I may be one of the only ones.....but I miss GOC. It is a lot of time and energy poured out but the relationships and joy of serving with so many people far outweighs all that. I have to give a shout out to my buddy Stewart...who plays Jesus. (Mike Gregg does too....but not in the part I am going to talk about....Mike is the Crucified Christ....and does an AMAZING JOB!). But Stewart blesses me so much in the "Healing Scene". It all started last year at GOC. I was standing in my spot with the choir....watching "Jesus" talk to the disciples....and he looked at me. Though just for a moment....he actually LOOKED at me. I swear it was like Christ paused for a moment in the midst of all that was going on and gave me his attention. It made my eyes water....and I was so thankful. The next day in the same scene...he did it again. This time God used Stewart in that costume (which makes him look so much what I would envision Christ to look like) to speak to me deeply. It was as if God was saying....I havent forgot about you. I "see" you in this huge group of people....I see YOU Kristi. You are that important to me. Stewart did that every concert and it has become something he has done ever since then. It is a special thing between us. I think it is even just cool that Stewart remembers to look at me.....he knows how special it is to me. Some people in the choir may see me as being silly (and some people reading this may too)...but I cannot tell you how much I love that time with Christ. Even if it is just a regular guy dressed up as him. In my mind I dream of it being Jesus....and I like it that way. This year, in the second weekend, I came down out of the choir to be in the crowd. I was not only able to have him look at me but stop and shake my hand. What a sweet thing.

GOC may be over.....but I want to stay in this place with Christ. I have had some "re-starts" with God the past couple days. I have spent some time reading and praying....just "hanging" with God. It is something I have missed so much. Please pray for me to keep pressing in and pursuing God. He pursues me and I want to be caught.

Thank you Stewart for another special year. I cant even explain to you (tears in my eyes as I type) what these simple acts mean to me. Thank you. I am praying for you....your fabulous wife and sweet daughter. I just know God has great plans for you. And some of those plans include being a HUGE BLESSING to me. Love you bud.....