Eric burns is doing and awesome job!

well i just got back from the high school mexico trip which was really really awesome. we had a night that was worship and prayer and it was so awesome. they had a big paper on the wall and markers. they invitedus to go up and write things you needed prayer for and also encouraged us to pray for the requests already written.
people took the idea and ran with it. we all poured our hearts out on that wall, the deep things we needed prayer to overcome. we can only keep a mask on so long. it was amazing to feel the community in that room, worshipping together, crying together, praying over eachother.
eric burns is doing an amazing job and creating a true community, a true church, in our high school group. we are being prayed for by each other and being held accountable. Its the kind of church in Paul's epistles, a real loving community, totally accepting. On that wall, there were some tough things poeple shared, but no one cut them out of the group after they shared their requests, we now know what they are struggling with and we know that they want help with it, so as a true community we help them.
another thing that eric does that i think is awesome is he challenges us, he really challenges me. He always is giving me tidbits of advice they he thinks may help my worship leading skills. He is encouraging me to pursue it as far as God wants me to instead of settling for a normal life. also, on this trip the last day we were waiting and waiting for the man on our site to come back from visiting his mother in the hospital because our DD needed to share the gospel with him still. His wife was at the site though. Eric came to me and siad in this culture things like this have to be discussed man to man or woman to woman. He asked if I would be willing to share with the woman, her name is Nanci. I didnt have any of the DD's training, i have never shared the gospel before either, but i said yes because I knew Eric knew i could do it, and that was all i needed. Nanci decided she wanted to be saved. I kept thinking it was nothing that i said for usre, because i was stumbling over my words and clair bradshaw had to help me know what to say alot. But God was working in her that day. Im so glad Eric out me on the spot to be God's voice that day.
I just wanted to let everyone know how perfect he is for our youth group and what he is teaching us and creating within us. I am so excited for more!
~Cici