What a weekend!

Now that it’s over, what’s next? Currently, we are in the midst of cleaning up from a fantastic festival. Staff and volunteers are still on their feet working tirelessly to clean up the festival grounds. Without a doubt, this was a record breaking year. For the first time ever, the LifeLight Festival ran out of parking. People parked in the ditches along the gravel roads, nothing stopped the people from coming and the crowd just kept growing. This was a record breaking year for single day attendance!

But the ministry of LifeLight in many ways is only just beginning. God moved in miraculous ways and many came to Christ. As I am writing this, I have a box of response cards in front of me. Throughout the festival weekend, a missionary volunteer prayed over each and every card individually. Many tears fall down our faces as we read of the many hurts; “I need help with my sex addiction,” “I want Jesus in my heart and to break my pornography addiction,” “My family ripped apart and I tried filling it with everything but God,” “I have been trying to commit suicide for many years now.” The ministry of discipleship begins now.

Our year-round ministry also kicks off immediately post festival. With the festival just closing this past Sunday night, I am already busy preparing to speak at the SEA meeting on Thursday and will give the invocation at Cry Out America on Friday. LifeLight Missions is hosting missionaries from Mexico and our Student Ministries team is gearing up for a school assembly this Wednesday evening as well as preparing for the See You At The Pole Rally on September 23rd. Planning for the upcoming Fall Tour (Nov 4-15) is underway with just two cities left to fill. While the Festival is our most visible area of ministry, the ministry of LifeLight is a year-round work.

I want to extend my sincere thanks to all of our many volunteers! And thank you to everyone who came to the festival. We pray that you were richly blessed.

To God be the Glory!!!

For the Kingdom,

Alan Greene