Last summer I came down to visit my sister and mom, and came to The River with them. The Holy Spirit convicted me, and I immediately began to change my life. I rededicated my life to the Lord and stopped drinking. I still lived and went to college in NC, so I was only able to visit Florida a couple of times a year. Within a few months of my new walk with the Lord, I knew I wanted to move to Florida. I still had a lease on an apartment, until this summer, so I had to stay and wait it out. I took this time to press into God. I watched The Great Awakening every night as God continued to work in my life and change me. The more I pressed in, the more I hated my old life. As I began my walk with the Lord, I lost all of my friends from the world. This only made it easier to leave it all behind.

I moved to Tampa in June of this year. Summer Camp Meeting changed my life. I became even more hungry for God. The lord then planted Bible school on my heart. At the time, I had already made arraignments to be a transfer student at USF, for my senior year. However, God had another plan for me. I decided to sow the money for the application fee for RBI and prayed that if it was the Lord’s will for me to go then the money would come back to me. Two days later my application fee was paid for and I had changed my whole life path. God even blessed me with a new bag and expensive laptop, to confirm I was making the right choice.

In Bible school has begun I already notice so many changes in myself. I notice that in the small things there is a big change. I have more patience, integrity, wisdom and self?control. I am also learning how to walk in love towards everyone around me. I am happier than I have ever been. The Lord has already done so much for me and in me that I can only be excited to see what He has in store for my future….Joy M.

My Pastor didn’t approve of me coming, so I started to pray to God to show them I had to be here. God did just that, he spoke to my Senior Pastor and my church blessed me for my plane ticket and my first month rent of housing. As I was flying to Florida I was nervous but I just kept asking God for strength and peace, because coming to a new place all by your self is not easy. The Great Awakening Tour shows that leaving your comfort zone is never easy, but I could say to anyone, “It’s so worth it”.  Once I arrived I was ready to start classes but they told us classes won’t start yet until after revival week. After one week of revival god decided to make another week of revival, which I was super happy about because God knows that I needed another week, there was so many things God still needed to break inside me.

Rodney Howard Browne shows that now in that week God little by little started to break down many walls that I didn’t even know I had. I thought this whole time I was good and I didn’t need anything, but I was so wrong. On Thursday September 8^th God did something amazing in my life. Not only in mine but I believe in all the students in RBI/RSW. I have been asking God to show me how I could be a true giver, not because I wanted something in return but just because I wanted to be a true blessing to someone else. On Thursday every student started to give anything that God would put in their hearts.

Rodney Howard Browne says that when I made the decision to go to R.B.I God started opening up doors left and right in my life. I had no idea how I was going to pay for it or where I was going to live so I just believed God and Pastor Rodney ended up giving me a scholarship which was a huge blessing. Rodney Howard Brown tells us that when I went looking for apartments the manager of the first apartment I checked out went to R.B.I a few years ago. She ended up giving my roommate and I a great deal. God has really had his hand upon me and has been doing a quick work in my life. On July 31st he dropped it into my spirit to go to bible school and within that week I got a scholarship and an apartment. Since coming to bible school God has been doing miraculous things in my life. Orientation week was amazing! I got touched by the fire of God and my life will never be the same again.

God is downloading things into my spirit and I am being used like never before. There is a holy boldness on the inside of me to go out and preach the gospel and I have such a burden for souls. 34 people have already come to know Christ as their Lord and savior through one on one ministry.  That three of them got baptized in the Holy Ghost and three others have gotten healed by praying the word of God. My prayer life has grown. I have become so yielded to the presence and the things of God and God has been speaking to me. I am already learning so much and it is not just head knowledge but it has gone directly into my spirit. According to the Great Awakening Tour that praying out the things I have learned has been awesome and God has been moving in power. I am stepping out of my comfort zone and I am amazed about what God has been doing. My life has already drastically changed in the past 3 weeks and God is doing some amazing things in and through me. This next 9 months is going to change my life forever and I can’t wait to see what God has in store for me. I am yielding completely to his work!

My life has change so much . I pray to re-dedicate my life to Christ Jesus, at the beginning of this year. I was really complacent. I always wanted to witness and wont people to the Lord. Going out to the street and talk to people about the Bible and tell that God loves them. And I had no result, when I saw all testimonies on TV, and that they winning people to the Lord, I had to get down to Tampa to get trained. Since I had started used the script, I have led around about 150 people to the Lord. In 20 years before that,  probable about 10 people to Jesus Christ.

I wanted to go to the Bible College since I was 18 years old, I always had reason not to go. Any how since I’ve being here I have more peace on the inside, and more of sensitivity to Holy Spirit. I now listening to more worship music, and when I do the Holy Ghost comes over me. I stated to laugh and cry. That didn’t happen before. I can feel the Holy Spirit welling up  in my stomach. I’ve also got more of hunger for just wanted to read the Bible. I believe my mind is been renewed by the Word of God every day. I feel the presence of God every time I witness to people, and I learning a lot of sowing and planting seed.

My experience during the student great awakening conference.

I have during this meeting falling under the power of God, and I have seen many people touch.

In that during one of the morning meeting, the anointing fall strongly, I did feel the rivers of water inside of me, like I never before have sense it. Lord did do something deep in my spirit during this morning. That touch did change me during that meeting.

I did get a full conviction and understanding of my vision, why I’m here at the RBI school, and what I will do in the future.

Rodney Howard Brown tells us that now I feel the deep anointing, the anointing flowing inside of me. It’s a different anointing that I have experience before.

He did reveal my vision; I was so happy that I cried. During that meeting I did come closer to the Lord.

I did during the meetings learn more about the anointing, by sensing His presence.

My eyes did get more open to it, and I’m so amazed over what God have done in me in this short period of time.

I realize how important it is to stand, or be under the anointing. I can see how I’m changed in many areas in my life during my time at The River.

My strongest wish is to tell people that there is a Savior, which really exists. He does amazing things with people, setting them free from what ever you can imagine.

My hope is now to maintain the faith level I have here at The River. I thank God out of my whole heart for the work He have done in me, and what He continuing doing in me….Rudi W.