Returning From the Reason Rally

Returning From the Reason Rally

All right we're good. Hey guys, this is Jeff, myself, Whitney, and Joyce Filman. We're here at the Lincoln Memorial in D .C. getting ready to head back home here in a little bit. We just wanted to give the church just a quick brief summary of how our trip went.

It was really cool. Yesterday, I don't know, it was maybe 20 ,000 -30 ,000 people at the rally. We got to do some really good conversations. We got four, five, six, maybe seven really good interviews on video, liberties, and documentary.

It was just really good. It was really cool to see how God provided for us, even in an outlet for the camera in the middle of the grass, which was crazy. So really good. I think for me, the thing that stood out to me the most was just the group of people gathered yesterday.

It was just a glimpse of what the world would look like if God unrestrained His grace and evil was allowed to reign freely.

Conversations at the Rally and God’s Providence

What's up guys? It's been awesome. Yesterday's Reason Rally was, I think, better than I expected. People were more than willing to do conversations with us. Nobody put up a fight. Everyone was like, yes, we'll do it.

Signed the waivers. We had great conversations, extended conversations. Whitney and Joyce have been a huge blessing. We really couldn't have done this without them on this trip. Pastor Luke and I just felt blessed.

We had conversations with a wide spectrum of people, which was God's providence, because we wanted to make sure we had people that could engage this issue intellectually. So we showed just a wide spectrum of younger people to people going for their PhDs.

It was really good. The conversations were not—it wasn't a ruckus for us. It was very good conversations, gentle, respectful. We actually got a compliment from three people about how gentle and respectful they said they loved our approach and how we're doing this.

So God was glorified. We're having a great time. We've had a blessed time. So we're looking forward to coming home and seeing everyone and worshipping with you.

Seeing Atheism, Anger, and God’s Glory

Hey, church. Love you guys. Miss you guys. We had a phenomenal time here in D .C. I just wanted to share that yesterday at the rally, just seeing everybody, seeing all the atheists gather, it was very tough.

It was different to see anger and evil and just the uncomfortability they seem to have in their being. And in the midst of it all, standing there, feeling alone, I just looked down and I could see God's grace and I could see His glory even in that.

It was just such a wonderful, powerful time and just so blessed that God gave us this opportunity to come and just do this. Okay, I'm going to film Joy now.

Okay.

Closing Reflections on a Blessed Trip

I would prefer a taller person to do this, but... Okay, it's been an awesome trip. God has just continued to exceed our expectations, as always. It's just been totally blessed. It's just a blessing to talk with people and to grow closer with our pastors and our friends and to just kind of get closer and just spend a weekend where there's just nothing but serving God and glorifying Him.

All right. So, I'm going to get everyone here. We're hitting our flight soon. I hope you guys pray for us. When you guys are in church tonight, we should be actually on the flight. So, we love you guys and we look forward to seeing you.

So, bye-bye.

Peace.