UrbanPromise Toronto just got a booth last minute at MissionFest Toronto 2011 which was held in Global Kingdom Ministries. It was a pretty exciting weekend for me, probably because I intentionally kept busy thinking that this was probably the only time of the year I'd do this. It was like a huge reunion for me, of course I saw a lot of familiar faces but at the same time...I loved approaching people who came to our table and glanced at our promo for more than a second. I shared so many stories, it was very easy for me to share what we were all about, and it was also easy to direct them to specific parts of our ministry that they were leaning towards on.
All my Camp Freedom interns and one StreetLeader came to represent and share from their hearts the mission and vision God has called us to. It was great for them to take part in it, share the ministry and God's love, be those leaders I know God can mould them into...as well as check out the other ministries that they could be involved with in the future.
Of course I didn't stay at the booth all the time, I loved walking around and meeting so many people that I have met several times in the past in different circles. It was great to also just walk around and tell exhibitors, old friends and new faces to come check out our booth. It was very encouraging to see our booth being visited often as well as having such great neighbouring booths like Camp Eulogia for example. It was even better to see all our booths help each other out and the visitors by directing them to other booths that they might be interested in, Body of Christ...no competition, no division, no invasion...just compassion.
I was also very fortunate and blessed to meet several people Friday morning...albeit it was kind of strategic for Saturday on my part...but it worked out great for everybody (having past friendships and getting to know new people from new booths that I've never met before). I was able to put UrbanPromise Toronto on the map, God was so good. I was definitely representing...being interviewed by my friend Jermaine Wall (aka Brown Rice) from Youth Unlimited's podcast called Ginseng Radio. Click the logo below to listen to the podcast:
Before that, however, I had the opportunity to represent UrbanPromise Toronto again by being interviewed by Neil Boron live on WDCX Radio (99.5 FM) by meeting Callie on Friday morning. It was so encouraging to see people at MissionFest Toronto and to hear from other's tweets via my BlackBerry on how they all tuned in, enjoyed it and were blessed by it.
By the way, Twitter & Facebook have been so helpful...I tweet the needs of Camp Freedom like school supplies and candy for our incentive program's treasure box and people have been replying from unexpected places. We have gotten several candies, chips, crayons and have yet to get some small toys, pens, pencils, erasers, etc. from other donors. When we have no budget, we end up getting more that we thought...more miracles, more power to add to our testimonies, more prayer, love, support, materials, finances, etc. God's been answering all our prayers, the prayers of our donors and He's been providing in abundance.
Proclaiming the love of Jesus through all of this...sharing God's love and listening to God...that was the main focus really throughout the weekend for myself and that's the vibe I got from everybody else. MissionFest Toronto 2011 was a pretty busy, exciting and adventurous experience...praise God!
