As most of you may know by now I am a follower of Christ and I actively pursue to develop a stronger relationship with him while I am here on earth. On July 7-10 my churchs young adults took a road trip to El Paso, Texas. We decided to attend an annual Christian convention called Vision Juvenil. At this convention young adults from pretty much anywhere, but mostly its surrounding states (and Mexico) gather to learn about God, to worship him, or to restore their relationships with him. They have various activities through out the three day event and many speakers who come from within the church or different countries. I was extremely excited to go this year because I was looking to strengthen my relationship with Jesus and to ignite a fire in my heart that was slowly going dim. I recently got married and my husband and I decided before our wedding that we wanted to live differently than the rest of the world. Its definitely been hard and there are times when your tempted to fall back into your old ways but we have become stronger at remaining obedient as each day passes. We went to this convention with open hearts. I'm pretty convinced that all of us were there because we were hungry for God. We wanted to feel restored again and wanted to break chains that were holding us back. God did amazing things through all of us, he answered prayers, he mended our broken hearts and he brought us closer together. It feels amazing to be around like-minded people. As a Christian I often feel like an outsider, especially when I am around people that don't really understand my relationship with God. I am blessed to say that if I ever fall down I know I have many people willing to help me up.
The main reason why I wanted to write about Vision Juvenil, besides the fact that I like sharing my life with you guys was because I wanted to share what prayer God specifically answered for me. Through out the entire convention the leaders were promoting every one to visit the prayer room, it was located at the vary back of the building. We decided to go and visit it at the end of the second day which was on Friday, July the 8th. The room had dim lighting and chairs in different rows so that you could either stand or sit. They had a musician playing the piano at the front of the room and a vocalist singing different slow, but touching worship songs. As soon as you walked into this room you felt Gods presence, the room was not very full only about ten other people besides our own group of 15. Going to this convention we all expected to be touched through the main events and we were impacted there too but this room was different. It didn't need all the crazy lights, it didn't need all the artwork and all the instruments. God proved to us once again that prayer and especially when many are doing it together is most powerful. We were each filled with his presence we cried tears of joy and some tears of sadness. Many of us let go of those chains that we were holding on to so tightly. As I was sitting down praying I Began to talk to God about my love for him and how I wanted to follow him forever, I was declaring to him that I wanted to be different and I wanted him to break me down, I then began praying about my parents and I specifically told him that I wanted to pray for my parents love I was praying for restoration but not like before, this time with him in the center, then I moved on to my dad....Here is a quick back story first. My dad has struggled with alcoholism ever since I was a baby my dad is an extremely hard working person, he loves his family, he doesn't give up on his goals, and he is pretty funny too, but like everyone with flaws his flaw is alcohol. This is something that has gone on for many generations and its very hard for him to give it up. He has suffered through depression because of it and it has ruined many things he loves. My biggest prayer is always my Dad, I love him so much and I want him be able to have that void he has filled with Gods Love.....when I moved on to my dad I began to ask God once again to please help him, to show him the way, to touch his heart..but before I could finish a young lady about my age came up to me and told me that God wanted to tell me that there will be peace in my home. She kept repeating the word peace over and over again. She told me that I need to stop micromanaging everything, stop stressing about it because God is going to work his magic. When I heard those words I felt a sense of relief I began to cry and for the first time I truly was not worried about my dad. It was amazing how God spoke to me he finally answered my biggest prayer and made it so clear to me that he was looking out for my family. I no longer feel stressed out, its weird but I feel like I can see the future. God made me aware that he understood me and heard me crying out to him, its incredible if you think about it someone so perfect and so big hears little old me.
I am extremely happy that I am able to share my Love for God to the world through this platform, I always ask myself what can I do to make a difference in someones life and I have learned that the biggest influence you can have on someone is found in the way you live.
Our Young Adults have been meeting every week to keep the fire burning, so if your an Arizona peep who is in the chandler area leave me a comment and ill give you more info.
Here is the official Vision Juvenil Recap Video.
