Open Mic Night

Last night we had another outreach hosted at Starbucks - this time an open mic night. It was amazing! I honestly don't have words. There were over 50 people there and at one point I counted 25 new students. That is incredible! Five of the students who preformed were first timers who had been invited by a friend to the outreach. I felt overwhelmed, almost to tears at one point, when I looked around and saw all the students that God has entrusted to us, and thought about the brilliant relationship He's given us with the Starbucks staff. He has been so good to us. Our next outreach is an end of the year PARTY on May 11. It's gonna be an end of semester elation extravaganza! Please pray that the relationships we've started building with these new students will continue to deepen and that the life of God, in us, will draw them to Him.

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There was quite a variety of creativity expressed: short stories, poems, music (both original and cover songs), and comedy.

Sarah and Natasha started out the night with a short story they'd written about superheros.....

...and they had volunteers act it out. Very amusing!

Some of the first time guests singing away.

Natasha has been writing poetry for years. She read two poems, one she'd written before she was saved and one she wrote just recently, to show the contrast between what her life used to be and what it is now.

Students enjoying themselves

The very talented Nathan played the guitar and harmonica (at the same time) and sang (when his mouth wasn't full of harmonica).

Music by David Karon read poetry he had written, and a couple from his favorite books. He's from Trinidad and speaks with a lot of rhythem. It was brilliant.

And of course, the hilarious Rachel and Andy had everyone in stitches with their corney jokes and comedy routine. What a laugh!