NORTHERN INDIANA ALLEN COUNTY ǀ FALL 2017 SAVE THE DATE Allen County Rally Tuesday, Oct. 24 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum One simple word: “YES!” T he stage was set. Danny, our Brian Biedenbach Summit & Woodside MS Campus Life Director YFC Camp speaker, had just powerfully presented the Gospel to a room full of 330 middle school students and leaders. After he shared, everyone was released and encouraged to find a place to sit by Come hear about the impact Youth for Christ is having in the community! themselves and reflect on what they had just heard. They were given a piece of paper and a pencil to write down a prayer or thoughts and questions they had about Danny’s message. OUR MISSION YFC reaches young people everywhere, working together with the local church and other likeminded partners to raise up lifelong followers of Jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the Word of God and prayer, passion for sharing the love of Christ, and commitment to social involvement. I took the opportunity to soak in the silence and pray for the students who were deep in prayer, busily scribbling their thoughts, or just enjoying the quiet. When the silence ended, our cabin group discussed what they reflected on during that time. Every kid had something different to say, but each one of them wrestled with the goodness of Jesus’ love in a profound way. Randy was the first to share. He pulled out his paper, and it had one simple word on it. It said, “YES!” That one word was Randy’s response to the Gospel. He said yes to Jesus! Earlier in the week, he told me about his tendency to make poor choices and his lack of desire to change that. But after his choice that night to follow Jesus, his heart had already begun changing. He committed to start making some changes in his decision-making process upon his return home. Randy was one of 55 students who trusted Jesus that night! Please lift up your prayers for them as they take their first steps of faith.
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