That she could tell that his uncle being saved ment more to him than anything. So she gave him the phone and Jordan sat back down in his seat and called his uncle. Kristin said that a few minutes later she looked over to check on Jordan and she saw that he was crying and there was a teenager about her age that had been sitting next Jordan for a while that night had his around Jordan encouraging him. Jordan had never talked to the guy and didnt have a clue who he was. Kristin said that it was so powerful to her to see a perfect stranger do that. Well a fe seconds after Kristin turned around to check on Jordan. Jordan got up and walked out while still talking to his uncle so he could hear better, The teenage guy that had had his arm around Jordan looked over and asked Kristin what Jordands name was. She told him and he right then got down on his knees and prayed for Jordan and his uncle. This story really touched me and I thought that I would share this with you. I really encouraged me. This guy didnt even know Jordan yet he cared that much about him and his lost uncle. If this stranger cared that much for them I cant even fathom how much God cares for me. Thank you for everything that you do and for hosting Dare2share confrences around the US. They have really impacted my life and helped me make changes for the better. Please pray for my youth group and me that we will stay on fire for God! In Christ,  Katie

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14. On November 5, 2006 @ 10:49 pm Britney said:

    • Hey Greg I was at the D2S conference in Charlotte and it was my first time and wow it was AMAZING I can’t even begin to tell you how much I enjoyed it I loved the Drama and the teaching and the music it was all fantastic my youth group and I bugged our youth leader all the way home about going again next year my youth group is more on fire for God than we EVER have been it is so amazing I must say I really look up to you and the rest of the D2S team for everything you guys do u have helped me to be more out going and more positive and more on fire for God and I am just very thankful for all you guys do I hope to see you again next year In Christ Britney

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15. On November 6, 2006 @ 8:13 am kristina said:

    • man! it’s amazing how God moves! I wasn’t there…(D2S minneapolis youth leader) but just reading all of your comment and what you all saw God do…Do we have an AMAZING God or What!?!?! Blessing all…Praying that d2s denver is already prepared for God to move!!

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16. On November 6, 2006 @ 11:02 am loser1985 said:

    • This post is for katie from Florence,SC.  Hey Katie my name is Danielle and I just wanted to let you know that because of Jordon and his wrist band story the youth at my church have challenged each other to see who can keep their wristbands on the longest how awesome is that? One guy sharing his wristband story has caused others to want to do the same!!!

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17. On November 6, 2006 @ 11:36 am loser1985 said:

    • Hey Greg!!! First off I would just like to say how awesome you are and it was really awesome to get to talk to you after the conference too!!! I love what you are doing with this ministry and the GOSPEL Journey was an awesome bible study!!! Not only did the youth at our church enjoyed it but so did the TeamKids which is grade 1-6 they were really into the video clips. Anyways about the conference…This was my second D2S conference and also my 2nd time volunteering!! I love volunteering because you get to meet so many people and I love also getting to know the Dare2Share Staff. I think that it is amazing how the people that I worked with last year actually remembered who I was after all the other cities that ya’ll travel to. I especially enjoy working with Molly she is so awesome and so is Cheryl from Focus on the Family!! Through this conference I have met so many people that I would have never gotten able to meet if had never came or volunteered!! Kinda sad that this was the last year for Charlotte but we are already going to start fund raising for Atlanta. About the outreach experierence… when we pulled up into our neighborhood we were a little eerie about getting out of our vehicals because the houses looked kinda run down and scary but after about 5 mins of looking at the map and saying are we sure this is the right neighborhood we split up into about 5 groups and started knocking on doors. We didn’t have many people come to their doors but we know that they were at home because we could hear them inside talking and watching tv so we would leave a GOSPEL Journey tract in the door but some of our other groups had some good experiences I know that one group actually got to share the Gospel with some. There was this one lady who told one of our groups that if they would come back around in a little while that she would have a box sitting on her front poarch with cans in and when she saw us coming around the corner she was on her back porch sweeping she started waving her arms in the air to make sure that we stopped. When she said that she was going to have a box she ment it that box was so full that it was mounded over on the top and it was so heavy that one of the men that came with us had to carry it. Another story from our experience is that  one girl went up to a house while the rest of us waited in the truck and while she was at that house they neighbors wanted to know what was going on so she told them that we were attending a D2S confernce and collecting cans for the Charlotte Rescue Mission and they went in and gave us a whole bag of cans. At one of the house that one group went to the people had just came home from grocery shopping at Wal-Mart and they were unloading there car and gave our kids three arm loads of cans to give to the mission. On the way to eat supper after we had finished in our neighborhood we saw this man standing on the street corner with a sign that said "Traveling hungry needs money for food" and the under that it said "God Bless You" so we rolled down the window and we gave him one of the cans of food that we had just collected that had a pop top and a GOSPEL journey tract the light turned green before we could share with him what the tract was but as we drove off the girl that handed him the stuff told him to remember that God loves him. As we drove off I watched the man open up the tract to see what it was but I don’t know if he actually read or not but I pray that he did. I did call someone on my cellphone but the person that I called wasn’t a friend but an ex-friend Ashton. One reason that we aren’t friends anymore is because me and my sister witnessed to her. I haven’t talked to Ashton in a year until I called her on Saturday. As I sat in the floor at the back of the arena my heart was beating so hard it felt like the bands were up playing. I was telling the youth that I was really scared to call her because of how she has treated me in the past and they said we are praying for you Danielle. So I dialed the number and when she answered I kinda froze because I guess I was hopeing to get her voicemail so that I wouldn’t actually have to talk to her but anyways when she answered I got really nervous and hung up that phone. Since she didn’t know that number she called back to see who it was and I told her what was going on but I didn’t tell her what my name was because I knew that  I wouldn’t get very far so I told her that  I was someone else when I asked her if I could share the Gospel with her she answered me very rude and just flat out said NO after she said no I didn’t know what to say because I was shocked by the way that she said that I just told her bye and when I hung up the phone I just sat there in the floor and cried partilly because of the way she said it but mainly because she did say no and didn’t even give me a chance to say anything after that and it really hurts to keep getting turned down but I am going to do what you told me to do Greg and Im not going to give up we haven’t been friends for a year now but I try to pray for her everyday. I don’t know if i’ll ever get the chance to witness to her again but I will continue to pray for her. I want to ask everyone how reads this to help me pray for her. I haven’t taken my 48 hr challenge yet but I am getting ready to go and do that. I was going to take the 48 hr challenge and witness to her but after the cell phone thing I know that she would listen and she is the one that I did my 48 hr challenge with last year but I have another friend that I know will listen so I am going to talk to her. Everyone pray for me and my friend that I am going to share my faith with and also pray for Ashton. Dare2Share have changed my life forever~ Thanks Greag and the Dare2Share Crew!!!!

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18. On November 6, 2006 @ 11:37 am cassidy said:

    • hey greg, i went to the charlotte conference with my church, eastern hills baptist church. it was life changing for me, and life changing for many in my youth group. i have seen them grow sooo drastically in the last few days as individuals.  this was my fist year at dare to share, i went with my little sister who is 11 years old. to see her worshipping god with her hands in the air a smile on her face and tears pouring, was the greatest high light i remember. when you asked if anyone had cellphones and told us to call our friends, well my friend didnt answer but, my sisters friend did. as i sat there praying for god to give her strength, i listened to her conversation. she said hey this is ashley, im at this big conference with my church learning how to share my faith, and i have a question for you… if you died this second do you know if you would go to heaven or hell… then the girl must have said yes b/c my sisters response was …well how do you know that to be true?…the girl im guessing then said that she was a good person..bc my sister says with the most confident voice…it’s not about the good deeds it about a relationship with jesus christ, she walked out of the room for about 20 more mins. when she came back she had the biggest smile on her face as i said…"good job,…im proud of you". as tears streamed down my face, we hugged. that night i went home, called my friend back… he said he had thought about me the other day when a lady came to his work and tried to share the gospel… i was like really. funny thing about that is thats why im calling you now…i talked to him for about an hour. and i was sooooo close to leading him to christ, now this guy is a tough big over 6ft cubban dude, involved in a gang, drugs, alcohol and sex. it really hard to get him to have a serious conversation ever. but with the power of god, he opened his heart and i got to share my faith. i kept having to put the phone on mute and scream alil bit because i was soo excited. he didnt accept christ but im still working on him.

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19. On November 6, 2006 @ 3:02 pm Tori Wiley said:

    • dear Greg, My weekend this past week at D2S was great, this was my second year attending. And I went with my church, Westside! The Judgement Day drama really got to me cause i honestly have never really thought about Judgement Day in that way before. Until now. And the cell phone thing, yeah that was really cool. I did call someone..i called my friend Kati, and that went real well.. i wasent really certian of her but she was saved and i said a prayer with her right quick, and she just so happend to be with two of my other friends Daniel and Kolton and i got to talk to them as well.. and Daniel wasent saved. but before i really got into it they said they had to call me back cause the phone was dying. so im making talking to Daniel my 48 hour challenge this year. and ill let you know how that goes over when i talk to him.

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20. On November 6, 2006 @ 3:21 pm kerry said:

    • hey gerg,wow! this weekend was grat for me and my whole youth group. we really grew closer with each other and the Lord. It all started for me with the drama. i was so touched by that drama. i realzie now that judgement day will not just be where God will give us our "house key" into Heaven but a very serious thing. i didn’t realize how much i was changed until i got home. everything i do now i want it to glorify the Lord. I don’t  want to miss those oppurtunities to witness anymore i want to just live for God as much as i can. going back to school today things were different. i did seem to bring up the Lord in a more casual way than ususal. i still need to work on the witnessing part though. i just get so lost of words. but this weekend really helped me with that though. but i have faith that when the Lord gives me those oppurtunites he will give me the words. i need to trust him more and realize that it is all him not a lot of me and a little of him. i wanted to share with you something that really blessed me going out in the city on saturday afternoon…..it ws the last house on the first street we were on and i had already been touched in many ways. this girl about my age came to the door and then her grandpa i guess it was came back with 2 cans. we asked him ig he had any prayer requests and his said "well no i pray everyday, but do you  girls have any" i spoke up and said yes,pray that i will become a stronger witness and grow in my realtionship with Christ. He said "well ok let’s pary" standing there in his drive way he took me and my friends hand and paryed the most sweet paryer i have ever heard. Praise God not only for those oppurtunites we have to pray with people and tell them about God. But when people Pary with us and inspire us. I am just overwhelmed with the whole experiece and that I won’t back down from any chances that God gives me and that I will run with them. I was also very exited when my youth pastor shared with us the E-team idea in the Bojangles parking lot on Saturday. I had been feeling lately that God had something he wanted me doing and I wasn’t sure what it was. When my youth pastor mentioned this I knew that this had to be it i felt this funny feeling inside:) (and it wasn’t my boberry biscuit) I told him this last night @ Church and I can’t wait to get started!!! God was so good this weekend and he always is! 

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21. On November 6, 2006 @ 3:24 pm sallymander said:

    • This message is for Katie too— Kids from our youth are also keeping on their wristbands!  Tell Jordan that he’s inspired a lot of youths to use the wristband as a tool to talk to others about Christ! This was our first Dare2Share trip and EVERYONE is fired up about Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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22. On November 6, 2006 @ 3:51 pm lauren kirkland said:

    • hey greg! the conference this weekend was incredible! i was able to attend with my church, grove avenue baptist church, in richmond, va, and im so glad i came. sharing christ with others has never been my strongpoint becuase i just wasnt exactly sure how to do it, so when we were told to go out and collect canned foods and share the gospel with complete strangers, i was completely freaked out! but god works miracles and he gave me the strength to not only complete the task but also to step up as a senior and lead a group of younger kids door to door. aside from this, i was encouraged by one of the guys in our group who is a newcomer to our youthgroup…he accepted christ friday night, and the next night, decided to sponser a child. as a new christian he is on fire for christ, and he was already digging deep into his dare to share book on the ride home while everyone else was being crazy and socializing. im so proud of him! i also thought it was really cool how everyone called their friends on their cells to share christ…ive always attended a christian school but alot of kids that i hang out with during the summer are completely lost and so i decided to call my friend melissa on friday night after the conference and talk to her…our friendship fell apart at the end of the summer when i came forward and told my parents about my drug problem…it was one of the hardest things ive ever done, and i know that it wouldnt have been possible without god. we had been friends for about 5 years, but i fell into the wrong crowd at the beginning of my 11th grade year, and when she found out that i was into some of the things that she did…drinking and drugs…we grew alot closer and she had a big influence on me…so when i decided to let my sin go through the accountability of my youth pastor and parents, she couldnt understand why the heck i would ever think of telling my parents about my problem. i havent seen her since, and shes been on my heart constantly because i know the lifestyle she lives is so wrong and i just cant stand to wathc it any longer. ive invited her to church but her parents (who have achohol problems) dont want her to go. its been so hard….and she just doesnt understand…shes very opinionated and i get intimidated very easily, so sharing christ with her and my testimony was and is not an easy thing. i just ask you to pray for her to be open and accepting…she hasnt returned my calls since and its very painful and weighs heavily on my heart. i appreciate your willingness to serve god and your ability to reach millions of teens. you’ve encouraged me so incredibly much, and i know im not the only one whose life has been changed! thank you!

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23. On November 6, 2006 @ 4:38 pm Frances Osborne said:

    • Hey I got to expierence the dare 2 share conference i live in kentucky and me and my youth group got to leave friday and we came back sunday at like 3:00 a.m but anyways we as well were up friday really late talking about how aLWsome it was we especially liked the skit with the two girls and judgement day and that was the first time i have ever heard of starfield and they were alwsome and i bought there cd but we also had alot of fun going to ask people for food  and are hopefully coming back next year and we wanted u to know we learnt alot about our faith and about telling other people and not keeping it to ourselves it was alwsome and we couldnt wait to get home and start to tell people about god and his love                                                                                  sincerley     Frances Osborne

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24. On November 6, 2006 @ 6:28 pm Rebecca Harmon said:

    • Hey greg.. I went to the confrence in Char. for my 2nd time, it was so cool! I am now sponsering Soniya S. (6 years old) with my friend Nicole. I made the decision to stop listening to secular music, so maybe that will make my relationship with God better. I also redid my myspace. On my motto thing it says "I’m a CYBERMISSIONARY" (how cool). I think you are so hilarious and you can get to our level to where we as teens can understand you better. Sunday nights the middle school kids from my youth group get together at a skating rink and we worship and have group sessions. Well, this Sunday we were talking about the Red Monk and Blue Miner strategey, while watching the movie "R.V" haha.. Well, I thank you so much for what you do and I hope the rest of y’alls "tour" goes well, oh and tell Starfeild and Superchick and Rachel that they ROCK! .                    -Rebecca from Charleston, S.C

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25. On November 6, 2006 @ 7:08 pm elizabeth said:

    • Hey Greg. I attended Dare 2 Share last year with my church. We did not go this year as a church because of some transactions in position of our youth ministers. Things got a little crazy so we didn’t really have it all organized to go. So I was talking to my mom about getting a friend and us going up to Charlotte by ourself. Well I looked for the times last Sat. and I found out that it had been that weekend and I had missed it. I was so looking forward to it to. You dont know how bad I wanted to go. I was wondering if you could let me know where on the Dare2Share website the locations for the tours are located and when they are going to be there so I can find out sooner when Dare2Share is coming to a town near me. Thank you.  Elizabeth from Lancaster, SC 

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26. On November 6, 2006 @ 7:34 pm Ashley said:

    • Hey Mr. Greg,        Thanks so much for your faithfulness to encourage and equip young believers to follow God. I was really challenged by the dare2share conference this past weekend and am making some changes in my own life because of it.  The skits were especially great and I was hoping to use one of them for an outreach event that my youth group does every february. Any chance that i could get a copy of the script?  In christ,  Ashley

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27. On November 6, 2006 @ 7:58 pm Samuel said:

    • Greg, the conference surpassed my expectations by a million miles. This conference really got me pumped for God. I want to go out and share the word. I am planning on buying the D2S book. I have grown closer to God because of this conference, and I want to say thank you. I have a little request for you though, so here it goes. There are 3 mormons in my class out of 13 people. I am sure you know of the strong family tradition in mormonism, and it will be hard to get these kids to become christians. Can I have some suggestions of how to start the conversation, and then what to say after. And another thing there is a little rumor on D2S.org that there will be no conference in Charlotte next year. Is this true? Please say no, please say no, please say no. God bless.

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28. On November 7, 2006 @ 6:57 am Amber said:

    • Hey Greg!! My youth group and I had so much fun this year at Dare 2 Share!!! One of the girls in our youth group who has had kind of a rough past gave her life to Christ on Friday night. The drama was so good, I think that for the first time I really came to know Christ. I had gone to Dare 2 Share last year, and I got alot out of it, but not nearly as much as I did this year. I really appreciate you coming to Charlotte this year. I hope to see you again next year so that my walk with Jesus can become stronger!! God Bless!! Amber

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29. On November 7, 2006 @ 8:03 am Samantha said:

    • this message is also for Katie- b/c  of Jordan i am keeping on my wrist band also..all of my youth is too…im gonna keep it on to spark conversation …2 people have already  asked me about it. i will also keep it on as a reminder if Satan temps me it can remind me of D2S and all the reasons i have not to choose to do the wrong thing. its amazing how one person can make so many people react in the same way!

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30. On November 7, 2006 @ 10:21 am Kristen Nunez said:

    • Hi Greg I am from Monroe, NC Cornerstone Community Church of the Nazarene, and this was my first year to attend a Dare 2 share conference and WOW was it the best!!!!!!! Coming into this none of the teens nor myself or husband new anything about what we would be doing.  We brought all of our teens which  is only 11 plus myself and my husband which we have just taken on the role to lead our teens.  LET ME TELL YOU IT IS THE BEST EXPEIRENCE OF MY LIFE!!!! The teens in our group are so different but yet so much alike.  Raul my husband took on the teens about a year ago and just recently I have decided that I would go ahead and give it a shot.  I love the teens and are VERY good friends with all of them and I felt that they could share anything with me NOT being there youth leader.  I was afraid that if I were to take on that role as LEADER that they wouldn’t share with me all that they share about everyday life.  Well I have found that they still consider me there friend and nothings changed other than myself.  I really didn’t know GOD and could never had talk to them about him or anyone else for that matter.  A few weeks ago we went to this thing called "Judgement house" and wow was it an eye opener, I gave my self to Jesus that night because the whole Judgement thing scared me to know end.  Well Friday night watching the Drama I really decided that I would confirm my answer and about 3 other girls in our group did the same thing.  WOW that touched me more then anything.  I absoultly know now in my mind and heart that I want to go to heaven and can’t anyone change my mind about this at all.  I am SOOOOOOOOOO excited about my decision.  The Drama on Friday night felt like it was for one of my friends she is one of our teens but we have grown so close to be friends.  She had to work Friday night so she wasnt able to watch it and I know if she would of she would of given ALLLLL of herself to Christ that night!  If it could make that big burly guy Jordan surrender his life I think it could turn anyone into a so called Jesus Freak!  He really tugged on my heart, and I know from reading all the comments that he really touched alot of people.  THANKS JORDAN you def. made it easier on me!  Anywho back to my story.  IF I could get a copy of the drama from Friday I would Love to show it to my friend and to the other kids at our church that weren’t able to come with us and to other teens in our community!  I would love to have 100’s of teens start coming to our church because we are really small.  We have a total of 12 teens so my husband and I are really wanting to get this thing rolling.  I think this drama would be a great eye opener and would really bring the kids in and ecept Jesus as there Savior.  Okay so onto the rest of the weekend.  Saturday was great WE all loved the concerts and the little movie scripts you guys really know what these young adults like and kids like and touching on things that they like and know is a way to get to there hearts.  Okay so when it was time to go door to door to collect our cans my group was TERRIFIED with all capital letters!!! We just pulled up to the first set of appartments and the manager was outside and so we told him what we were doing and he said that we couldn’t be there.  Well we left and went and found a neighborhood close by to where we were suppose to be.  This neighborhood scared us, it was a older neighbor with all races but was sorta run downed, and a bit scary so to say!  Well we have mostly girls other than 2 guys plus my husband.  So we pulled into this neighborhood and tried to figure out where we would park the van so we could all walk around because it was just safer that way!  So when we found a place to park we were scared to death to get out so I decided with my husband that we would all just pray about it.  We sat in the van for a good 15 or so minutes and just prayed that  God would help us and guide us through this expeirence and let us all come back safe.  Well we slowly all got out of the van and just slowly crept up to the frist house which no one was home so we were like YES that was easy enough.  Jokingly we said to each other okay no one else is home lets go and just buy some cans and turn them in.  We then just said okay you know what this is what we were asked to do and so we just have to do this!  WE just kept saying we’ve got 3 hours to be in this neighborhood what are we going to do.  We all just decided to hide our fears and go into this full strong.  We went to the second house we knocked and out came this 81 year old lady.  YES we all said with our eyes to each other as she opend up the door.  We told her what we were doing and who we were with and what church we went to and told them that this was our youth group.  She then opened up to us very freely.  She started telling us how active in her church she was and good of shape she was in and that her daughter was a school teacher.  Well she didn’t give us any cans because she was saving them for something her youth was doing at her church.  So we asked if there was anything that we could pray for her with or by yourselves and she just walked out on the porch and just kept talking.  At that point we didn’t have a prob. wondering how we would spend our 3 hours in this neighborhood..  She wasnt letting us go so that would be where we stayed for 3 hours.  Well after 15-20 min she finally let us take on the rest of our journey!  Well when we first started walking up to her house a PIT BULL came after us but was THANK GOD very friendly but that right there was enough to make us start to think more about our Church van and going to buy cans at the store.  Well the house from where the dog was from I wasnt going up there because I didn’t want to take any chances but our teens and my husband were like YES we are going up there and I said well I am not going see ya!  After saying that something led me to walk up the driveway which I did.  We knocked on the door and this  26 year old lady walked out and said Well hello.  We told what we were doing and she said that the cans she could give were her boyfriends supper and he wouldn’t be happy but she knew it would go for a good cause and that she would give them to us and know that she did a good dead. Well after she gave us the cans we asked her if she had any prayer request and if she did we would pray for them for her.  She went on to tell us that she was diagnosed with Cervical Cancer and the Dr.s gave her 18 months to live and that she had 3 small children 2 she just sent with there dad to live in Indiana and a 3 month old that was hers and her boyfriends that lived in the house with her.  Then she went on to say that she couldn’t handle things anymore so she had been drinking right before we got there.  We then went on to ask her if she knew Jesus Christ and she said she did and that she knows he will take care of her.  My husband then said well Why don’t you let him take on your probs. instead of you takin’ matters into your own hands and drinking.  One of the girls in the group wrote down her name which was CHARLOTTE from Indiana and we got her address and then I asked her if we could pray for her right there and she said WOULD you please so we did and then we all gave her a hug!  She then went on to tell us that we were what she needed for that day and that she was planning her day different from what she had planned!  I know I have gone over way more than a comment so I will just end by saying we filled all of our bags plus brown paper bags that people were filling for us and that we PRAYED with a lot of people that day and IT was a GREAT experience!  We went from a Van full of Scared kids and 2 leaders to a lets get back in the van and go somewhere else this was FUN!!!!!!!!!!  So to sum it all up WE are so excited to start something like this is our neighborhood of Monore and to go to Dare 2 share next year!  WE DIDN"T WANT THIS TO END!!!!!!!!! Thanks to all the people that make this happend, and don’t ever ever ever ever ever ever ever STOP THIS AWESOME CONFERENCE…………….. THANKS FOR IT ALL, LOVE Kristen Nunez Monroe ,NC

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31. On November 7, 2006 @ 10:41 am Sharon Chapman said:

    • Dear Greg, I had an awesome time this weekend! Our youth group came from Aberdeen, MD! An 8 hour drive!! We had 10 adults and 15 youth in attendance. We were truly blessed. We arrived home 8:30 Sunday morning (we drove straight through the night) and the children gave wonderful testimonies during our morning service. Lots of tears. I am truly motivated to GO! FIGHT! WIN!

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32. On November 7, 2006 @ 1:25 pm Ashley Buckner said:

    • This is so cool! You have no idea how happy this makes me! There are so many responses coming in I can hardly stand it! This is so cool! Some of those testimonies sound so much like mine. (Especially Andrew Johnson.) Man, God is so amazing! Who would’ve thought that a roofer would be used like this, huh? God knows what he’s doing doesn’t he? So i just want to say congrats to all you losers, wait, they are not official losers this year are they? I mean they are yet they aren’t. Anyway, congrats to all you Athletes out there! Keep it up! It’s hard, but who said loving God was easy? Signing off, Ashley

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33. On November 7, 2006 @ 2:18 pm Britney said:

    • Hey Greg well I took the 48 hour test and I must say wow it was actually a little easier than I thought it would be but the response I got hurt I witnessed to my sister and she told me she didn’t care about what I had to say and that she knew she was going to hell and she didn’t care that really got to me and it hurt so I would love it if you would please pray for her and for God to open her eyes and that if she wont listen to me that God will send someone across her path that she will listen 2 thanks God bless Britney

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34. On November 7, 2006 @ 3:43 pm kacy said:

    • this is so awsome to see so many kids taking the 48 hr challange and sharing there storys i was scared last year was my first time to d2s  and i freaked out when it come to sharing the gospel i mean being a new christan and i found out there was nothing to it relizing how are you suppose to share the gospel with others if you dont know him yourself last year my friend jessica got up in front of the pepole attending the d2s confernce and shared her testimoney and we went and collected food earler that day she droped right in the middle of the street drew a circle around her we all prayed with her and she aceppted christ right in the middle of the street  im just so happy to see so many teens taking the challange thats so awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                                                      god bless you all                                     kacy

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35. On November 7, 2006 @ 5:46 pm Michael McLamb said:

    • Hey Greg, I am  from Central Church of God. The two day conference at the Cricket Arena was amazing. This was the first year I have ever been to the dare2share conference. It blew away my mind! This conference was so inspiring. I got so much out of the conference. It made me think about people in whole other ways. I am going to dare to share my faith with others for now on. Thank you for everything you taught me and thank you for one of th best two days of my life. I am looking forward to coming to the conference next year. It’s Gameday. I am going crazy for Him!                             Woooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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36. On November 8, 2006 @ 2:49 am Jill said:

    • Greg, i just wanted to say how awesome Dare2Share in Charlotte was. My youth group and I traveled from SC to see it, and it was worth it.  The Judgement Day Drama…Starfield…all of it was sooo great!! I really got on fire for God this weekend and listening to you speak really gave me the courage to tell my friends about Jesus!  I did get to call one of my friends when you told us to use or cell phones.. i ended up leaving her a voicemail explaining the GOSPEL, but she did tell me later how much it meant to her.  She told me that she had felt out of touch lately and that getting that voicemail really helped her.  I also ended up keeping the 48 hour challenge and shared the GOSPEL with one of my atheist classmates.. although he didn’t accept Christ, I hope that I planted a seed that will eventually lead him the his salvation!  Anyways, thank you so much for all that you do.  This was my first Dare2Share and it really impacted my life, and made me realize how important it is to share the love of God with everyone!  God Bless You and I hope all the other conferences go over as well as Charlotte did!!!! Jill

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37. On November 8, 2006 @ 8:39 am Jon Goodwin said:

    • Once again, all of the Dare2Share staff outdid themselves.  The blessing of God could not be more evident in your ministry.  This is the second year that I have taken my students to Charlotte.   Many people we talk to just can’t believe that we would drive all the way from the great state of NY all the way to Charlotte for a youth event.  Well, your ministry and the hand of God has helped transform our youth ministry here at Allen Memorial Baptist Church.  The is nothing more awesome as a youth pastor than to just sit back and watch God work in and through the lives of my students.  I praise God for the work you are doing.  To many of the youth events offered today are just pump you up and get you all emotional events.  More times then not the kids go home from events that do this and are back to their old selves in a manner of weeks. I appreciate the fact that you focus on commitment rather than emotions.  Thank you for another great year of ministry.  Your ministry is close to my heart and I will keep you in prayers.  God Bless, Jon Goodwin

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38. On November 8, 2006 @ 10:54 am John Price said:

    • The Dare 2 Share experience for me was amazing. I have taken back so much of what I have learned. Through this I have been put in an on fire state for the one and only JESUSCHRIST! I would like to say the drama team is amazing, and it has inspired me to ask about a drama team for my church. My youth group is also going to start an "e team" which is something I have really wanted for my youth group for a really long time. Yay, Valley Forge FWB!! I espacially loved the outreach part of the whole experience. In my group, an elderly man noticed what we were doing, and he got canned food out of his son’s pantry (about 6 or 7) just to give it to us. He got in his car and drove to us, and as he got out of his car he had a tear in his left eye. He told us it filled his heart with joy to see youth going out into the world to follow Christ. So dare 2 share keep it up because you are expanding God’s army, and you have also touched a life… mine.

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39. On November 8, 2006 @ 11:07 am Julie Waters said:

    • Greg, this was my first D2S conference. and i loved it. it was amazing. and it has impacted my youth group alot. We all grew alot closer this weekend being together and serving God together. First off i want to say that a boy that has been attending our youth group for a few months now accepted Christ Friday night!! and also another guy in our youth group had been struggling on and off with a drug problem. and we have all been praying for him so much. He made a decison on friday night to start getting help. and monday at school he even stood up to his friends and told them he wasnt into that stuff anymore. Which has really lifted up alot of people in our youth group. Thank you soo much for all you and the others did to prepare for his weekend. It was amazing. It was Life- Changing.

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40. On November 8, 2006 @ 11:14 am trish said:

    • hey greg. my youth group (from valley forge) went to the confrence and it was a life changing experiance. i had been having trouble with satan randomly attacking me and after friday night i realized that all the problems i thought were huge were nothing compared to what christ has done for me and that i shouldnt worry about such things because in the end it didnt matter. a guy from my youth group got saved on that friday and it was eyeopening because i didnt even know he wasnt a christian. and my little brother rededicated his life and decided to stop hanging out with the wrong crowd.our youth group grew so much closer in that weekend and it has made us so much stronger and closer to each other. i loved it. i also bought the book dare to share to whitness to more people and it has helped because i have a few friends that are agnostioc. so dare to share has impacted all of our lives for the better and it was something that we have all taken home with us. and i called someone when you challenged us to. i called a girl who is agnostic but she wasnt home. so i talked to her mom. we talked about God for a few minutes but i dont know if i impacted her life or said something that would make her think about her beliefs. but then monday i talked to her daughter and she is coming to my churchs youth blaze and coming to my church on sunday so i am pretty pumped about it!!!!!! love in christ,

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41. On November 9, 2006 @ 10:50 am Crystal said:

    • Hi Greg!  I took my youth group to the Charlotte D2S for the fourth year in a row, and wow!  You guys never cease to amaze me at how you relate year after year to exactly what is going on with the teens today.  Our youth group has been struggling a lot lately to get our balance.  Our number one cheerleader and supporter (our pastor) died suddenly of a massive heart attack less than four months ago.  This sent our group reeling, and we haven’t had a chance to recover completely as a group since.  Our group has dwindled down (we were already few in number) to about 8 regular attendees, and it’s become very discouraging.  I’m sorry to say that I’ve not been the most encouraging youth leader through this.  I’m a full time volunteer leader, and since there’s not anyone to really keep me accountable, I’ve nursed my pain (my pastor was my father figure for the past 10 years) and allowed the group to do the same.  I’ve slacked in my prayers for them, and in the activities we plan.  I’ve gone with the theory that if they just need to take some time to mourn, they can do that.  God’s really been dealing with me about this lately, and I’ve tried to get them all fired up again…like we’ve been for the past several years.  You guys really helped me get that going.  We had 1/3 of our members attending the conference come to Christ, and every other one of them made a solid commitment for Christ.  The point that really broke me was when you had the youth leaders literally get on their knees and pray for their groups.  I really realized what I’d been neglecting, and things were put into perspective for me.  Thank you so much for your dedication to Christ and to the youth of our country…and for all the encouragement to us youth leaders.  As our group would say: "You rock like gravel!" 

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42. On November 9, 2006 @ 5:51 pm Jessy said:

    • hi Greg, i went to the d2s conference in Charlotte-and it made a huge impact on my life. I have been able to bring up Jesus in almost every conversation now, and 3 people i have talked to have accepted him! But, i have some friends that i am afraid to talk to about this. They are both mormons, and the other day at lunch, my cousin(who is a mormon, also) asked me about my wristband. I told her about dare2share and about going out into Charlotte, and telling people about the GOSPEL…and she said…you shouldn’t do that…it’s wrong…and that made me really upset…and i haven’t talked to them about it since. They are both my best friends, and i want so much for them to accept Jesus. I have read half of the d2s book, and i am still unsure of how to talk to them about it.. anyways-thanks for motivating me>> ~jessy

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43. On November 9, 2006 @ 9:31 pm juliedee said:

    • Hey!  I’m Julie and I was at the D2S in Charlotte.  It was the second time I went and the second time it was an amazing, life changing event.  I was talking to my youth pastor on AIM yesterday and we were talking about all the youth there and seeing them all worship.  It takes my breath everytime I look out in the crowd and see the hands raised, eyes closed, everyone praising God.  I could never be in a worship band because I wouldn’t be able to sing.  Anyway, what you guys do at D2S really inspires and prepares us to share our faith.  It’s such an important thing, and I think what you do is completely awesome.  Right now, I’m kind of in the process of sharing the Gospel with a friend at school.  His name is Chris and he pretty much knows nothing about God and His story.  Chris is a very quiet, loner type and he ended up sitting at our table by accident towards the beginning of the year.  He didn’t know anyone sat there and I just asked if it was cool for us to sit there and he said yeah.  We’ve very slowly become friends, and a while back I invited him to church.  He was really excited about it and really wanted to come but didn’t show.  I asked him what was up the next day and he said something came up with his sick brother.  So I was like okay, well next week.  It didn’t happen.  He said his mom wouldn’t let him last minute.  So I let it go for a while, even though I shouldn’t have.  Weellll, since Dare 2 Share, God has really placed him on my heart and I know it’s my duty to lead him to Christ.  So today at school I brought church back up and he asked me what we did on Wednesdays (youth group), and Sunday mornings.  It turns out that Chris has only been to church a few times when he was around 6.  God totally opened it up for me then so I went for it.  Turns out, Chris doesn’t even really know what "being saved" means.  So I got super excited and started talking.  And, believe me, once I start, it’s hard for me to stop.  So I talked, he had a few questions, and he’s verrrryy open and ready to talk to me more about it tomorrow.  I’m pumped cause I really think Chris is close to trusting Jesus.  I know this was really long, but please be in prayer for God to use my rambling-don’t-know-when-to-shut-up-self in some miraculous way to get the Message through to Chris and for Chris to take that step.  P.S. I used the GOSPEL.  :]  If it wasn’t for you guys, I don’t think I would’ve had the guts.  Thanks for reading even though this was 3 miles long.  -Julie

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44. On November 9, 2006 @ 9:39 pm Brian Alexander said:

    • Hey Greg. Thanks for the mesages this past weekend. I didn’t have a cell phone to call my friends, but I did talk to them about Jeuss this weeek. It feels good to step up for Christ on my school campus.

      Eastern Hills Baptist Church

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45. On November 10, 2006 @ 10:12 pm Morgan Guse said:

    • Hello Greg,  My name is Morgan Guse and I went to the Gameday in Charlotte.  This was my first time and it definately won’t be my last!  I was very encouraged by all that was done there at gameday.  It showed me and my youth group at Community Bible Church in Beaufort, SC, that there is an effective way to share your faith, what you believe in, and to do it without being offensive.  I have talked to everyone who went with us and it was life changing for all of us.  It was a great encouragement and challenge to all of us.  We have always been challenged by our youth group to share our faith, and we even go out and do it as a get together sometimes(we even go to other countries to share about God)…but I like how you did it.  You said…go find someone you don’t know and share the Gospel with them.  Share your faith!  And then, you have four minutes to call that friend you have been praying for and tell them about God.  I did that…but the two people I called didn’t answer their phones.  But I just wanted to say thanks and that I appreciate all that you do…encouraging the saints to share the Gospel and how to do it effectively.  I am truly grateful for that and I know that many others think the same way!  Press On with all that you are doing…I know that many people are affected by what you say, including myself, and I know that it will help everyone across the country.  I will be praying for future Gamedays!

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46. On November 11, 2006 @ 3:26 pm beth sanders said:

    • Hi Greg!!! Dare2Share wuz awesome!!! I’m @ the church Cassidy goes to (Eastern Hills). Our whole youth group wuz on a "spiritual high" after Saturday night. In fact, we still r!!! Everyone in our youth group has matured in some way. One kid in my youth group has really changed (you can tell)!!! D2S wuz awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Beth Sanders 

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47. On November 12, 2006 @ 3:37 pm Seth said:

    • Hey greg that was the best thing i have ever done in my life you are awesome and so is god!!!

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48. On November 14, 2006 @ 8:13 am Angela said:

    • Blessings to you Greg & all the staff of D2S! We brought our youth the the conference last weekend and it was amazing to see God’s presence in that building! It was our first trip but definately not the last! How fulfilling to feel the presence of God! It is so wonderful to see someone like you that is so committed to caring for our young people. The event made such an impact on our youth. They have a renewed faith and are really on fire for God! I am a youth leader and our older youth did not get to attend because of other activities and work.  It is so hard to get them involved anymore since they are working.  I ask for prayer for our youth, that they will put God first in their lives, get their priorites in order and be on fire for God!  They are pulled in so many directions of the world, one of Satan’s biggest ploys. Our group stayed up until @ 1:00 talking about the drama. It really opened their eyes to what they will face one day! It really hit home hard with one of our young girls! She has been in church all her life and thought she was saved in VBS & said the prayer just like some of her friends but had not truly surrendered her heart to Christ. The drama depicted the exact scenerio she had gone through.  I have been praying for her through the last few months that God would really reveal himself to her! And did he ever! She made things right last weekend and finally realized that she really wasn’t saved! I feel that it is real for her now! Keep her in your prayers too that she will be committed to God’s plan for her life and the work that he has purposed her for! She also witnessed to one of her friends that has really been a bad influence in her life lately! What a miracle I saw this weekend from God! I was also wondering if it would be possible to get the draft of the drama for us to present in one of our youth praise worship services. It really impacted our group and I know that they would love to use it to impact others! Please let me know about that! We are about to start our GOSPEL Journey that I purchased at the event and will be working on our e team! I am really looking forward to helping them grow stronger in their faith! You have such a way with the young people and I pray that God will give you strength to continue His great work through you! Thanks for all you are in Him! Consumed in HIM! Angela

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49. On November 14, 2006 @ 6:26 pm Bethany said:

    • Satin Knocking @ my Door Ok i wasn’t sure weather to put this under the NC conference or denver. Because i had a similar experience w/ satin that greg had in denver. I went to the North Carolina conference but it wasn’t easy getting there. Satin won me over last year and i didn’t go. See i live in NY and my youth group went for the first time last year except i was on the varsity soccer team that made it to states. So i didn’t go i was planing to go all the way up till 3 days b/4 our youth group left but satin hit me hard and i wasn’t strong enough. This year was a different story our soccer team was better than ever. I would be missing the 2 biggest soccer games of my high school career. And what made it even more difficult is Game Day the theme. While i was in the conference the my soccer team would be playing their best game ever. So here was satin again knocking @ my door but this time i had the support of my youth group. I go to a public school so know one understood my decision (i have around 64 kids in my grade and about 4 of us are Christians). But God gave me the strength to overcome satin and to tell my coach that i wouldn’t be @ the 2 most important games of the year. I loved the conference i learned so much (to much at once) it took me a couple of days after the conference to go over what happened and what i was suppose to do. But i did take the 48 hr challenge when we got bak to New York Sun. I worked out how i was going to confront my friend. and the next day i did… it was ok but i feel its going to take a while … When i got bak the soccer team was still going on so it was very weird coming bak to practices. We had another game sat. and on the 2 hr. bus ride i brought my bible and prayed (probably the hardest i have ever prayed) the whole way b/c i didn’t have a chance to share w/ anybody on my team about God. I prayed so that we would win but not for what ur thinking… i asked god to help us win so i could have another week w/ my team to have the chance to share god. God answered my prayer we won 3-0 and are now class d NYS champions so were off to states this Friday and i have a whole week to talk to the team so im praying to God to give me an opportunity. ( I should write a story on this experience lol) Thanks for Reading Bethany

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50. On November 15, 2006 @ 5:46 pm megan said:

    • wow!! this yr was my first dare2share conference!! and i had a blast!!! the bands were alsome!!! i think this is one of those youth trips that i’ll never forget!! Saturday when greg told us to take out our cell phones and call a friend, and well i knew i couldn’t call the person i wanted to b/c here house goes to bed about 8:30. Well the person i wanted to call is named ray. Well me and her were in a fight. we had been in that fight for over a months! When i woke up on sunday,I was still thinking about what Greg said so i picked up the phone and I called her and we both apolgized to each other and now we are friends again! The Lord did alot for me that weekend! so i hope next yr. i can go again!!

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