Our Friends At Urban Peak

It's been quite a ride leaving the warm southwest/west coast and arriving in the FRIGID upper Midwest. Can you say a high of 9 degrees!! But, at least that's nine ABOVE... and we've had a blast in Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Chicago the last three nights. Thank you for such a warm reception, and for running with us after the heart of God.

Tonight we jet to LA for the Grammys...fitting, I think, that we are here with the people of God lifting up Jesus just hours away from music's biggest night. We're excited about tomorrow, but we had a pretty massive time right here!

Every night has been special... and one of the really cool moments so far was making new friends in Colorado, kids who are a part of a program for people transitioning through major life issues called Urban Peak. On the far left are two UP staff members, both friends of Passion who brought a few of the kids they work with to experience God with us in Colorado Springs.

We got to hang out after the night, hear a bit of their stories and put our arms around them and pray for continued rescue and recovery in their lives. I can’t share all the details here, but on the far right is J., just back from a 21–week wilderness program and walking in new found freedom. He is sensing the presence of God in his life like never before. On the other side of Chris is T., whose negative church past makes the whole Jesus thing a bit of a hurdle. But T. felt God’s in the midst of the night and even found herself entering into the worship. And in the center is S., highly artistic and a lover of science (so we had a great connection around the talk). What was really cool was that as we were leaving she took out a piece of paper from her sketchpad and wrote all the names of their friends at UP and asked us to pray for them.

These guys are who this tour is for as the hinge point of each night is the song Everlasting God, of which one of the lines says, “You’re the defender of the weak, You comfort those in need.” That’s what we are praying for these guys and especially for the two girls on the left who work in this challenging secular environment everyday.

Please pray for J., T., and S., and for favor on the worker’s lives (C. and J.) as they seek to SHINE the bright light of rescue and grace to those at the greatest point of need. It would mean the world to us if you would pray for them.

LA bound. LG