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See ya in St. Louie!

Posted on Friday 8 February 2008 by Greg @ 8:15 am
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Somewhere close to 9,000 teenagers should gather tonight at the Scottrade Center and be equipped to know, live, share and own their faith in Jesus. Please pray for God to do a significant work in all of their souls deeply as we unleash the Survive tour on their senses and the Lord unleashes His Spirit on their hearts.

Pray for the drama and the response time to be powerful and impacting. Pray for many to put their faith in Jesus and many more to fully commit themselves to following hard after Jesus.

Pray for the training tomorrow to have a huge impact on the students as they get equipped to live out their faith in light of the return of Christ. And, of course, pray for the outreach portion of the training event to go well (including when the students call their friends on their cellphones and share the gospel!)

Also please lift up the youth leaders who will be attending the youth leader’s session tomorrow morning. In some ways this is the most important part of the conference. Here is when youth leaders get equipped to make a year-long difference with the training tools that we resource them with. For more on this year-long strategy check this out!

I can’t wait to give you the report of what God did in St. Louis! Stay tuned!!!

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On February 8, 2008 @ 9:22 am glo said:

Father God….please place your hand on the STL conference in ways too awesome to explain! Be with each student and youth leader as they travel, as they listen, as they watch, as they share. Give each a special measure of mercy and understanding as they all make decisions….to trust You for the first time….to trust You once again….to trust You to speak through them. Some may choose not to trust. Father, I pray especially for them, that they might see Your glory and at least understand what they may choose to give up…that You might have freedom to continue to work in their lives so that one day they can come to Your saving Grace.
I pray a special prayer for the youth leaders in attendance…not that they would spend money, but that they would each catch the spark for the vision of reaching this generation, that it would become an unquenchable fire for YOU! May You use the YL session tomorrow to speak in ways unimaginable to them before…that they would not be able to refuse Your Will in their lives.
Father, I pray for the conference team itself as they already work through unanticipated difficulties this trip. These come with each conference, but some seem more difficult than others.
I pray especially for Paul as he’s away from his family during a difficult time. Bless that family as they move through Your will for their lives.
I pray especially for Lyn and family…for the emergency that kept her behind at the very last minute.
I pray for Linda as she travels this day to meet the team to help in Lyn’s place.
I pray for Greg, Zane, and Derwin as they prepare and speak over the course of the weekend. May their voices be strong, ….their testimonies stronger.
I pray for Molly, Ken, and Jeff as they coordinate and keep things on track. A special little prayer for Molly…she has a lot of duties on the road and is needing Your energy physically right now.
I pray for Rolly and OtB..and Jesse…and Jon and USI…that all portions of their logistics will come together just as You have planned to Your Glory!
I pray for the STL volunteers, that they will be dependable, consistent, and ready to work only for Your Glory!

Father, thank You for casting a vision through all of these to train up youth to know, live, share, and own their faith in You! Praise Your Holy Name for all You will accomplish in STL!
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On February 8, 2008 @ 10:50 am Eddie said:

Amen to what she just said!
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On February 8, 2008 @ 11:37 am Will said:

…and Lincoln Brewster and Hawk Nelson and Washington Projects to Impact St. Louis for God’s Kingdom! Go, guys!!
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On February 8, 2008 @ 11:57 am Jorden said:

I have been ^^. I’ll see you there Greg! We’re leaving in a couple hours. I’m so excited!!
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On February 8, 2008 @ 12:02 pm Janna - Laurel UMC Montana said:

As always, my prayers for the entire conference and all the hands that lift it off the ground, and all the hands that raise for the Lord!
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On February 8, 2008 @ 2:02 pm Big Daddy said:

…and for the MA’s as they put faces to the names and use this time to create long lasting relationships with those in the care of the attending students. Thank you Lord for the hearts of those volunteering. Thank you Lord for all that you provide the D2S ministry, and I pray that Satan has no place in the events of this weekend, this event is to bring glory to You Lord. I pray for strength for the staff and volunteers to resist the devil so he will flee from this event. All authority has been given to you Jesus, and it is through You that we can accomplish all things. Lord we pray Satan and his helpers are absent from the vehicles transporting folks,and from the electronics and mechanical equipment of the event. May names be written in the book of life tonight and crowns be earned for Your glory tomorrow! Thank You for Your grace and for the love of our souls. We praise you for what you have already accomplished for the forgiveness of sin from our Father, and we pray that Your message will ring pure and true in the hearts of St Louis! May your Sword pierce deep Lord. Your word will not return void.
W praise you and thank you Lord for hearing our petitions, though Christ we submit them…Amen.
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On February 8, 2008 @ 6:57 pm Becky said:

yeah!
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On February 9, 2008 @ 10:47 pm John said:

yeah the concert rocked hard and Greg your teaching led me even more toward God, so thank you!
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On February 9, 2008 @ 11:41 pm Melissa Wardwell said:

hey greg my youth group and I had sooo much fun this year. even though the drama kinda confused me a bit till the end it still was a moving and touching experience for all of us and let us know tht you can still share gods word no matter who you are or wht u have been through. This is our 4th or 5th year here at D2S and we so appreciate having the new guys on the team and zane is sooooo funny lol. well cant wait till next year.

melissa
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On February 9, 2008 @ 11:51 pm Lydia said:

I just got home from the Dare 2 Share Conference in St. Louis a little while ago.
I just wanted to say that I had an AMAZING time at the conference and during the concert, worshiping with Lincoln Brewster and everything else that was planned for us to do, in the light of God and having him oversee everything we were doing.
I had so much fun and cannot wait until next year!
I LOVE DARE 2 SHARE MINISTRIES!
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On February 10, 2008 @ 12:26 am compnerd09 said:

Hey Greg,
I am a junior in highschool, and i got home this evening after the conference. I was really thinking about someone i have been wanting to reach out to, but i just haven’t had the courage to say anything.. After getting home, i prayed about how i should go about this.. I haven’t talked to this person in a few weeks, and i was surprised to see that they were online on AIM. My friend is an Agnostic, but she is seeking some type of faith.. after talking to her a while about Christianity, I found out that im not the only one in my circle of friends who has been trying to help her through making a decision on if she should follow some type of faith. She has come to my churches youth group once or twice but had left early before the message. I feel that God has done his work this evening. I’m praying that the seeds that have been planted by my friends and I over the past few months will take root, and will lead her to Faith. Thank you for being so instrumental in the D2S program. I feel so much more empowered to share the Word of God now. Thank you again, and God Bless your ministry!
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On February 10, 2008 @ 2:39 am Ashley said:

I would like to say that the dare 2 share conference that i attened was amazing. There were so many people there praising God for the amazing things that he has done for them. This conference has me on fire to go tell all of my classmates about God. This conference has also helped me to look at where im at in my life and the things that i need to change. It was a great experience and i would like to say thank you Greg and the Dare 2 Share team for helping me in wanting to change my life and helping me put God back at #1 in my life!!!!! So thanks guys you have no idea how much this means to me and how you have changed my life.

Thank-you so much!!!!!
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On February 10, 2008 @ 9:06 am Stephanie said:

Hey I just got back from the D2S Conference and it was AMAZING!! It has really changed my life. Going door to door was scary, and some people were mean…but this gives me the strength to do this in my daily life. I loved the speakers and the bands. Thank you so much for your impact on teens lives!!!!!!
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On February 10, 2008 @ 11:28 am Whitney Benefiel said:

I got back from my first Dare2Share conference last night and it was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. I learned so much and I really believe that I have become a stronger person because of D2S. I just want to go out and share with everyone about my experience and talk to them about the Lord. I have been thinking about my future lately because I’m about to graduate from high school, and I have this feeling that Missions is where I am to go. I have gone on a few mission trips before and D2S made me realize that I can and want to go into the Mission field after college.I don’t even know how to explain the feeling I had during the entire conference. I really didn’t want to leave and Friday night I didn’t sleep at all because I was so excited about what we were going to learn and how we were going to praise the Lord on Saturday. The speakers were awesome and funny and I love listening to Lincoln Brewster!!! I just want to thank all of you for the impact you have had on my life!!!!!!
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On February 10, 2008 @ 12:00 pm Bailey Vest said:

Greg,
I’m 15 years old and a Sophomore in High school. I’ve been raped at a young age, and my dad has been to Iraq. Last year on March 29 I lost one of my best friends that next week I lost a total of 5 friends. I turned away from God, family, and friends. I didn’t want anything to do with God since I thought that He was the one that caused all this pain. After a few months of trying to deal with the pain I went to my youth minister and he explained to me that it wasn’t God fault. I choose not to believe him and went on in my life hurting and being mad at God. My mentor soon got me back into church and was meeting with me every week to check up on me. This happened in August. Soon I was back at church, still mad at God, but hearing things that I needed to hear. On December 7th I received a phone call from a friend telling me that my mentor was just killind in a car accident. I found out all the details and once again was angry with God. I went through a terrible Christmas being angry with God and then found myself being asked once again to go to Dare 2 Share. In January my youth minister came to me and said to me “bailey you are a leader to these kids, I want for you to go to this conference again this year and see what God can do.” I was very unsure about it because I knew that I want really wanting to be around God then. A few days later on a Sunday evening I received a phone call from an old friend. Things weren’t going so well in the background and a few minutes later while on the phone with him he commited suicide. After that I knew that I didn’t want to go to Dare 2 Share and was sure that God hated me. After talking to many people I decided to go to Dare 2 Share. After seeing what all Greg had to say and hearing Zane’s life story it hit me. As Zane said “Your not the only one” I then realized that I wasnt the only one. Friday night at Dare 2 Share my heart felt like it was beating again. Felt like something clicked in it and that I had a purpose. I then rededicated my life to Christ and today well I feel totally different. I was praying last night and I feel God calling me to share my testamony some place, to some one.
Thank You Dare 2 Share.
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On February 10, 2008 @ 12:08 pm haley said:

we were on the way home last night my friend tiffani had a problem with her breathing. We had to pull over twice and the second time we were in collansville’s McDonalds and we had to call an ambulance to come and check her out. After about 30 min our leader called her dad and told him that the responders said that is was mucous in her chest and it was up to her dad if she went to the hospital he said no, but all of us kids were crying and trying to tell them to take her to the hospital b/c it could happen again. And the only thing i remember is that kayla telling us to remember she is in gods watch she stayed in bed all day she had to miss church b/c she was to exsusted and could not talk. but now she has a fever and we are all praying for her to get better.
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On February 10, 2008 @ 12:29 pm Meghan said:

I would just like to say thank you for the time that you and everyone spent on this dare 2 share it was an amazing expirence this weekend! I had a blast
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On February 10, 2008 @ 1:33 pm Rebecca said:

Greg,
I am a senior in high school. Before I went to D2S I almost killed myself. I just got so depressed that I thought no cared any more about me. This weekend changed that. When I got there everyone was saying that God will be with me forever. Even through all the really hard times. At first I didn’t believe that. Then something changed that too. I heard ur messages and Zane’s testimony and that made me believe that God is really there for me. You see, before this weekend I thought I was worthless to everyone. Even my family. Now, I know people do care about me, I know God loves me, and I know even my family care. I got saved this weekend and it feels good to know that people out there are willing to help me get through my sadness. I also toke the double dare so I could meet new people. Right now I am struggling with an eating disorder also and my church is working with me so I can eat more and eat healthier. You see, there were some kids at school a couple years ago before I moved to Bushnell that said I was fat. I believed them and that is how it started. This weekend, I had a blast. It was the most fun I’ve had in about 2 years. Hawk Nelson was awsome. I am still a little depressed but not to the point to where I am going to kill myself and I am so glad about that. I am glad that my sister came in my room the night before went this weekend. I know now that it was God saying, “don’t throw your life away!”.

Signed,
Rebecca Bailey
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On February 10, 2008 @ 2:06 pm Ashley said:

Wow i waz at the DARE2SHARE St.Louis and it waz ttly awesome! Hawk Nelson blew me away! i waz amazed, now im going to help all my friends become christians, THANX YOU GUYS CHANGED MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On February 10, 2008 @ 2:11 pm Ashley said:

wow you sound like you had a pretty amazing experience, im thanking god as we speak for dare2share, and how they saved your life, its so amazing, isnt it. im glad that u didnt kill yourself, and if u ever need a friend, ill be here u can e-mail me @ ashleyl593@hotmail.com p.s. i know how u feel!!!!!!!
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On February 10, 2008 @ 2:39 pm Palma Copen said:

i just got back last night from d2s and it was sooo amazing! its my third time going and i’m surprised i still get shocked at some of the stuff you did greg!! when u told us to pull out our cell phones and call a friend, i did. he didnt answer then i called my mom and she accepted christ!!! thnx sooo much greg god bless and thnx again!
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On February 10, 2008 @ 3:10 pm Samalama said:

Hey Greg!
My youth group and I went to D2S St. Louis and had soo much fun and learned so much! Thanks for everything you, Zane and Derwin do!!!!
God Bless!
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On February 10, 2008 @ 3:21 pm Zach said:

This was my very first D2S Conference and I had a blast. I am going to come back every year. It impacted my life so much. All the teaching, stories, movie clips, can collecting and just being around people I enjoyed truly made it memorable. I love you what you guys do for all these Lutheran teens around the world. To Greg, Zane, and Derwin good luck every else you go,. You can plan on me being to every one of your conferences from now on. You guys impacted my life and my relationship with Jesus Christ is a lot better now because of you guys. Thanks!!!!
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On February 10, 2008 @ 3:34 pm Marsha Ringgenberg said:

Dare2share was awesoem this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! made me think alot my life but yeah it was great!!!
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On February 10, 2008 @ 4:11 pm Ashley Zelechowski said:

Thank you so much for coming to St.Louis. Friday night I gave my life to Jesus, the best decision of my life. I can’t wait to go back next year. I’ve already told so many people about my decision and I’m working hard to help to get my friends to the place I am. Like I told my Youth Pastor, I hope EVERYONE experiences the way I feel. My heart is overwhelmed with love and happiness. It’s incredible. Thank you all so much. You helped me change my life.
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On February 10, 2008 @ 4:15 pm Travis Schroeder said:

Hey Greg,
I just wanted to say thank you and all the D2S team. I am the youth Pastor of 1.5 years at Faith AG in Springfield Mo. I love my all my teens very much and want nothing but the best for them…… but you know sometimes you just wanna…. well you remember that story you told about you brother(i believe) and how your mom took him into the road???? well that was how I was feeling Fri night about 1am. I was at the end of my rope holding on by a thread. the thoughts of “why am i here” “What difference am i making in there life” ” I don’t know if I can do this anymore” were going through my head. I began to pray that God would show me what to do. I was so angry. I remember talking to you for a bit at bass pro here in springfield… remembering how down to earth you are. Man you are an awesome example of what a youth leader can be if we will truly let go and let God. Anyway Sat. morning I was still upset. I went to the leaders mtg and WOW man!!!! God answers prayer. You got me and my wife so motivated! more than we have ever been. its great to know that there are others that are going through the same thing we are but through the grace of god are still going. the rest of the day was just one great thing after another. the phone a friend, the outreach the “”"”"sex talk”"”"” man i can’t wait to get to youth tonight and continue the motivation. since we left st louie all of my teens have come up to me and said thanks and how great it was…… I now know that eventhough its gonna be really messy we do make an impact even when we dont see it at the moment and its ALL gonna be worth it!!! Thank you Greg for all you do, Travis Schroeder
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On February 10, 2008 @ 4:29 pm Aurora said:

Greg,
I just got home from the Survive Confrenece in St. Louis and it was the most fun I’ve ever had in my life… and it also changed it dramatically. On Friday when you had our youth group leaders pray over us, I picked Jesus’ side. Your talk on “picking a stinkin side” really changed my life. On Saturday, my group got to get 4th row seats on the floor and it was awesome! During the food drive, my group got P.U’ed and got to help someone come to Christ. My friend is also now a Christian because I called her during the “ackward cell phone call”! I cannot wait to see you, Derwin, and Zane next year.

God Bless You Greg!
Aurora H.
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On February 10, 2008 @ 5:34 pm Kaleigh Singer said:

Greg,
Coming to Dare2Share this year was a blast, it was my first time and to be honest I didn’t go for the right reasons. I went because I wanted something to do with the weekend and St.Louis sounded like a lot of fun…when you talked about picking a side I sat there and thought, I could never do that, I could never commit myself to something that I don’t KNOW exists. Friday night it really hit me when our youth leader prayed over us. Here recently in my home town 3 kids under the age of 20 have passed. The first one being the first person I ever gave myself to, it hurt me more than anything in my life, he had overdosed on drugs and his friends left him to die. I almost wanted to give up on God for doing this to us…then I thought, maybe it was best, maybe it will show us that it could happen to anyone and all of this friends will come to the Lord and away from that life. But I was wrong, they continued their ways and it made me wonder why anything happened at all. Then came the second boy, he died in a drunken car accident with one of the boys that had left the first person to die. Of course, that boy lived, and another life was lost. Then the third, texting his girlfriend and pulling out in front of an oil tanker truck at the same time killed him. My point is, all of these people are the kind of people who were into the drug life, and I used to be like that…luckily I came to my senses because any one of them could’ve been me. While my leader was praying for us I was thinking, this happened to them and not me so I must still be here for a reason, maybe I should do something with my life. Saturday evening is when it REALLY hit me, when we went door to door. Seeing people that needed to be prayed for and seeing them give up what little they have for others, and for God made me realize how selfish I have been. I don’t know how good I’ll do with this, but I really want to try and become a faithful Christian again. I want you to know how awesome you are for doing what you do, you have changed lives and that must be such an amazing feeling. Thanks for everything.
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On February 10, 2008 @ 6:46 pm Rachel said:

Greg,
I also participated in the Survive Conference this weekend. I just wanted to say that it was definitely the best experience I’ve ever had. Everything you said was real. I was saved on January 16 2008 and this weekend I’ve never felt closer to my father. As cliche as this will sound, Friday night when you spoke and told us to pick a side is when it really opened my eyes to Jesus Christ. I surrendered myself fully to Him at that moment. Everything that happened this weekend has impacted my life greatly. Many will say those same words but wont keep up with this. I definitely plan to stick with God because Ive never felt the feelings of love, relief, and happiness this much in my entire life. You have impacted the lives of many students and even adults. I thank you for everything you’ve done and I also thank God for sending you to us. You, as well as everyone involved at Dare2Share, are amazing! I look forward to seeing you next year and taking the Double Dare.
God Bless You!
Rachel
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On February 10, 2008 @ 7:35 pm Alison said:

I had so much fun at Dare 2 Share. this was my first year and it was amazing!!!! and i loved Washington Projects!!!
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On February 11, 2008 @ 12:26 pm Shawnee said:

Dude, St. Louis was so frikken fun cant wait till next year,
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On February 11, 2008 @ 5:34 pm Abbie said:

Greg,
During the cellphone challenge a bunch of my friends and I wanted to call my friend Joey. Austin, Kayln, Christa, Logan, and I really wanted to call him because he is an atheist and he keeps turning The Lord down. In the end, Logan ended up calling him and was in tears when Joey refused to listen to it. This is my second year attending Dare2Share and it always makes me feel so great to know that I’m never alone. I took the 48 hour challenge within the next day by explaining it too my sister who only believes in God and Jesus Christ to a certain extent. Zane’s, Derwin’s and your testimonies are great. I can’t wait until next year.
Abbie
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On February 11, 2008 @ 5:55 pm Krystina said:

This weekend was awsome!! I really felt GOD moving. This was my second year at D2S and last year when we went in to the neighborhood to collect canned food and share the gospel I mostly just asked for cans of food. But this year I really just opened up to GOD and asked him to fill me with his courage and to just give me the words to say. It was such an awsome feeling letting GOD work through me and being comforted by him. I took the 48 hour challange, and yesterday I didn’t know who I was supposed to talk to so I just prayed that GOD would show me who to talk to. Last night I had a dream that I was talking to my friend Sarah about GOD so I’m gona talk to her but I haven’t got to yet because we didn’t have school today. Oh, and this year’s drama was really powerful and moved me a lot!! The testimonies from this weekend also blew me away and reminded me that truly anything is posible with GOD!!!!!
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On February 12, 2008 @ 5:23 pm Rachel said:

Hey Greg i guess this is too you well i just wanted to tell you what a wonderful job everyone did in dare 2 share for st. louis. it was my 2nd year going and i loved it so much.ummmm well the whold cell phone thing when we called are friends you know- well anyway when i was siting in my chair i kept thinking on who to call and then finally it hit me to call my friend tana. So i did and then it was so hard for her to listen but i got it through at least and i explained the GOSPEL and told her she should start coming to church and she is now so thank you so much cause now i know that when she dies she’ll be with me. Thank you so much, Rachel
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On February 13, 2008 @ 12:45 pm BigFatPonyDancer84 said:

Wow Greg! Dare2Share was awesome! I actually had Christ re-enter my life. I was totally lost before I came and I didn’t really want to go anymore. I had actually been a cutter before I went. But the first night I decided I was going to stop so I told my youth leader(because she knew)that I was going to stop cutting. I now feel like there has been this huge weight lifted off my shoulders. Thanks a lot Greg:)

~*~Elenore~*~
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On February 15, 2008 @ 12:08 pm hillary said:

Hey greg i was at st. louis it was so awesome to be there. i got to see u. it was so excited to see the bands, speakers, and all of the people. it was so amazing!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):)

Hillary:):):):):):):):)
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On February 28, 2008 @ 2:42 pm Natali said:

Hey i was at Dare2Share in st. Louis and it was totally AWSOME!! I loved Zane! He is totally cool!
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