God answered prayer in 10 min

The beginning of the Believe Tour has been phenomenal. Just on the first night we received a LOT of student interest. I stood at the display, and talked to probably 200 students and leaders about CYC.

One particular student's name was Courtney who's in 8th grade. She attends Ladera Ranch Middle. I asked her (as I did many other students) what the biggest issue her school faced. Her answer, MONEY and DRUGS. (keep in mind, she attends a middle school) She said students are so rich at her school that no one cares about anything. I told her about Abraham in Genesis when he asked God if 5 righteous people were in the city, would he spare it, and God said yes.

Then I asked, could you find 5 classmates that cared enough about her school to pray for God to change it. She said she didn't think there were 5 students who cared enough to pray. I doubted her, and asked her to begin to pray about this issue to start with. I could tell she was taking this seriously, and I felt something unique about this conversation.

A few minutes later, she ran up to me with 2 other students and said "these guys go to my school, and they are Christians!" By the end of the night, she had found others as well that went to her school. I challenged the ones I met, and I felt a specific burden to pray for Ladera Ranch. This well off, comfortable student body will be rocked by the power of God at their school if Courtney and these students begin to pray.

I'm hoping to post a video of her today so you can meet her.

The Believe staff are great people. We made a late night run to In N Out Burger, and although I didn't order, I loved hanging out with their team. Johnny Scott, the Believe Director, introduced me to the staff and welcomed CYC. Things are off to a great start!