photos from zanesville show

goodbye zanesville

its time to move on! our time in zanesville ohio has been great. we just finished our big shows here and they were packed out!

the hall had no air conditioning and it was extremely hot and sticky which was a really distraction for many people and a lot ended up leaving early. as a result we needed to shorten the programme to avoid people getting to restless. Sometimes its difficult when you have worked so hard on something to have to let it go but the most important thing is sharing the gospel with those who haven't heard it or have a distorted view of what it really is.

below is a breakdown of some figures from our time in zanesville that has been passed around to the local churches in the area.

"The Impact World Tour has hit South East Ohio. Over the last week of outreach we have seen over +800 people come to Christ just in the Zanesville area. God has moved powerfully and wonderfully through this region.

Here is a rundown of the statistics from the last week of outreach:

· School Assemblies at Bishop Rose Crans – 240 attended the assembly and 240 responded to the Gospel. (Including two teachers and the Assistant Principle)

· Nursing Home – 125 attended and 11 responded (Average age 70) =)

· Crooksville Church Based Outreach – 250 attend – 98 responded

· Prison Outreach – 417 attend – 180 responded

· Zanesville High School –

1. 1st Night with Team Xtreme – 1168 attend – 150 respond (a man in a wheel chair with a broken leg was healed by God and walked out of the school)

2. 2nd Night with Island Breeze – 849 attend – 50 respond

3. 3rd Night with GX International – 1386 attend and 101 responded (One lady brought 11 kids from their apartment building and all 11 got saved!)

That’s 830 people who have said yes to a call to serving Jesus in Zanesville!"

this has been a real encouragement to the local churches and they have continually expressed what a blessing it has been for people to come from all over the world to minister in tier city.

we now just pray that the churches continue to work together to water the seeds that have been planted and encourage those who made a commitment to follow through with it and have lives that are transformed for Jesus.

week 1 : COMPLETE

can't say I'm a fan of getting up at 5:30 in the morning, but that has been the routine for most of these week.
our first school assemblies where amazing. we were in catholic schools and so we were allowed to preach the gospel and the majority of the pupils responded to this, which was a very encouraging start.

rest of the week was normal assemblies, promoting the shows which are coming up this week. the kids in the schools really seem to enjoy the performances and we get the opportunity speak into their lives, even if we can't talk about God.

last night we had an opportunity to do a mini show in a local church. during this show our bmx rider fell and got a compound fracture to his leg. we are all praying that God will just do a miracle in this situation.
apart from this the show went well and several kids responded to the gospel which is really good to see! it has given us a greater expectancy for the bigger shows this week. we have an expectancy that God is really going to move at this time so we are just continuing to pray for more, that his name be glorified and lifted up in this place.

made it to ohio!

saturday was spent cleaning and doing final rehearsals. the studio we have been using were allowing us to do so for free so in return to bless then we allowed them to invite people to watch are final dress rehearsal. although we didnt have skating, lights, video and stage etc, we just treated it like a show. one the dancers preached at the end and some of the people there accepted jesus. we also prayed over some of the dancers there who were christians, that God would annoint their dancing and use it to glorify his name. although we were all really tired after a busy 2 weeks we already got a chance to see God move through us and bring people to him, before tour has even officially started!

sunday was a long day of driving! we have had some problems this week with transportation. one of the trailers that we normally carry our luggage and props in was stolen. the same day one of the tires in our other trailer brust and needed to be replaced. yesterday was a long day of driving, not hepled by the face we got on the road 2 hours later than we had hoped! halfway through the journey the tire on the trailer blew AGAIN (the other tire this time) and so a couple people had to wait unitl that was sorted and didnt make it until this morning (they also have everyones luggage so that was interesting!)

but we have fially all made it to zanesville ohio, save and sound ready to get to work!

first dance

this is our first performance at a church in grandview, outside kansas city. it is where a number of full time gx staff attend so the church has a good relationship with us and are very supportive of what gx does.
this dance is one that we will use in school assemblies through the tour. it was good to get a chance to practice preforming before tour starts.

hopefully during school assemblies there will be opportunity to get better videos but at least its a good idea of what we've been working on. dance 1 of about 10!!

nearly half way

i have survived 6 days of dancing! my body is very sore (i am starting to feel my age!) and some days have certainly been very tough but overall we are getting there! there is so much choreography to retain.

starting everyday with an hour of praise and worship is defiantly a big help and the right way to do things. even though dancing takes up so much of our time at the minute and we would not achieve all we need to in the time we have.

we have also had some great teaching in the evenings. yesterday was really interesting. we had a discussion about end times. one thing that really stood to me is some of the statistics of abortion. in the year 1989 ALONE there were 65 million KNOWN abortions worldwide. IN ONE YEAR. it has been estimated that only ONE THIRD of my generation is alive. ONLY as a result of abortion.
the teaching we were discussing was that we were the remnant for this generation. God must have something really big for this time is satan is so determined to destroy us that only one third survive BIRTH.

it is something that has really made me think and perhaps helped me realized the importance of what we are doing on this tour. if nothing else it gives a chance to call up this generation which is something im really passionate about. i want young people to realize their potential in Christ and to walk in the call he has for them.