We had a great family movie night screening the Beyond The Dream movie and showing the trailer to the new Promised Land movie that we will be filming in Israel in October of 2009. We also had special musical guest Josh Garrels who performed some of his incredible new songs from his latest album. Josh is currently touring California and Oregon. I highly recommend you go see him live! Josh Garrels tour dates: (www.joshgarrels.com)
This event was also a fundraiser for the Promised Land project. Thank you to everyone who attended and who generously made donations to this project that is so close to God’s heart. We also want to thank Julie Gormick for doing such a great job organizing this event!
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In the early 1990’s, I interviewed Joey after he had quit surfing entirely, and was planting a church in Virginia Beach in a 7-11 shopping center.
It was shocking to see how much he was sacrificing, as I remembered him from his glory days of surfing, but here he was, serving anonymously in an environment that was humbling to say the least.
But the thing I’ll never forget, and will be grateful for the rest of my life, is that he offered to pray for me after I interviewed him. He got on his knees in his office, and with my crew standing there, asked the Lord to make his presence known to me.
No one knew it at the time, but my life was falling apart. Before Joey finished his prayer, I was in tears, as I felt that my burden was being lifted at that very moment.
I know he probably looks back on his time in VB as a bit of a wilderness experience, but God worked through him to completely transform my life.
I’ve been walking with the Lord ever since. Thanks Joey, and thanks to WOW for sharing his story with the world.