Last night I had the opportunity to preach in a service the Spirit Riders & CMA put on with Chaplain Terry Buice, in the Gwinnett Prison. It was one of the larger services we've hosted there in some time- we had about 80 inmates attend it, and 8 men trusted in Jesus Christ. In the music, the prayer times, my sermon, and these men coming for salvation, we really felt God's presence in that prison. God is mending lives, even as they serve out their sentences.

An inmate approached me prior to the service, and gave me a necklace with a cross he had made, and wanted me to wear it as I preached, which I did. When everything was over, and all the inmates were being escorted back to their cells, he came back over to me and said, "Do you remember me? I used to go to First Baptist back when you were there." Suddenly I did remember him, and the times we had conversations over the years there. After I left and came to Hebron, he just slipped from my memory, and here he was again, after all these years, standing before me in prison. My choices had led me further into God's kingdom work, and his choices had landed him behind bars. We talked for a moment, and he asked for prayer, that God would help him walk as a man of God again when he got out. I told him I certainly would.

As illusionist Brock Gill said when he was here, "Some choices you make don't matter. Some you make are life and death..."

Rob

We finished up another year of Vacation Bible School Sunday night, with our annual VBS Family Night. It capped off a fun, loud, exciting week of great music, funny skits, and lots of kids! We had around 1700 every day, with 73 kids trusting Jesus Christ by week's end. Many said it was the best VBS ever, if not the biggest. I dreaded the weeks leading up to it, completely enjoyed it all week long, then felt sad that it was ending. God blessed all week, and we thank Him for all the ways He drew kids, parents, and leaders to Himself.

And now, Kids Camp looms ahead of us....

Rob