Author: Jason Maupin 12/24/2009 06:24:00 PM
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Hello everyone! I hope this letter finds you well this holiday season! Its been awhile since my last update. Things for Elevate and also my personal life have been very busy. This past June my wife, Jessica and I packed up our one bedroom apartment in Fort Myers, Florida and moved 2,289 miles to Glendale, Arizona! We absolutely love it out here! We are apart of a church plant called Destiny Church (www.destinychurchaz.com). Our pastors heart and love for people challenges me! We are very blessed to be apart of this great church!
2009 has been filled with many exciting opportunities for Elevate and Im very blessed to say that this past year I have had the privilege of speaking to 25,000 people in 10 different states. Of those 25,000 people several thousand have been transformed by the power of Jesus Christ! This year I was given the opportunity to speak for Steve Tripp at the Wisconsin Northern Michigan youth convention where 1,600 youth came together and gave their all, worshiping their creator. The first night when I gave the salvation invitation I couldn't see the audience very well because of the lights. Out of the corner of my eye I saw one student coming forward and thought to myself "I guess everyones good to go!" As I held my hand up to block the light, I saw hundreds of students flooding the alter. It was the conventions largest alter call for salvation they had ever had. Praise God!! The highlight for me that weekend was to have my beautiful wife with me, she blessed a lot of people with her music! Its so great to be doing ministry together!!
Alter call for salvation the first night of Wisconsin/Northern Michigan Convention.
Im excited for 2010 and all that God is going to do! My schedule is already getting booked with new and exciting things! This February I will be heading to Dublin, Ireland for the first time to speak in schools! Im excited to see what the future holds and how God is going to use Elevate to help students reach their full potential! I'm listing some dates below of when and where I'll be so you can remember to pray for me.
Words are never enough to describe my thankfulness to all my Elevate Partners out there who give of their time, energy, and finances to help students hear a message of hope! This last week I had the opportunity to speak to a maximum security prison here in Arizona where 20 prisoners gave their lives to Jesus! They could not afford to pay me but because of my monthly contributors I was able to do it anyway! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You have apart in everything I do!!
A couple of reminders: I have a blog I write that you can sign up for on my website. I also have a Facebook fan page that I recently created (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elevate-Industries/114387539064?ref=ts). If you have any pictures from recent events, you can post them on there or just leave me a note! Both the blog and the Facebook fan page you can access at www.elevateindustries.com or just click on one of the links to the left and it will direct you to my site. Also I recently gave in to the Twitter mania and got a Twitter account (http://twitter.com/Jason_Maupin) this is how you can find me and follow my "Tweets."
From my wife Jessica and I we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a blessed 2010!!
Much love!
Upcoming Dates:
1/10/2010-World Hope Worship Center-Salsbury, NC-704.636.9159
1/29-31/2010- Winter Blast-Susquehanna, PA- 856.308.3453
1/1-9/2010- School Tour- Dublin, Ireland- 918.274.0057
2/26-28/2010- Whiteout Winter Retreat- Minneapolis, MN- 952.997.2222 Ext. 233
3/3/2010- School Assembly- Wisconsin- 715.340.9367
3/7/2010- First Assembly West- Fort Myers, FL- 239.458.0813
7/26-30/2010-Assembly Park Bible Camp- Superior, WI- 715.374.2130