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Yesterday Nicole and I went to the CFAN conference. We got stuck in very heavy traffic and had a hard time parking the car. There was a big soccer match next to the conference. We ended up missing allot of it. We also had to walk a mile from the parking structure. The evening service was very blessed. I remember one story Bonnke told, it was really good.A women had a prized table. It was a perfectly restored antique . It was her pride and joy. One day her son took a car battery apart on the table. Battery acid ruined the surface of the table. She was devastated. A few days later she had a birthday party. She took a table cloth and placed it over the spot where the stain was. No one at the party noticed the stain. They all complimented her on her beautiful table! He then said everyone has a stain on their table. We may cover it up with a table cloth, but it's there. God can see under our table cloth! He can make us new. Over 600 people came forward to receive the salvation of Christ. It was beautiful to witness.
Today our whole family went to the conference. It was a sacrifice for Nicole. She wanted to go to her youth group. Juergen also wanted to play guitar tonight at church. He missed that. I just wanted to bring Jessica one more time for prayer. Philip, Thomas and Sarah stayed at the kids service. The boys said it was boring. Sarah actually loved it. Jessica stayed in the entire service. It was kind of loud. This was a little hard for Jessica. In the end nearly 3000 or more people went forward for prayer. On the one hand it was wonderful so many went forward. They all wanted a special touch from God. The crowd was too much. We could not bring Jessica forward. So we went home a little disappointed. We got stuck in traffic on the way home. Juergen hoped to play guitar, but could not. He also got a call from his dad while at the conference. His mom is doing really bad. Juergen plans to visit her next weekend. Some times you just wonder what is going on. You trust in God, you come hoping to see more...but you go home with out seeing your prayers answered. I heard a sermon recently. The speaker cried out to God. "Why God"!!! "I must know why"!!! Finally they realized they did not need to know why. They only needed to know that they trust God. For me the weekend was an act of faithful obedience. I loved Friday and Saturday. Today was kind of stressful because I felt like I was dragging my whole family along just because I wanted to be there. But I felt like I was suppose to be there. Sometimes obedience is just sowing the seeds for something we don't see yet.

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