In a little less than 3 weeks our youthgroup is having WNL: Wednesday Night Live, an outreach in the style of Jay Leno and SNL combined. We've been planning it for a while, and I am ultra-pumped for it.
This has had a lot of good effects already, and it hasn't even started! I've invited friends that I haven't had the courage to talk about my faith around, and I already know that @ LEAST 2 are coming. But hopefully more.
Since it's in SNL form, skits had to be available, so we actually wrote them ourselves and are going to perform them. I get to be a "desperate client" that wants to sue her bff jill for texting her too much (I think my weirdly freakish thumbs may have have something to do with that =]). I just need to figure out how to make myself cry...
Toward the end a planning meeting, my youthpastor brings up the testimonies (at the end students are going up and sharing what God's done in their life). So he names off the people he wants to do it: Aaron, Hilari, Dani... Pause.
Oh no. It's coming. I just know it's coming. Slowly the words form in his mouth. "I'd also like autumn to do her's"
This was one of those mixed emotions moments. On one hand, it's shy, socially awkward me, standing infront of who knows how many teenagers.
But then... well, what if, somehow, my testimony, my life, could be of value to someone? What if, by chance, God somehow takes it and speaks to someone's heart.
So (sigh)... I said yes.
I went to school the next day and told a friend who's been debating whether to go or not, and I told him/her that I was giving my testimony. That sparked some interest. Whether the appealing fact that I'll be up their shaking (haha im still mad @ aaron =]) or just that they want to hear what I have to say; I don't know.
So, while it is a few weeks away, I urge you to pray for this event. Pray that the skits go well, many people come, certain people don't get called into work, and, most importantly, that lives are changed.
I know a lot of you have already have been praying for all of these things, but if you could find the time to pray that I can talk without shaking, that would be amazing. You might think that I'm exaggerating. Well, I'm not, okay? Just believe me. I can't do this on my own. Yeah, I know, you're probably thinking, what's the big deal, but it just is to me. I can't explain it. Not ony do I want to be able to talk steadily, I want God to be able to use me through this, as well as the other 3.
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Friday, January 9, 2009
Awkward!
Posted by Autter at 4:13 PM
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I know it's hard for you to be in front of others, I just blogged about it today. I know that the Lord has chosen you my sweet little pumpkin pie to bring people to Him in this very shakey unstable world.
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