400 Thirsty Souls Quenched at Campus Retreat

Fires scorched the southland and threatened to cancel our all-LA Campus Fall Retreat titled "THIRST." Not only did the fires clear out of Del Mar San Diego where we were destined, prayers for rain ascended to the Heavens during the week and the Lord responded and sent rain streaming down on Saturday after our first session of the retreat.



Boston's Kevin & Melissa Miller were outstanding!! God used them as mouthpieces to move hearts to make momumental spiritual decisions including several that responded to Sunday's message with the desire for baptism. LA's Brian Craig led our hearts and minds in musical worship, putting new songs in our souls. DJ John Reid was his usual fantastic at the Costume Party Saturday night. Matt Stone single-handedly worked our audio-visual needs to perfection.

We have 275 campus disciples in LA. Along with the 15 from San Diego there were close to 400 in attendance at the retreat! We had to rent another room in the hotel because we couldn't fit in the room we were given. Also, a young man from Cal Poly Pomona was baptized on Saturday. We praise God for multiplying our number and giving us great hope for the fall harvest.

The prophet Isaiah says that, like the rain, God's word comes down to the earth and never returns to him empty. We have witnessed this truth in effect as the rain & God's word both descended on Thirsty Soul's this past weekend and quenched our every spiritual desire.