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The D2S Denver Conference Results

Posted on Sunday 16 November 2008 by Greg @ 9:05 am
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8,000 teenagers mobilized to relationally and relentlessly reach their generation for Jesus (aka “shreddin’ the gnar”), 15 tons of canned food collected for The Denver Rescue Mission, 90% of the audience committed to “shred the gnar” with 5 of their friends right away and hundreds put their faith in Christ. It was awesome!

Were you there? If so, tell me your story! If not, pray for the teenagers who were to carry out their mandate from Jesus and, if you have the courage, click to the link and shred the gnar with them!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 10:39 am mahlet said:

Hi Greg! I went to the dare 2 share conference in Denver and I am those people who grew up in the church and accepted Jesus into my heart at a really young age. And I thank Jesus that I am growing up in a christian family because I know that others had to go a long way before having Jesus in their lives! Anyways, I was at the conference and I am made the choice to “shred the gnar” to all my friends! Another thing that I am commiting to doing is memorizing verses and it’s not just memorizing for me it’s also applying them to my life as well! My goal is deeply knowing and understanding 50 verses in the next 6-18 months. Thank you for your time and thank you soooooooooo much for D2S. GoD bless you,your family,all the volunteers,and everyone else at D2S! =)

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On November 16, 2008 @ 11:55 am Kody edmondson said:

hey greg. im from north hills church in lingle wyoming. man i had so much fun at denver. i almost didnt go.
see im a cowboy from wyoming and i really dont like crowds. i prefer to be out in the mountains ridein my horse where its just god and me and my horse. but my mom and dad got devorced bout a year ago and so we had to move away from the ranch. iv been ok with it cause life was horrible when they were together. but now it seems that beenin here at my new home is just as horrible. i go to all these awesome confrences and camps and i find gods love and im so so so insanely happy. but mom doesnt think so. shes been datein around alot and been just stupid. and i come home iv so happy and i try to share it with mom but she just turns me off and curses at me and i feell so horrible. but i try to push past it and think of god but i find my self fallin into my old ways. but im gonna try really hard this time not to cause dare to share was so amazin. i made alot of new freinds so hopefully it will be easyer but i really would just like you to pray for me and to stay closer to god
thx so much for everything and i hope to hear from you again.

Kody

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Leah Reply:
November 16th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Ill be praying for you and your mom, i hope things get better

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On November 16, 2008 @ 12:01 pm Leah said:

I just wanted to thank you. This experience brought me back to the Lord because i was lost. I was there with my friend and she became a christian just a few months before and this experience really changed her life as well as mine. I was able to talk to my friend during the cell phone challenge and even though she didn’t accept Jesus,i was able to hear her beliefs and explain mine to her and I’m glad i found the courage to do that. I know i have done what i can for her and it feels really good. I feel like Jesus is back in my life again and I can start living for him. I made the choice to “Shred the Gnar” , but i have a little problem, I can only think of two friends of mine that either aren’t Christians or i haven’t told about Jesus yet, but i guess thats kind of a good thing. Oh well, I’ll start with those 2 and figure out what to do from there. Thank you for changing my life and waking me up to Jesus once again.I plan to start memorizing verses to grow further in my faith. Thanks again.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 12:40 pm Claire Neugebauer said:

D2S was soooooooooooo awesome!! i helped my friend carley and her family become Christian! Now, they are attending Calvary Chapel South Denver. Thanks!!

Claire

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On November 16, 2008 @ 2:05 pm KJ said:

I was there this year, and i was completely blown away by what God is doing in Denver! The drama, the worship, everything, completely blew me away. Thank you so much for another great year!!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 3:09 pm Maggie said:

I also went to d2s this year and have been in the past. I really enjoy seeing so many teens worshiping and praising God, it reminds me what an awesome God we serve. However I really felt there were some major down falls with the conference this year.

The first is the skit. Yes, like always it was thought provoking and real. For some it really hit home and I love how d2s skits do that. Never teh less I had a problem with the parental figures. Though in the end we find out the drama was really in her mind and the parents were the demos in her mind and not her real parents I still think some left the conference with the wrong idea: The thought parents were the bad influences. I talked to some who still did not fully realize they were not her parents I am curious why you did not use a trusted friend or someone else instead of parents for the demos?

The second thing I took issue with was the lack of getting in to the Lordâ€™s Word. This conference did a fantastic job driving home the point the average Christian knows only two Bible verses by heart and we need to memorize more. I totally agree with that view but all the verses we needed were in that booklet given to us. We did not actually have to look up a Bible verse once, with all that talk about needed to be in the word I wish you would have had us crack in open once or twice. Why did you not have us look up a couple verses, we could have even looked them up in the tracks handed out?

I loved the conference but I would really like to know your take on these topics

-Maggie

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On November 16, 2008 @ 3:44 pm Isabel said:

Greg

I loved this weekend it was amazing. I ended up doing the cellphone challenge this year and even though my friend did not accept God it was a great experience for evangilizing. I was wondering though if there was a video yet for “The Door” drama. I was gonna show it to one of my friends.The worship, dramas and everything were great this year. Thanks for another great year!

Thanks for the great weekend!

-Isabel

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Cody Reply:
November 20th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
ya I thought it was good and wanted all my friends to see the vid. so when you put it on you have to tell me.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 3:55 pm Emily said:

Hey
I was at Dare2Share this weekend in Denver and it was amazing!
I am shredding the gnar. I only have one person in my list so far and that is my best friend Jodi. I also plan to challenge my whole church to “Shred the gnar” so ther’s going to be a lot more names from me soon.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 4:38 pm Jess said:

I had such a great time at D2S-Denver this year, it was really a life changing event. It seems that every year the conference gets better and better, so i really cannot wait for next years blaze tour! I was so happy with the speakers because they talked about a few things that really hit home. I dont know how to thank you, Greg, and the rest of the D2S crew, but what you are doing is truly amazing and I hope the very best for you all that you can change other lives like you have mine.

This morning me and the rest of my youth group got up in front of the church and told about our dare 2 share experience. We told about collecting canned goods and the Take 5 Challenge. We challenged everyone in our church to also take part in that challenge and find a friend to share the Lords love with. My sister got up and told her story about how she had a conversation about God with a total stranger this weekend and everyone in the church cheered and the whole youth group stood up and gave her a standing O! Thank you so much for what you have done for me and the rest of my youth group. All the dare2share speakers and volunteers will definitely be in my prayers!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 4:45 pm Julie said:

Hey,
I really wanna just send a big ol’ THANK YOU!

The Friday Drama was the best thing in the entire universe. It really hit home. I was brought up in a christian home, and i have always know God existed and everything, he just didn’t seem to fit into my life. My mom was super sick when i was was little, sick enough that the doctor told her she needed to abort me if i was she wanted to live. Thankfully she didn’t but her illness shadowed my childhood and it held me back. From a young age, i was lead to believe the lie that i didn’t belong and didn’t fit in, anywhere. By 8th grade i despised myself so much, i started making plans to totally reinvent myself when i got to high school. SO i did. I got into the back crowd and was drinking, smoking, and doing pot every weekend i could get away from my parents, then i would go to church. Eventually this just wore me down and i started loathing myself again. This led to self mutilation (I’m not including details to save other self mutilators the urge). I started to realize this was wrong Junior year and tried to stop, but i was trying to stop by my own power, and i couldn’t do it. I even had a quitting buddy.

Thursday night, i was freaking out. My parents really wanted to go to D2S and i did too, but i also felt like i was doing it wrong somehow, like this was not right. I had voices all around me telling me i wasn’t worth the money my parents would have to spend. Everything was going down the tubes. I started freaking out and i knew that cutting would make that go away for a while. But i also knew that that was wrong. I was going through my own hell and couldn’t control anything. I had such a conviction that i was meant to go to D2S but that i wasn’t worth it and God didn’t have time for me. It was like God was knocking on my personal door but Satan was turning up the volume so i couldn’t really hear it. I fell asleep sobbing, not knowing whether or not i was going on tomorrow, or if there was even going to be one.

That morning, i talked to my parents about feeling so stressed, and said i didn’t really feel good. SO my parents pulled me out of school early on Friday so i could relax for a bit before i went to D2S. That was defiantly a God decision. So I went, and my world was turned around.

During the drama, God just touched my heart, i was absolutely SOBBING during the entire skit and i felt like God had put it there just for me. After wards, when we were supposed to tell our youth leaders about our personal decisions, I walked over to Helen (my youth leader) and sobbed i was done cutting, done feeling worthless and i like i am less than everyone else. I was done. I am done.

I informed my parents of all of this last night and now we are just gonna take it one day at a time now. I’ve got this under control. I am done. I get to graduate high school this year whole and complete, without a fear of what will happen when i am alone in some dorm room next year. I am free.

All it all because of Jesus.

So thank you for hosting this event.

Love,
Julie

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Leah Reply:
November 17th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Julie, Congratulations! thats an incredible decission and i’m so proud of you for realizing God is all you need!

I just want to encourage you in your daily walk. As an ex-cutter, let me tell you, the going can be VERY tough. you might still feel the desire to hurt yourself, but let me just tell you, God can handle it. The only way that i have stayed away form cutting for these past 2 1/2 years is that i have been diving into God. He is the one that will help you though the hard times you are and will go through. When you feel the urge, or even if you give in, dont give up! Know that God will ALWAYS forgive you, no matter what! He took all your cuts when you died on the cross and you don’t have to do it anymore.

I also just wat to encourage you to dive into God’s word. He’ll be with you when ever you need! just call on Him!

Love in Christ,

Leah

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On November 16, 2008 @ 5:30 pm Melodie Pruitt said:

GREG STIER!
Oh my word, I was definitely there, and I cannot even TELL you how amazing you were! You inspired me to do what I thought was impossible.
Everything there was PERFECT. The dramas, the worship music, you, Zane, and Dewey’s speeches were amazing.
I called my friend Ryan at the cell phone challenge. It really crushed me when he didn’t take me seriously, and was being his sarcastic self. but although he turned me down, I know that I can say I tried. AND, I will CONTINUE trying, because I know by the power of God, He will make what is right, RIGHT.
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I wanted to ask you…how in the world did you get started on this?
I really would like to do this when I grow up, share with teens His unfailing love, and show them that God loves EVERYONE, even people who have screwed up a lot. including me. So, Greg, if you wouldn’t mind, i would LOVE to hear from you. I would like to know YOUR story, if I can know it, how you came to doing this, and how God led you to this course in life.

You really inspired me to do great things.
I cannot thank you enough.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 5:36 pm Roger Agnew said:

Hey Greg!
I went to Dare 2 Share this year with my youth group through an interview. Well I was feeling preety down Friday night that my closest friends werent there and that a lot of people in my school of about 89 jthere arent many who really live for Christ. Well as I sat there crying I felt so much impact. Later that night I got to meet you and it helped a lot. Saturday was a great day for me. I sang my praises really loud and I’m sure that Fee heard them! And this year I took the Cell Phone Challenge head on. I wasnt sure of my friends number so I called my pastors son who was at home and he gave it to me. I would love to say that when I called her it was amazing and she was dedicated to Christ but that didnt happen. She instead said that she felt wierd talking about it. Well later that night as I went out I was depressed. I was depressed cuz it seamed my friend was pushing me away. I talked to one of those older leaders at my youth group who I had just met. He said that she felt wierd cuz she probably was challenged by my call. And when I was out collecting the can goods I met this athiest just didnt know she was one. I asked her if I could pray for anything and she wasnt mad but not happy either. She said that she was an athiest and while laughing said she didnt pray but if I wanted to pray for her I could. So that made me Happier. But my favorite part was when I broke away from my 17 people group from Haxtun Colorado and go around and meet some of the kids there. They were excited to meet me and I got a lot of positive stuff from them. And I think that the only thing that topped that spiritually for me was the skit on Friday and Erins (I think thats her name) story Saturday. I can relate to cutting cuz I was once at the point where I almost did it. But my ‘razor’ was the thoughts of suicide that use to run through my head. I thought that noone wanted me and just hearing Erins story It just gave me confidence! Just one pill….ONE!!! Its amazing how God works!
Thanks again Greg for everything that you do because you reach out to so many people and I pray God blesses you!
In Jesus’s Name
Roger Agnew

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On November 16, 2008 @ 6:15 pm Jessica said:

Heyy duudde!
I’m totally shreddin the GNARRR!!
One of the girls I am rooming with, Carly, accepted Jesus friday at Dare 2 Share!!!
She is completely ON FIRE for God right now. This whole conferece felt to me like what I’ve always hoped heaven would be like. I felt home. It’s really sad to come home after being so at home and accepted! But It also helps knowing that I am going to get this city on fire for God too! This city will be home. For many many Christians. My group and I will see to that. :]
I’ve been trying to reach some of my friends, and I’ve started to plant some seeds. More than before. Carly was so stoked to be A Christian, and she’s reminding me of myself. I accepted Christ at the same age, and I’m hoping she will have an amazing relationship that won’t dim! So, if we could all pray for her, that would be amazing. She called her boyfriend and parents and let them know about her decision, and was just totally in love with God. Everyone’s flames had just been burning the building up! It was so amazing to see the love pouring out in that place. and it still is!!

Thank you to everyone that makes this possible!!!
It is waaaayyyy too amazing to comprehend.
God is SO GOOD.

Love you forever,
my brothers and sisters in Christ,

Jessica

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On November 16, 2008 @ 6:19 pm Marissa said:

Yo Greg! I am from Northern Hills Christian Church,and I loved dare to share this year, as I do every year. My friend Haleigh and I always remind each other that dare to share is coming weeks/days befor it is here.Each year that I go, I feel as though the environment there is loving, and I feel God’s happiness and love for me. The day after,the conference is over I am really sad and I usually end up crying. Not because I didn’t like it, but because I know that it’s back to real life when I go back to school on monday. After talking to my mom this afternoon, I have realized, that I am so sad because I am at such a high point at D2S and I realize that I don’t feel the same happiness when I am at school. That is what is going to push me to start “shreddin the gnar” with my friends.

Dare to share and God are like delicious pie, once you take a bite of that whipp cream, sweet cherries and crisp crust you don’t want to stop eating haha =).This invincible tour reached my heart and I felt God talking to me and letting me know that I need to depend on Him for my troubles and not myself, it made me realize He is there for me when ever I need him, and that he will never forsake me. Every morning now I am going to put on my amor and be ready for anything. No longer will I listen to the demonds that are trying to keep me away from God, but I will now listen to the voice of truth. I don’t feel a hole in my heart anymore, God has helped realize how to deal with that. I will no longer be a jumper cable christian, but a spirit charged super saint! Because through Christ all things are possible.Thanks for helping learn more about what the armor of God is, why I should put it on, and what it really means!!!

Sincerely, Marissa =)

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On November 16, 2008 @ 6:28 pm itzeL said:

Hey Greg !!
First of all thanx God for ur life…
and thanx you !! =D ur amazin !!
i was at the dare to share conference
here in Denver, Co. this was my first year
but WOW this was an amazing experience !!
when my leader told us about this event
i didn’t really wanted to go lol … and u know why,
because im mexican and my first language is Spanish
and i thought that this want ganna be that great u know…
a little scare for me i didnt think i was ganna enjoy it
but No, it was the opposite .. i had lots of fun..
im really involve in my church but its all in spanish
im CRISTIAN all my Life.. .all my family is cristian too
.. i always wanted to share how God makes me Feel
but i didnt really knew how to start and this conference helped
me ALOOOOOOOT ! now i can say that im ready… :]
…im going to â€œshred the gnar” !! :]

God bless…

ps:please pray for Vida Nueva Church… For the Youth !! we are just starting to have a day when the youth group gets together and well sometimes is really hard because we really want to give everything we have to God but the enemy is always there trying to bring us down so we need prayers :] thanx !!

and i will pray for u guys because God is moving you to keep this going and this is great !! xoxoxo * :-p

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On November 16, 2008 @ 6:29 pm Christie Core said:

Hey Greg! I was at dare 2 share this weekend in denver. I called my friend Amber for the cell phone challenge and she came to christ! It was so awesome and a really awesome experience and feeling. It made me realize if the timing is right god can make it happen! And God can bring people to him you just have to leave everything up to him! I just thank you guys and for everything you do! I wrote something on Zane’s site as well and said I feel god is calling me into evengelism and would really like to work for Dare 2 share someday! Thanks again!
In Christ, Christie

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On November 16, 2008 @ 6:47 pm TeeJay said:

Hi greg! My name is TJ and im from Colorado Springs!
I just wanna thank you from the bottom of my heart for your awesome words this weekend! It really hit “close to home” if that makes sense.
These past few weeks i had been struggling with the exact things the girl in the drama on friday night was. And i think it was wednesday of last week that i said to God “hey! if your real and I actually have a purpose for being here give me a sign!” and honestly i believe that this year’s confrence was that sign. I accepted Jesus this weekend and I can honestly say I accepted him in the funnest and most awesome way possible…with my friends at dare2share!
So thank you!
It was awesome!
God Bless,
TeeJay
PS: IM SHREDDIN THE GNAR RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 8:01 pm Lucas said:

Dear Mr. Stier

I was recently at the Denver conference and was blown out of the water by how God-centered it was! I have been to a lot of christian concerts in my short life but there all centered around the music not as much God. And I just wanted to thank you for the amazing experience. We have chapel at my school and while I was at the conference I felt God move in my heart to start a six week training series on GOSPEL with my youth leader. Thanks again

shred the gnar,

Lucas

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On November 16, 2008 @ 8:50 pm BD3457 said:

Hey Greg. I went to the Invincible tour in Denver and I am sure you know my family by now, lol. Thanks once again for touching the lives of many people in the Colorado area. I hope to go again for the Blaze tour in 2009. I also hope to see Jeremy at VBS again.

I must say that this year has been the most exciting and motivational year I’ve gone. See you next year or possibly sometime soon.

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November 17th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Glad you enjoyed it Scott…Jeremy sure loves VBS!!! Now it’s time to “shred the gnar!”Go for it!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 8:51 pm BD3457 said:

Sorry I forgot. This is Scott Fronapfel from Centerpoint Community Church (Community Baptist Church)

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On November 16, 2008 @ 9:03 pm Stormi said:

hey greg! my name is stormi and im from the Hilltop Baptist Church in Green River WY. I went to Dare 2 Share and i loved it!I accepted Christ on Friday!when i was young my parents got divorced. then when i was in 4th grade the got remarried and then divorced again. i was bullied and was having problems with guys and drama with girls.so i attempted suicide. i didnt die apparently but i was very deppressed for a while.but in the end i prayed and opened the door for god. I am so much happier and better now. so thank you for speaking at Dare 2 Share. you really helped me!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 9:34 pm Tiffany said:

Greg!
i cant even explain how amazing this experience was!
i had an awesome time!
i learned alot about jesus and i have agreed 2 shred the gnar! i have already spread the gospel 2 4 people. i got turned down twice but i am CONTINUING 2 shred the gnar! i called my friend Katrina on the cell phone challenge and i continued talking to her about the gospel and she finally understood about it and she got saved into christ on Saturday November 15 2008 at 11:45 a.m.

I AM EXCITED 2 SHRED THE GNAR!!!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 9:38 pm rachel said:

Greg i had such a great time. You helped me learned alot about Christ. You helped me OPen up to Christ!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! Tahk you for the good time and i will see you next year!!
P.S. Shreddin the gnar DUDES!!!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 9:40 pm rachel said:

I mean thank you.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 10:10 pm Steph said:

Hey G!
Hey, just a shout out from a youth at the First Baptist Church of Delta Colorado. I just wanted to drop a quick note to ya’ll. Thanks so much for doing the Dare 2 Share in Denver Colorado this last weekend. This was my fourth year going and I LOVED IT (Again)! I got to be one of the people onstaged for the PU Challange. It was TOO KOOL!!!! I was (and still am) so glad my friend came to Christ! I hope to keep the flame a burning. Oh and just for the fun of it I’m gonna teach you guys a new word, “ZANGO” which means to put others needs above your own. I think it’s cool cause I want to ZANGO my friends for CHRIST. Neat right? Keep up the great work and May God continue to bless all of Dare 2 Share’s work! LOVE YA GUYS

Steph

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On November 17, 2008 @ 12:37 am james aldridge said:

hi i was at d2s and when i was ther my grandma was in the hospitle she is losing bloud some where and it ia hard and i gave my life to crist. i caled my mom and ask if my grand ma was doing ok and thy dont no where the bleding is form i talkted to my grandma and toled her a bot the gosple and se joind the family of god.

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On November 17, 2008 @ 1:40 pm JoLynn said:

Dear ALL of the Dare2Share Staff,
I am a Sr. Youth leader from Trinity Lutheran Church of Greeley CO. The four youths that I took to Dare2Share this past weekend were so hyped up and ready to share thier faith we have all, including ME, challenged each other to share our faith with someone by Wendesday when we meet for 1st of our 2 weekly meetings. We missed the Friday night stuff, but really LOVE the whole day Saturday. My youth didn’t think that the neiborhood they were given to collect food in would let them share, but they did. In fact 2 of my youth got a liseban to really stop and think about her faith and life choices. It was AMAZING to watch!! I was so proud of the Sprit moving my youth that I sat in the car cried!!!!

I personally, really enojyed and learned a ton of information at hte youth leader break out Saturday morning. Thank you for spending the morning with us youth leaders. I am in fact goign to my youth board meeting tonight and asking my council for the money to buy the complete Journey set.

Thank you again for taking the talents that God gave you and sharing them with the leaders of tomorrow. God Bless

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On November 17, 2008 @ 2:40 pm Nicki Johnson said:

Hey D2S staff, I want to thank you for an awesome weekend. I also wanted to share that I got started talking to a couple of my friends about God and salvation. I was so excited to shred the Ganr. I thought this might benefit some others who are having a hard time getting the conversation started. One of my friends was really hyper and it was bothering the other friend so I told her to talk to her about God because that subject usually calms people down as it is so touchy and serious. That gave way for me to tell what I did this weekend and to start shreddin’ the gnar. I hope to continue the conversation as there were unanswered questions and we didn’t get to finish because the bell rang. Thanks again.

Nicki

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On November 17, 2008 @ 3:13 pm shekinah said:

Dear Greg,

I am writing this blog through tears, but I believe it must be said. This past weekend was my first exposure to D2S ever. I’m a local youth minister of some amazing inner city youth, who are on fire and love God with everything they have. My youth did not attend day 2 of the conference and I pleaded with them to let God work on the evening and to stay for day 1 which we did. While there, we were ridiculed by another youth group with “pig calls”. A woman in line was rude to her husband because she didn’t want her husband to stand next to our group. My kids were pushed, stepped on and were treated poorly by an overwhelming amount of other youth. You have to understand, it was a miracle we were even there, with a ministry out Kansas donating 10 tickets to our small ministry. So we were so excited and expectant about being with other youth who shared a love for God and getting tools to continue on the path of our Father’s business. I’ve got to say to those young people out there, the Bible states clearly, that we are to not cause or brothers to stumble or sow seeds of discord. My youth felt, disengaged, alienated and like we were not welcome there. One of my kids cried because of the way we were treated. Greg you were phenomenal, but something has to be done to support an environment of inclusion, so that when groups come they understand that any that ask receive. No matter what color. Any!

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Brian Reply:
November 17th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
shekinah – I read your comment and wanted to let you know I’m praying for you and your students. I’m from PA and took several students to the DC Conference. We would have love to have you join us if you were here in our area. I’m sorry to read you and your group had a rough experience.

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Heather Reply:
November 18th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Shakinah,

I would just like to encourage you and your kids to not let a few rude people rob you of what the Lord intended for you this weekend. I am sorry that people were rude to you and the kids. That is NOT what D2S is about at all.

We must remember that as christians our battle is not against flesh and blood (Ephesians 6) and that the devil only comes to steal, kill and destroy. Unfortunately those people were tools that the devil used in order to STEAL what God had for you! Pray for them and bless them! Do something the devil wouldn’t expect you to do

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Kathy Reply:
November 24th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Shekinah,

My heart goes out to you. I am very sorry that this happened to you and your youth group. I hope it will not discourage you from ever coming back to Dare 2 Share.

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On November 17, 2008 @ 3:14 pm angela huffstutter said:

ya! we took 13 and we had 75% of our group made a decition to do something, or to commit to Jesus for the first time. they are pumped!!!! as am i we are looking at life with new glasses, and are excited about what God is going to be doing in the next few weeks and months!

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On November 17, 2008 @ 3:21 pm Jenna Cleckler said:

Hey Greg, I went to the d2s conference in Denver and it was so amazing, and eye opening. Ive always been one of the christians that is content to sit back and not share my love for God, but this weekend changed that.

D2S made me look at my life through a different perspective. I was always afraid to tell people about God because i was afraid of what they would think, but at the conference i ended up calling one of my friends who i had been really worried about. This friend was the one person that i actually tried to get to go to church with me but she always had some excuse. At first i didnt know what to say but God seemed to put the words in my mouth, she told me that she didnt believe in God because he had put her through so much. She said she didnt think she was ready to make the next step, but i continue to pray for her, and i no longer am afraid of sharing the Gospel im getting to the point where i look forward to sharing the Gospel. I thank you guys so much im a completley diferent person!!

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On November 17, 2008 @ 4:16 pm Christina said:

Hey Greg! I went to Dare 2 Share over this weekend in Denver. And i had an amazing time! Evan though a few tears where shed but thats what it takes I learned so much about how i can really help the people around me and share what i learned with them! Today was the first day back at school from the weekend and i shared what we did and the questions and how i hate religion but love jesus! and all the people i told really listened! in just one day i invited more then 5 people to come to our next youth group meeting! But i really want to thank you and Zane for opening my eyes and helping me relize that it’s not all about what you do on earth but it’s about your relationship! and i have answerd that knock at the door and jesus has told me what i was put on this earth to do. But for some reason i am having the toghest time talking to the person in my life who really needs it and i have no idea why but maybe it’s because i have a feeling if i do she will always be the same and never follow christ. And sharing the G.O.S.P.E.L is easy for me and to talk about god is too but when it comes to talking to her i just choke up and dont have the guts to tell her even if i know it will help her big time! But i had a great time at Dare 2 Share and can’t wait for next year!Thank you guys so much for all your help i feel much more closer with jesus and our relationship

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On November 17, 2008 @ 4:34 pm Savannah said:

Thanks You so much Greg. I went to the Denver Dare2Share. It was amazing! I loved the worship and the topic couldn’t have been better. I cannot wait till next year!

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On November 17, 2008 @ 4:41 pm Shanelle said:

Hi Greg I was there and I have recommited my life to christ from that convention.UI also took part inthe cell phone challenge and you know what three of my friends gave their lives to christ isn’t that awsome well I am ready to go out and shred the gnar so talk to you later

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On November 17, 2008 @ 4:58 pm Jesi said:

Hey Greg, God has set before me what seems like an impossible mission. I have a number of friends and family who have choosen to frosake God and His word, but have yet to learn even the most basic of His principles! It’s rather sad and has been very difficult to even breach the subject of faith with them. But this last weekend God has used the D2S conference to show me that I can no longer stay quiet. Through the conference God has given me a LOT of ammo to use in the fight for my loved ones lives and through Him I am confident that I can will plant the seeds of His love in their hearts.

Thank you for being a major blessing to me!
Jesi

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On November 17, 2008 @ 5:00 pm Christine Anderson said:

Yo Greg!

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On November 17, 2008 @ 5:27 pm rylie said:

Hey, I just came back from Dare2Share. I was screaming so much there that I lost my voice (seriously), so I emailed my friends, sharing the G.O.S.P.E.L. with them, and other stuff mixed in. I’m still waiting for replies, but that was a really hard thing to do, especially because my friends and I usually never actually have serious talks, we just joke around and goof off. I’m sure none off them saw this coming (and neither did I). They probably won’t know what to think of it, but I’ll just try my hardest!! Thanks for an amazing weekend!!!! Shred the Gnar!!!

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On November 17, 2008 @ 5:47 pm SoundGuy4Him said:

Hey, Dare2Share was AWESOME! I reconnected with God and now I think I can go and share my faith with almost any one. The worship, skits, and speakers were AWESOME times 1,000,000. Can’t wait till next year!

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On November 17, 2008 @ 6:11 pm Linda Terry said:

Greg,
Unfortunately we were not at the dare 2 Share conference this past weekend. I did want to tell though, we were downtown Saturday evening with our family. We just finished dinner and were walking down the 16th Street Mall. A group of teenagers approached us and asked us if we have ever heard of Dare 2 Share. We told them that we know you personally and congratulated them on carrying out their mission after the conference. All of these kids had on the turquise “Shreddin The Gnar” t-shirts. After we left them and continued walking, we noticed MANY kids all over downtown with the same turquise t-shirts on sharing the gospel. I cannot even begin to tell you how heart warming that was to witness. Greg, your Mom would be so proud! I am proud to be able to tell people that I know you. You are definately going to leave a legacy. Thank you for what you do for all of the thousands of teenagers all over this country.

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On November 17, 2008 @ 7:09 pm aaron said:

hey greg i was there at d2s and i had an awesome time. i would just like to sa im lookin forward to next year. also i am shredin the gnar and that i have helped one friend so far come to jesus. also i was baptised as a catholic and i am so glad that i have made the switch and that i came the christ as a christian. so all of those who havnt come to jesus yet i pray for you i hope that you someday do.

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On November 17, 2008 @ 8:44 pm Brittany said:

Eye Opening
November 17, 2008 by hazeleyed
Hey Greg! I just posted this on my blog website and Jeannae[Flageolle] my sister, wanted me to post it on here for you to read! I introduced myself to you at the conference this past weekend, I’m not sure if you’ll remember(i know you were crazy busy), but here’s a little feedback for you!

This last weekend i went as a chaperone to a convention/outreach at the Pepsi Center called Dare To Share. The past few times that Iâ€™ve gone to this outreach I was in awe of the event as a whole, but this year was a little different. Rather than trying to get the most out of it myself, I was praying for the teens in the youth group. I prayed that God would break their hearts for Him and that they would realize that loving Him isnâ€™t as uncool as their actions proclaimed it to be. I didnâ€™t focus as much on feeling God move in my life like I always expect to at these kinds of events, but rather i cried out to Him to move in these young kids lives like they had never experienced before.

My eyes were opened also to the realization that comfort is not always beneficial when attending youth functions like this one! Hmm, weird. Who would have thought, right? But this year [and the previous year, which i didn't attend] the youth group had box seating. They had a nice little reserved suite with plush seats. No more waking up at the crack of dawn to speed in our church van to beat the rush, no more waiting in a gargantuan line for an hour to race the other nine thousand teens for close seats and no more worrying about losing our good seats during the break for lunch if we managed to find some.

BUT. Because of those good seats, I felt like the kids werenâ€™t receiving the full experience. Thereâ€™s just something about sitting down by the floor with other youth groups surrounding you, lifting their hands in worship and singing praises to God at the top of their lungs. When youâ€™re down in those stadium seats you have a feeling of oneness. A feeling that even though you are just one teen, youâ€™re one God-fearing teen among MANY. Four or five years ago, when I attended as a student, i felt united with the other believers in the auditorium, but this year I felt secluded for the sake of suede seats. I wanted to tell the teens that attended with us to stand up and lift their hands, put their phones away and connect with God, forget about their best friend next to them and worry about their Heavenly Father whoâ€™s longing to be their closest confidante.

I was so frustrated, especially when I realized that I couldnâ€™t do anything about it. The kids had to choose to make the weekend what they wanted it to be, and maybe because of that they will one day be all the better for it. Theyâ€™ll learn that they canâ€™t always feel God in an easy way, but they have to take steps and often fight to find and feel Him in their lives. But at the same time i decided to start choosing God before comfort, whether that means stepping out of my comfort zone to share my faith or waking up earlier to have devotions. I need to start taking steps[shreddin' the gnar] to make my life what I know God wants it to be.

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On November 17, 2008 @ 8:52 pm brittany_1010 said:

whoops…I accidentally posted this 3 times! Sorry!

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On November 17, 2008 @ 9:10 pm Amy said:

Hi Greg!
I just really wanted to say thank you so much for Dare2Share. This year was the first year that I went, but it is defiantly not the last. I just wanted to share with you some of the highlights of my experience at Dare2Share.

Talking to people about Jesus has always been something that I have struggled with. I never knew how to bring it up in a conversation and I was afraid…what if I said the wrong thing and I turned the person I was trying to bring to God, even farther away from Him. But during your cell shone challenge I really felt God move in me to call one of my friends whom I know is an atheist. I was scared and I was literally shaking as I dialed her number. When she answered her phone I had the Holy Spirit inside of me helping me know what to say. I talked to her for a long time, she opened up to me and explained why she didn’t believe that God was real, and then she let me tell her my testimony and the Gospel journey. She didn’t accept Jesus, but she did say she wanted to talk to me more about Jesus. Please pray for her to come to the Lord and for me to know what to say. Oh by the way, her name is Emily.

I also really took to heart what you said about ’shreddin the gnar’ to five of my friends. I have lots of friends who aren’t Christians, but talking to them about Jesus has always been something I haven’t done. Because I text most of my friends on a daily basis, I decided to make my signature on my phone ‘Shred the Gnar!’ Then I sent all my friends texts saying hi, whats up. Many of them texted back asking what ‘Shred the Gnar’ meant. I was able to use that as a way to start a conversation about God with my friends. I’m not sure where it will lead, but I am praying that God will help me to lead my friends to him.

I just wanted to say thanks again for Dare2Share. I have know Jesus for most of my life…I grew up in a very Christian family as my dad is a pastor, but this weekend at Dare2Share was the first time I really experience true worship. It really isn’t just singing a song…its about giving yourself completely over to God. I really felt God speak to me at Dare2Share and my relationship is much stronger with him now. I think what you do, spreading the gospel to millions of teens is truly admirable. Thank you so much…your words really showed me how to talk to God and to listen to him.

Shred The Gnar!!!!

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On November 17, 2008 @ 9:13 pm Grant and Graham Grubb said:

Greg and D2S staff
We traveled 800 miles on a bus with 44 of our group from Conrad, Montana, to come to Denver. Our bus got in a storm and the roads were dangerous. We drove all night Thursday to get to D2S. It was Awesome. The drama was creepy– but you had our attention. We want to be INVINCIBLE in the Lord.
Saturday was great, Steve Fee is such a good worship leader and his explanation for the lyrics was encouraging. Would they come to Conrad? I wish! Shreddin the Gnar is what our youth group is going for! There is no water up north now, so were catching the snow, Zane come and join us.
My dad is the youth leader, he’s old–51, but he was totally into it. He was blessed when you honored the leaders.
8 of our youthgroup trusted in Jesus, I think some were just making sure, but that was good.
We had some great encounters in denver outreach. We prayed with 4 guys to accept Christ. THey thought when you died, you just sleep. But the gospel helped explain.
We left Saturday night and got home SUnday afternoon at 1:00pm. What a weekend. God bless you Greg and your family!

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On November 17, 2008 @ 10:48 pm Jason Jusell said:

Hey Greg
i was just wondering if you could put the skits from dare 2 share invincible somewhere

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On November 17, 2008 @ 11:23 pm Jesse A said:

Hey greg thanks for all of the awesome time in denver.. I am from New Mexico and i really didnt have feelings on going to the dare2share conference but God let me know i needed to go so i could understand what he is trying to tell me.. I didnt have any money at all because my family is not doin so well, we got kicked out of our house and my parents have been fighting alot so i didnt think i was gonna get to go.. but i was talking to the guy we are living with and i told him about the conference and everything and he told me he could get the VFW to give me money to go on the trip it was great how God blessed that… Well thanks for the great time =)

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On November 18, 2008 @ 9:43 am Evan said:

YO GREG!

thank you so much for your amazing passion for outreach. this conference did so much for me and i know it did some awesome in the lives in the kids who go to the same youth group as me. it has not only set my heart on fire for outreach, but it has affirmed God’s call in my life in a time in my life where i was walking away from it. If anyone reads the comments, please be praying for a woman i talked to during the outreach project in the denver neighborhoods. i didnt get her name, but her son has lupis. so please be praying for God’s miraculous healing power to bless him, and his mother, and to give them both the emotional strength that it takes to go through a trial such as this. once again greg, thanks for your passion. its paying off

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On November 18, 2008 @ 3:04 pm Danny F said:

Hey Greg,
I am a new youth pastor in Wyoming. The youth group had been to D2S in the past and the kids love it. Many of them asked me if we could go. I had my reservations, being a pretty conservative guy, but am one to try it before I knock it. I have to say I appreciate your passion for youth and the energy that you put into the ministry. I was challenged in the youth leader session Sat. morning and plan to implement some things you shared with us. I thought the kids recieved a lot of good stuff through the training on the spiritual armor and the challenges to “shred the gnar”. The “but” to all of this, from my perspective, is that much of the challenge and learning that could have taken place was lost in all the hype. Please don’t get me wrong. I am not against excitement and having fun, but I thought it was unbalanced. For what it’s worth. I should also say that I think the outreach time was the most effective part of the conference for our kids. I was proud of some of our kids who were pretty scared to talk to people at first begin to realize that they can share Christ with others and getting a door shut on them, which happened a couple times, isn’t so bad after all. Afterward they were really burdened to come home and share Christ with their friends and family. I plan to support them in this and help them grow in this.

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On November 18, 2008 @ 4:56 pm sarina p.v. said:

I had an AWESOME time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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November 18th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
AMEN TO THAT!

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On November 18, 2008 @ 7:48 pm Heidi S said:

Hi Greg, WOW the words god gave you this weekend were incredible and really spoke to my heart..the skit ofcourse was Incredible and Eye opening..Even scary..BUT Good! i am 23 and came with the youth from my town in Salida, CO. it’s awsome even though i’m not a teen just how incredible ALL you speakers reached us in voice.
God Bless Yall and thanks again for the Unforgetable, Uplifting, Joyous time!

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On November 18, 2008 @ 10:13 pm Jennifer! said:

Someone should hit me up with the names of the two bands
they were both awesome, along with everything else.
i love youth events! even more so when they’re god related!
whooo

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Heather Reply:
November 19th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Leeland and Phee

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Kathy Reply:
November 24th, 2008 at 10:26 am
It’s actually Fee

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On November 18, 2008 @ 10:46 pm Andi Edwards said:

Hey Greg, I talked to you about the abortion assembley at the Denver conference. I need prayer like none other. The devil is attacking us hard. If you have any advise on any of this please tell me. It’s extremely hard to go to public school and doing hard things. Thanx so much for everything!!!

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On November 19, 2008 @ 11:22 am Tiara said:

Hey Greg, I went to the dare to share conference that was held on friday and saturday. And I have to say I was convinced that it was going to be boring, because I knew the gospel. I was raised in a christian home, what was I supposed to learn at a conference?
As I got into the spirit of the conference and opened my heart I began to understand some much more than just the gospel.It is the inspire Word of God, the good news, and its not just a religion!!! I even began talking with my friends about the Lord, one of which just received Christ as Lord and Savior. I would like to thank you for your ministry, it did so much good for my life. I am hoping to shred the gnar with many other people that I come in contact with.

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On November 19, 2008 @ 2:42 pm Beatrice said:

WOW! What a wonder full experience. I am absoulutely amazed how God’s grace never ceases. The warmest feeling is the love of Jesus hands down. Way to go to all who collected to much food for the Denver Rescue Mission. Your selfless efforts will help many in need.

I was a mother/volunteer whom was there the entire weekend. I have a young teenage daughter who through the grace of God was able to attend. Praise Jesus she was able to. My daughter had accepted Christ three years ago on Easter, but never really felt the love of Jesus, until this weekend. She has also struggled with cutting herself the past few years. The whole skit brought me to tears.

Sunday morning my daughter came to me and gave me the item she had been using to cut herself and said she was done. She told me she finally felt the love of Jesus. She has found the young lady Greg talked about on My Space and has contacted her. She asked for a Bible and is ready to walk with the Lord. Praise Jesus! She did challenged me to take a step towards getting deeper with the Lord, a challege I gladly accepted.

Thank you Dare to Share for putting together such a wonderful conference. All the Glory to God for filling everyones hearts and opening eyes that were closed.

Hope to see you all and many more next year!

In Christ’s love,

Bea

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On November 20, 2008 @ 12:56 pm Kathy said:

Even though I work at D2S and have heard you speak Greg many, many times, this weekend finally made me put my convictions into action. I am not good at evangelism like you are–to be honest, bringing up the gospel scares the crap out of me. But I know that fear should not be what holds me back from proclaiming Christ–nothing should hold me back. So Monday night, I went over to my neighbor’s house and invited her to church. Her response was “I’m not really a churchgoing person.” That led to a 45 minute talk about the gospel and our respective beliefs. While she isn’t a Christian and thought I was crazy for believing that I don’t deserve to go to heaven (and it’s only because of Christ that I am going), I knew that I had been faithful to God’s leading. She said she would be open to talking more about beliefs and I will go prepared this time with some resources. I don’t want to stop there–I know there are other people in my life who don’t know Christ. I just wanted to say that Greg, you are an inspiration–you show that it’s possible to bring up the gospel anywhere, any way. Thank you!

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On November 20, 2008 @ 5:25 pm Jon said:

Greg and the Team,
I have to admit this year the drama was exceptional, the influence of you, Derwin and Zane have quite few of my youth excited to be receptive for what God has for them. This year was year three, even though I minister in a small church we had the most youth go this year out of the three, on the upside we did not have a ticket left over this year. One of the powerful moments for our group was at dinner after the outreach project, we stoppped into a Wendy’s just before the rush, one of my volunteers gets everyone in the place to be quiet, long enough to ask if they would like to join us in grace for our day and the food ( of course). Now that’s a God moment, I guess you would have to know Amy to really get the meaning of the evening. You see Amy usually doesn’t speak in front of any size crowd, and to pray on top of that with about 80 students and Wendy’s employee’s and the other customers was priceless.
Thanks for adding me on face book. I pray for you and your team, I would ask you to pray me and my team as well. God Bless.
Jon

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On November 20, 2008 @ 7:48 pm Tia Huffman said:

Well this year is my First year going to dare to share,and i was super stoked. ) i loved every single moment of it!
The drama The first night ‘the bed room’ really spoke to me.
It reminded me of all the things that i have struggled with and continue struggling with.
The drama just reminded me that i need to put these problems in god’s hands and stop trying to fix them my self. The second day Was a real test fer sure. I didn’t have any success but i gave it all my try,and as i grow in god im going to start succeeding.
Thank you for everything you do!
God bless.
Tia

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On November 20, 2008 @ 11:02 pm namk45 said:

Hey Greg, i was at Dare 2 Share Denver and I got to talk to you briefly and i forgot to say because of you guys my best friend Gave his life to Christ. Hopefully we’ll see you in California someday, and if so come to Bayside my dads a pastor there.

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On November 28, 2008 @ 2:01 pm Lauren said:

Hey Greg!

My youth group played with the words from the last couple of D2S conferences and we got a cool sentence out of it.

Survive the Invincible Blaze!

Robert Coulter (our youth leader) told us you might like it.

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