Salvation for Elizabeth

Last night we were able to minister to at the Fresh Fire Youth ministry in Paramount, CA. I was able to make so many great relationships, but there was one in particular that I know will stick with me. I met Elizabeth before service, and she was amazing. So, of course, I found her after service as well to tell her that I would love to see her in our Masters Commission this next year.

As I was talking to her about Masters, she changed her expression from a look of curiosity to the -I don't want to hear about this- look. She then told me that she just started coming to church and wasn't saved or anything. She wasn't really even sure if she was going to stick around. I changed the direction of our conversation and asked her what she thought about God from what she had seen that night. She told me that she wasn't sure.

About a year before she came to Fresh Fire Youth, Elizabeth went to a Mormon Church. Her experience there destroyed her and her relationship with God. To put it in layman's terms -Stupid people did stupid things and stamped God's name on it. I apologized to her for what had happened, from the bottom of my heart, and I told her that that was not the God I serve.

I went on to explain to her who my God, and the God of the church we were at, truly was. Afterward I asked her if she wanted to know Him...really know Him. Her eyes began to water and a look of relief came about her face as she said, "Yes."

Then and there I was able to lead Elizabeth to salvation. I am still ecstatic.

Brittany Kirkendoll
Crossfire Masters Commission