Live from Montego Bay! Saturday, May 3, 2008, Jamaica Crusade, 6:58 p.m. (Jamaica time)– I am at Dump Up Beach, sitting in the Miles Ahead video land. (That’s what Josh, one of the tech guys, call it. It’s the command center for the production of the second night of the Jamaica Crusade, and it’s hopping! These guys are all truly talented and dedicated professionals and it has been fun to work alongside them.)

I am borrowing Eric’s station because I can’t find a wireless hotspot, and he’s so crucial to this operation I have only five minutes to log some impressions about how wonderful things are going so far. So here goes…

Last night the Montego Bay police estimated the crowd at more than 30,000. And it’s typical for the second night of an event like this to draw twice the number of the first night. There’s no way to tell how many people are out there right now on Dump Up Beach park listening to Carlene Davis and her group, but the ground is jumping!

Before the sun went down a few minutes ago, Team Faith made Montego Bay residents catch their breath, when the four motocross stars went airborne in freestyle performances. One rider, a 22-year-od from Oklahoma named Willy Watts, said he gave up riding when he became a Christian because it had overwhelmed his life. Then a few years later he picked it up again, with the goal of showing young people that God calls everyone of all talents. He just wants to glorify God in all he does, and boy does he make people gasp.

The night is perfect — balmy and breezy — and we’re having fun. I hope you’re watching the live stream. If not, you have to try to catch it when it’s posted later this week as a clip on MilesAhead.tv.  More soon!