2023 Recap

God is at work in Northern Colorado! Despite rain, cold and mud, we had hundreds of students come to a field with desperate hearts to encounter Jesus...and they did.

Worship started and students were immediately jumping and praising God. Joel Bomberger gave his powerful testimony and shared the Gospel message and 100+ responded to a call for repentance. We also gave a call for first time salvation and I couldn't even count how many hands went up. After that, we started praying for students. During this ministry time, God started to physically heal many students. One girl had a burst eardrum and couldn’t hear and she screamed while grabbing her ear. We all saw her freaking out - SHE COULD HEAR!! Hear her full testimony here!

Another girl had come by herself from over an hour away from Wyoming. She was a camp counselor at a bible camp all summer had had a painful shoulder injury during her time there. She couldn't move it and she had to get a sling at the first aid tent at the beginning of the night because she was in so much pain. Several students surrounded her to pray. She felt warmth all over her shoulder and could move it without any pain at all!

Another young girl raised her hand when Joel asked if anyone had scoliosis. Austin Tacheny put his hand lightly on her back to pray and as we all prayed for her, he heard her back crack and straighten into place!!! She started jumping and touching the ground - something she couldn't do before!

At the end of the night, we dismissed and everyone started to leave. However, God was still working. A group of students were desperate to be baptized. We had not set up a baptismal tank and so the students dumped open the water bottles into a feeding trough and made their own baptismal. We had 8 spontaneous baptisms!!!

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