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.)

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Early in this week, we were all reminded that one of the first commandments of this mission is, In All Things Be Flexible. If something can go wrong, it probably will (and has!). But how else are we to grow in our faith in a loving, detailed God, if we didn’t need to rely on him for those details?

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Friday, May 2, 2008, 9:24 p.m. Jamaica time (Montego Bay,Jamaica) – Israel Houghton is playing, and everyone is dancing.

Everyone including the massive crowd packed into Dump Up Beach and stacked along the road outside the park; everyone including the stage crew, the security guards, and the waiters in the VIP tent — and even some of the VIPs. One song ends, and on its own the crowd starts to chant, “Yes Lord, Yes Lord, Yes Yes Lord,” “Yes Lord, Yes Lord, Yes Yes Lord,” “Yes Lord, Yes Lord, Yes Yes Lord” …

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Friday, May 2, 2008, 8:09 p.m. Jamaica time (Montego Bay, Jamaica) — Jesus’ disciples were out on a lake when a storm blew up, so severe that it threatened to capsize their boat and end their lives. Then they saw a figure moving toward them. Jesus was walkng on the water, coming to save them.

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Friday, May 2, 2008, 7:14 p.m. Jamaica time (Montego Bay,Jamaica) – Prodigal Son is blasting from the main stage. Dump Up Beach is jumping. It’s packed with rocking Jamaicans from the shore to the street, from the stage to the parking lot. Lord, let everyone You want to be here, be here.

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