I spent the entire 2 days being immersed in the Word of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. From the first speaker to the last, the entire conference had a focus on Christ! Speakers included, Ray Comfort, Emeal Zwayne, Todd Friel, Ken Ham, Marshall Foster, Kirk Cameron, and last but not least, Paul Washer!
But first this is how the trip started it was a crazy one for me on Thursday October, 16th. My buddy Dave took me to Oakland international airport at around 3pm. I checked-in my Luggage and got my ticket and went to the terminal. My plane departed at around 6pm. I arrived at salt lake city then off to Las Vegas then to Atlanta! I arrived in Atlanta at around 6am and went and picked up my bag and went to the car rental place. I picked up my car and proceeded to drive the 45 min to Woodstock, GA I arrived in Woodstock at around 8am. I went to my hotel and found that I couldn't check in until 2pm that day. So I went to the Church a mile down the road.
So when I arrived at the church no one was there yet it was still really early the doors for the conference didn't open until 11 am so I sat in my car. So as I was getting my stuff together in my car I opened up my luggage to get my notebook and camera out and my camera was missing! Someone had stole my $600 camera out of my bag at the airport but it really didn't bother me. At around 10 am people started to arrive I talked to a couple people and had some great fellowship right off the bat. So I walked in and the Church was Huge!!! So I ended up talking to a guy from North Dakota for about an hour and met a couple guys from Canada. Then walked around some more and ended up getting in a line waiting for the doors to the sanctuary to open at around 1pm (now mind you I've been up since around 6 am the previous morning!) So I found a seat in the second row of chairs fight to the right of the pulpit. And I was sitting right in front of my Canadian friends, So Todd Friel from Way of the Master radio opened up to welcome us. Then he opened it up to Ray Comfort spoke about (Gethsemane- and the missing link to the cross). Then Emeal ("E.Z.") Zwayne spoke (Mind Matters)
Then we had a break and came back and Pastor Johnny Hunt of First Baptist Woodstock spoke about the (Sufficiency Of Scripture) and then the amazing Paul Washer from Heart Cry Missionary Society spoke about the (Essential Truths of the Cross) Then we had a dinner break and then we had a break out session in which I went to listen to Todd Friel talk about (Biblical Covenants). Another break and when we came back at 8 pm that night ( I've been up for 38 hours at this point!) Scott Krippayne did Praise and Worship which was awesome Scott sang some songs while playing the piano and Paul Washer read scriptures between songs! It was one of the most God centered Worship times in my life! After that at around 8:30 pm Kirk Cameron got up to speak and at this point here I am sitting in the front row falling asleep right in front of Kirk. And he took for ever but it was really awesome and he had video from season 3 of way of the master. so we ended around 10 something.
Then we hung around for a while and eventually left, I gave my Canadian friends a ride back to their hotel because they were gonna call a cab but I didn't want them to spend the money. I dropped them off and proceeded to go to my hotel to get some much needed sleep! When I arrived at my hotel at around 12 am they were closed and I didn't have my room key!!! So I drove back to my Canadian friends hotel but got lost on the way in a new town and no way of getting in contact with anyone. I eventually found their hotel and room and we ended up grabbing a bite to eat and then they were kind enough to allow me to sleep in one of the beds. We laid down to go to bed at around 1:30 am and we had to be up at 7:30 am. (So I was up at this point for about 42 hours) So I said goodnight and fell right asleep.
So this is the first day of my trip to the Deeper conference it started at 6 am on oct 16th and ended at 1:30 am on oct 18th,There is more to come so stay tuned.
Peace and Grace,
Pumbapoindexter.
