Jason Lahmer

When Jason was giving his testimony i thought to myself, this sounds alot like mine. Grew up the church, got saved around seven (although i really can't remember an exact event to when i got saved), he said he never really fell away from his faith. Wow this is so much like mine, then he went on to say about how in 12th grade he struggled with some things, and that was me but only in 10th grade i did that. I questioned God and why He chose to take the life of my baby cousin and a couple other things. Then He started talking about how he wanted to be a youth evangelist later on when he got to college. That is what i really feel like God is calling me to do. I was just like wow when he started talking about that, i thought we have alot in common this man and me. Oh and i must add that he started out being a youth pastor in union town, not far from where i live! ha!

I had never even met jason before that night, at least not that i remember. The last youth alive director came to our church and spoke and so up until a couple weeks ago i had not known who took over this position. 

When jason started talking about the church he was at and all the ministry and outreaches they did in their little town, i was almost shocked. Our home church does not do much out reach at all. I was thrilled to hear that their little town had a good reputation of the church. Our church back home is called "the big brown round rich church" by people who don't attend there! His idea about the basketball team parade was simply amazing, everyone knows in our little towns highschool sports that do good are like the biggest event. So to know that, but use it to their church's advantage to bring "lost" people into their church was a great idea!

When Jason told his story about just giving a phone call to a school who had just a death in their student body to say he was praying for them and then having it turning out to be a way in which God greatly used Jason to connect and build relationships with those teenagers. Ha, oh how our God takes those little simple things and uses them for His glory! It makes me smile! 

At the very end of Jason's time he was talking about Youth alive and his altar services and he said "only 73 got saved." then he checked himself and took out the "only" I thought that was great, shows he's not about numbers, i mean when you're used to having big numbers naturally you start to think 73 is a low number, but jason there in front of all of us recognized that it wasn't "only" 73, but that there are now 73 More teenagers out there that are living for God! 

I really enjoyed jason alot, and i even am possibly thinking about doing my internship with him! YAY! :)