Birthday "TøpGosp" Adventure
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Here's how you can bless me... for my birthday this year! It's a big dream, a huge dream, but its something I want badly, and I figured it would be worth a try.
Deadline is February 14, 2017
My Birthday
A Friend
A Life Changing Concert
The West Coast
A Huge Evangelism Opportunity
A Time To Seek and Praise God
This might sound wild!
let me explain...
I titled this "TopGosp" because it involves both Twenty One Pilots (TOP), and the Gospel (as well as hopefully sharing it!), and an adventure that envolves both. (plus I thought "TopGosp" sounded maybe catchy. haha)
I Love God with all my heart
I love Twenty One Pilots with half of it .... :P
Twenty One Pilots is a mainstream band that consists of two Christian guys that share the gospel in their cryptic lyrics. Their music is everything I could ever ask for when it comes to what music to listen to. God actually answered a prayer I said years ago about wanting something that made me feel understood, lifted my mood and pointed me to Him. I didnt think it was possible!
The problem with the music I listened to at the time was that it DID make me feel understood, but it was lacking in hope, and pulled me farther into the depression that would go on to rule me throughout the following years.
Twenty One Pilots is so different from any of that, and so spot-on for what I've always dreamed for. It has done so much for me... Pulled me through super low moments and pointed big, bright arrows, away from themselves, to God, my true hope! Or rather, God has done so much for me, through Twenty One Pilots! This music, this movement, has helped me follow God, hold onto hope, and stay alive.
It would be such a huge blessing and honor to be able to see Twenty One Pilots in concert. However the band leaves the US soon to complete their current world tour. There are concerts planned for all over the country, but unfortunately none in Colorado. And unfortunatley, time is runnign out. But you see, my birthday is coming up, and I know of a way that you could really bless me... ;)
It's been my dream for some time, also, to one day see the West Coast. The West Coast is a symbol of hope for me, and not becasue I like California. At some point I decided that I had to stay alive... but for what reason? To see the West Coast. And if nothing else, there was that.
There is a song by a band called Emery that I love the lyrics to. Here are some excerpts:
"If I could just kill myself, would it also kill the remorse?"
"Im just a kid withought a better plan, but its the simple thoughts that haunt me the most, I never got to see the West Coast"
"But it's the life I dreamed I'd have, the love I would find in my grasp, the words I could share with somone. Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs that tomorrow my hope will become fulfilled by a love that cant be undone, and saved a wretch like me."
"One day we gotta see the west coast"
There is a Twenty One Pilots concert on February 16th in Anaheim, CA --not too far away from where a family we knew in Malawi currently lives. I am a dreamer and I got to dreaming and thought, "hey! My friend from my bible study and I could fly out there, stay with that family and see twenty one pilots all for my birthday!" But thats a crazy dream isnt it?! I thought I could maybe pay for it all by myself... but thats a lot. And that's where I thought you could come in.
On this trip one thing that would be really important to me would be to share the gospel with other Twenty One Pilots fans. The music is an amazing lead in to a conversation about struggles, hope, and salvation! I can't think of another setting I would rather try to evangelize to strangers in. It would be an amazing growing experience for me and hopefully a blessing to others.
This trip would be a miricle. I would want to make it a retreat of sorts, for my friend and me to redirect ourselves toward God, dig deap into His Word, and praise Him all along the way.
I have had some hard times that you probably know about- really hard times. This trip would be a dream come true and an amazing blessing. And an amazing birthday gift!!! My brithday is coming up, and actually so is my friend's. She will turn 20 and I will turn 19.
The plan is to buy plane tickets for both my friend and me to fly to California, (and we would get picked up by the family we know there.) To buy concert tickets for both my friend and me, (and we would wait in line all day to be able to get close to the stage, and this is when we would talk to other fans about Jesus while we wait in line, theoretically) To compensate the family for driving us around so much, (they are so generous) and, To pay for some food and other small costs.
I would also plan to document the experience to share with you what you have contributed to.
If you've read all the way to here, you are amazing and I love you because if you did that it probably means you love me and I really apreciate you for that. God has blessed me so much with amazing people in my life.
Please consider giving my friend and I a peice of this amazing gift.
Deadline is February 14, 2017
My Birthday
A Friend
A Life Changing Concert
The West Coast
A Huge Evangelism Opportunity
A Time To Seek and Praise God
This might sound wild!
let me explain...
I titled this "TopGosp" because it involves both Twenty One Pilots (TOP), and the Gospel (as well as hopefully sharing it!), and an adventure that envolves both. (plus I thought "TopGosp" sounded maybe catchy. haha)
I Love God with all my heart
I love Twenty One Pilots with half of it .... :P
Twenty One Pilots is a mainstream band that consists of two Christian guys that share the gospel in their cryptic lyrics. Their music is everything I could ever ask for when it comes to what music to listen to. God actually answered a prayer I said years ago about wanting something that made me feel understood, lifted my mood and pointed me to Him. I didnt think it was possible!
The problem with the music I listened to at the time was that it DID make me feel understood, but it was lacking in hope, and pulled me farther into the depression that would go on to rule me throughout the following years.
Twenty One Pilots is so different from any of that, and so spot-on for what I've always dreamed for. It has done so much for me... Pulled me through super low moments and pointed big, bright arrows, away from themselves, to God, my true hope! Or rather, God has done so much for me, through Twenty One Pilots! This music, this movement, has helped me follow God, hold onto hope, and stay alive.
It would be such a huge blessing and honor to be able to see Twenty One Pilots in concert. However the band leaves the US soon to complete their current world tour. There are concerts planned for all over the country, but unfortunately none in Colorado. And unfortunatley, time is runnign out. But you see, my birthday is coming up, and I know of a way that you could really bless me... ;)
It's been my dream for some time, also, to one day see the West Coast. The West Coast is a symbol of hope for me, and not becasue I like California. At some point I decided that I had to stay alive... but for what reason? To see the West Coast. And if nothing else, there was that.
There is a song by a band called Emery that I love the lyrics to. Here are some excerpts:
"If I could just kill myself, would it also kill the remorse?"
"Im just a kid withought a better plan, but its the simple thoughts that haunt me the most, I never got to see the West Coast"
"But it's the life I dreamed I'd have, the love I would find in my grasp, the words I could share with somone. Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs that tomorrow my hope will become fulfilled by a love that cant be undone, and saved a wretch like me."
"One day we gotta see the west coast"
There is a Twenty One Pilots concert on February 16th in Anaheim, CA --not too far away from where a family we knew in Malawi currently lives. I am a dreamer and I got to dreaming and thought, "hey! My friend from my bible study and I could fly out there, stay with that family and see twenty one pilots all for my birthday!" But thats a crazy dream isnt it?! I thought I could maybe pay for it all by myself... but thats a lot. And that's where I thought you could come in.
On this trip one thing that would be really important to me would be to share the gospel with other Twenty One Pilots fans. The music is an amazing lead in to a conversation about struggles, hope, and salvation! I can't think of another setting I would rather try to evangelize to strangers in. It would be an amazing growing experience for me and hopefully a blessing to others.
This trip would be a miricle. I would want to make it a retreat of sorts, for my friend and me to redirect ourselves toward God, dig deap into His Word, and praise Him all along the way.
I have had some hard times that you probably know about- really hard times. This trip would be a dream come true and an amazing blessing. And an amazing birthday gift!!! My brithday is coming up, and actually so is my friend's. She will turn 20 and I will turn 19.
The plan is to buy plane tickets for both my friend and me to fly to California, (and we would get picked up by the family we know there.) To buy concert tickets for both my friend and me, (and we would wait in line all day to be able to get close to the stage, and this is when we would talk to other fans about Jesus while we wait in line, theoretically) To compensate the family for driving us around so much, (they are so generous) and, To pay for some food and other small costs.
I would also plan to document the experience to share with you what you have contributed to.
If you've read all the way to here, you are amazing and I love you because if you did that it probably means you love me and I really apreciate you for that. God has blessed me so much with amazing people in my life.
Please consider giving my friend and I a peice of this amazing gift.
Organizer
Elizabeth Trumble
Organizer
Colorado Springs, CO
