RAVEN UPDATE

March ReportRAVEN MINISTRIES: Pastor Troy D. BohnMar 14, 2006
Tuesday, March 14, 2003
Report For March
Dear Friends, Family and Servants of Jesus,
Wow--it is already half the month and I am just now getting to sit down and send out the March report! If it was that I was sitting on a beach in the Bahamas that would be one thing (a good thing?) but we have just been in the flow of some glorious things that God is doing here in New Orleans and across the county as well!
First off: The Mardi Gras Outre ach (February 24-28) was I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E to say the least. This was our tenth year of ministry during Mardi Gras and it was by and far the very best year yet. We had about 125 "Raven" on theteam this year and every single one of them was a tremendous blessing to Melanie and myself.
When you get together with such precious, Jesus-loving folks, you can't help but say to yourself, "THIS is how it should always be when His people come together." The funny thing about it is, I had two different pastors say to me at the end of the outreach, "This really messed me up! What do I do now? I can't go back to normalcy!"
Don't you just love it when God s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-s you in ways that you only imagined in your mind, but never knew how He would actually do it? Those are the times when "refreshing comes from the presence of the Lord" Acts 3:19
Even though this year was the 10th for RAVEN, it was also a 1st as well. This is the first year that we have ope ned up the camp to High School aged youngstaz. Prior to this year we had always had a minimum age requirement for this particualr outreach at 18 and older. I just felt as though the Holy Spirt was directing me to invite Spirit-filled young people to rise up and stand with us in this. I was not disappointed in the least.
We had about 25 teenagers and these guys ROCKED! They were truly standard bearers from day one. Their love for Jesus, their unity towards each other and the body of Christ, and their zeal to reach the lost and dying was contagious to us all! Praise God for a new generation that is tired of "just hearing about it" and desires to "go do something with it!"
There were so many that came to Jesus during this years outreach. I kept telling people, "You are going to see that it is different in the French Quarter and on Bourbon Street." I told them that it had been such a time of harvest and that I was believing God for it to continue during Mardi Gras....an d it did!
It was just "easy" to witness this year. There were so many hearts open to hear the truth. We saw people bound by homosexuality come to Jesus. We saw drunkards and drug addicts lay down their bondages and receive His deliverance. We saw young people challenged, changed and transformed by the Spirit of Truth. We saw older people SMACKED by the power of God as an open demonstration of His Lordship!
In short--it was a Jesus-Time in New Orleans over Mardi Gras!
One of the highlights of the weekend was our community outreach on Saturday they 25th in St. Bernard Parish (NewOrleans East). Our camp this year was located in the New Orleans Command and Ministry Center (established by the Church of God) and it also housed a warehouse full of relief supplies (food, cleaning items, supplies, etc). We joined with Pastor Terry Ray of New Day Christian Center (New Orleans) and distributed food to an estimated 600 vehicles that day (representing 1000's of effected f amily members still hurting in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina).
While the supplies were great to give away, the high point was seeing so many people being ministered to, coming to Jesus, being healed, delivered and comforted during the distribution.
The line was so long that you could not see the end of it stretching down the roadway, but we had our team stationed at about 20 yard intervals ministering hope and life (Jesus) as each car advanced in the line! By the time they reached the front--most had been ministered to and prayed for multiple times with many praying for salvation!
I have many pictures posted on the website www.BigGrace.com
BOOT CAMP IN THE BIG APPLE
May 18-22 Bobby Chance (Streetwise Ministry) and myself will host the First Annual "Boot Camp in the Big Apple." This will be an outreach to NYC for a team of (30) men that we are assembling. We will be taking the "Team" out in to s everal very strategic areas of the city (Times Square, Ground Zero, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, etc) and doing one-on-one witnessing, open air preaching, singing, testifying, etc.
If you would like to be a part of this team, please go to the "Boot Camp In the Big Apple" section on our website for more details. Space is very limited, so make your plans now to attend. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly by email (troybohn@cox.net) or at my office (504) 304-6535.
Would you consider helping sponsor this event? Your financial gift would sure ease the burden of the expenses necessary to minister those five days. You can make a donation online at www.BigGrace.com and going to the "Make A Donation" page for secure giving or by sending your gift to:
Raven Outreach
P.O. Box 113196
Meta irie, LA 70011
Be sure to check out all the updates on the website, we have dozens of new pictrues with dozens more added daily!
Blessings,
Pastor Troy D. Bohn