Hello!
We just finished up the second desperation conference of the year and once again it was incredible! We did the usual, tons of worship, prayer, and great speakers, and we also did some new stuff this year. Sooo, we wanted to show you some pics and give you some highlights from the weekend. Hope you enjoy!

We decided to film a documentary of the conference this year, so we had cameras everywhere. Here’s a shot of the boys watching a vid before sound check on the first night.

Here’s David Perkins bringin it!

The coolest thing we did this year had to do with our “HEARTWORK” project. The theme of the conference was “Light Up the World” so we decided to give everyone a chance to take action and help light up the world. During the June conference we took a spontaneous offering on Saturday night during worship to help build an orphanage. It was an incredible sight to see kids rushing to the altar emptying their pockets, giving everything they had to help orphans on the other side of the world. During the July conference we were able to let everyone know in advance about the offering. This time we took the offering on Friday night. Again the response was OVERWHELMING. Between the two conferences the kids gave $60,000… unbelievable. On top of the 60k, a HEARTWORK partner of ours gave another 30k. SO that’s a total of 90k. That’s 3 orphanages completely paid for in just a few weeks. Everyone just gave what they had. Maybe a little, maybe a lot, we all played our role and it was incredible to be a part of… and it’s not even close to being over… stay tuned to learn how you can get involved with HEARTWORK.
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Guys,
Just wanted to let you all know what an incredible tune and video, “Light Up the World” is and that I am convinced this is going to stand the CCM world on its ear. I was in the biz years ago and will tell you that this has #1 hit all over it. I’ll take it one step further and predict that the Lord is going to make this the biggest crossover hit of the year as well. What you are doing with the kids in this country and orphans around the world is fantastic! With what happened at the Desperation Conferences, I can tell you that there is a mighty move of God in this work. Get ready for an incredible ride on this one, cuz it is gonna reach around the globe and touch lives far beyond what you may have imagined. Stay humble, grounded and focused on what God has called you to. Praise the Lord!!!
Comment by Rick Reding — August 20, 2009 @ 10:39 am