Week 6 in Ocean City, MD    The last week of MP1 was the pinnacle to our trip!

                                    Ryan Throne preaching on Wednesday night

We faced some challenges throughout the week such as finding a spot to set up the sketch board.  Even though is was difficult some nights to find a place to set up we still had very large crowds stop and listen each night.  Another obstacle that we faced throughout the week was the police officers on the boardwalk.  Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday they stopped and told us to turn down our music for the drama or to move in closer to the side of the boardwalk or to try to get the crowds to not block the boardwalk.  All of these were reasonable request but, it felt like they were targeting us because we had to be very aware of about all of these things to ensure we could continue to preach the gospel.

Our devotional and time of praise and worship prior to going out each day was very refreshing and prepared our hearts as a team for the ministry and the opposition that we faced on the boardwalk

A turn of events occurred on Thursday night.  We went out early to set up on Division Street and it seemed as though we were not going to have any problems with the police.  Then as soon as I began to open the preach-o-matic an officer came over and told me we could not set up there because of a town regulation.  Apparently, that is the only street on the boardwalk that is closed to preforming.  I tried to explain we are not performing but, they considered it that because we set up something and were going to be drawing a crowd.  So I decided to try to find another spot further down the boardwalk.  About 4 blocks further down I saw a spot that was open but, two magicians were set up near by.  I decided to stop and see if we could still preach beside them.  They said they would rather not share the space but, told me about a spot on Surf street which was really far down  the boardwalk but, it was available and we would have no other vendors to compete with on Surf street.  So by this time I was getting discouraged by the fact that we had to move around so many times.  We went to Surf street and it was a awesome spot to set up and we were not harrassed by the police one time all night.  Praise God for moving us around until He got us were He wanted us.  We even went back to this spot the next night and were able to park the van about 30 feet from where we set up and in the beginning of the week we had to carry everything a couple of blocks from the van to set up.

The crowds at Surf street were amazing and many good conversations occurred after the messages!!

Another favorite spot of our towards the end of the week after we finished using the sketch board was the sand sculptures.   We would go there to sit and relax after preaching and some of us preached messages at the sand sculptures as well.  This was a great time to lift up the name of Jesus while people stopped to look at the beauty of the sculptures.

Sarah giving her first message on the boardwalk at Surf street.  She did a great job!

Ryan preaching at the sand sculptures!

Ruth Anne praying before she gives a message at the sand sculptures!

Overall, the last week at Ocean City was incredible everyone did a wonderful job at either preaching or sharing the gospel one on one and the dramas were great also.  I can not say enough about the way God used this team for His glory at Ocean City and throughout the summer.  Thanks again to all that made this summer's Mission Possible One a reality.  Without your prayers and support we could have not made the impact for Christ that we did.  I also would like to ask you to lift up each of these teens in your prayer because I know they can do great things for God in the future and they need your prayers to keep them strong in their faith and service to the Lord.