Be sure to check out our friend Brett Younker’s new album. This guy is incredibly talented and led our Auburn community in worship with authenticity and energy. Grab it here from iTunes. You won’t be disappointed. Brett is a worship leader based out of Atlanta, Ga.

Brett, we’re going to get Hong Kong hooked. Excited for you, brother.

What an amazing night we shared together with our students…worshiping! We know this is a little late in the month, but we wanted you to see and remember what you had been praying toward. I loved watching our students with wide eyes, take it all in.  The music, the energy, the lights, the sea of Chinese students, the message, and most importantly, JESUS - it was a beautiful night.

We left challenged to live for HIS story;  to live lives that are pushing CHRIST out in front.

For those that prayed for the event, THANKS!  Lives were changed and God-sized dreams were dreamed.  Hearts were asking “how can I make my life count for the thing that matters most?”  Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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We are just one day away, people.  Louie, Tomlin, Crowder, and the production crews are rolling in and the anticipation is building.  We want to see the Lord do huge things in the lives of the university students that attend.

It’s for your name and renown, Lord, that we gather.  The message of the cross is glorious and life-changing so we prepare our hearts for an encounter with You.

Things to pray for:

-  Salvation. As you know, we’ve had the privilege of sharing life with some amazing students.  We pray that they encounter Jesus in a life-changing way.

-  Clarity. Passion has arranged interpreters for the event, but even some of the biblical language can be lost in translation, our students tell us.  Of course we want the night to be as culturally relevant as possible.

- For God-sized dreams to be realized. We are loved by a big God, and He has big things in store for those that say “yes.”  Our students have so much undiscovered potential.  May they become unhindered chasers.

Don’t forget to post your prayers in the comment section below.

As some of you may know, the Passion World Tour will be stopping through Hong Kong on June 5.  This is a huge moment for both Hong Kong university students and Mainland students to be intersected by the grace and love of the cross.  This is just the second time the world tour has stopped through Hong Kong, so we are praying for an awesome turn out.

The question for you is this- will you join us?  Will you pray for this night and the days leading up to it?

We will be posting a few things to be praying for here each day up until June 5.   We’d love for you to post your prayers in the comments section of these posts too.  What an incredible way to show our students that our friends in the states are behind them?

Father, we pray for awakening in a supernatural way.
This is not about an event, a speaker, a band, cool lights, or big arenas.
It’s about the creator of the universe offering rescue, love, and purpose to his children.
Holy spirit, we invite you to orchestrate and move in the hearts of the students that attend.
King Jesus, will you break down walls- The walls of self-hatred, anxiety, performance-based
living, and addictions.  You know our hearts Father, so satisfy us.  Satisfy searching
hearts, damaged hearts, hardened hearts.
This city is yours God, so have your way.

THINGS TO PRAY FOR:
-  Logistics of the event. Folks are already on the ground here, getting everything in order - anything from venue logistics, equipment, hotel reservations, etc.

-  Student conversations. We are praying for a big turnout.  Not for numbers sake, but for eternity sake.  Pray that these students will get excited about the event and bring along everyone they know.

-  The Passion team. These guys have a jammed-packed summer, that’s for sure.  Pray that Louie, the worship bands, sound crews, greeters, etc. will operate out of renewal and not exhaustion.

That’s all for now.  We look forward to your comments and prayers.

This is a pretty common sight around the city.  These drivers service most all of Hong Kong for a starting fare of 18.00 HKD (a little over $2 USD).  It’s always an adventure jumping in a cab because more times than not, the drivers only speak Cantonese. If you don’t know how to  CLEARLY and CORRECTLY say where you are heading, you humbly pull up Google maps and start pointing.  It’s quite humorous and we usually get a chuckle out of the driver at the end of the process.  You might find yourself being told to buckle up before pulling away from the curb because if pulled over and passengers aren’t strapped in, the driver is slapped with a hefty fine.  Whether we are reminded our not, we buckle up because the majority of the cabbies seem to drive as if training for the Indy 500.

Safety first… thanks Hong Kong.

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What a posture. What a bright blue bowl.

Take Exit E2 from the Mong Kok MTR station, and you will more often than not see this man and his bright blue bowl. If not him, then another gentleman sitting on the ground tapping a coffee cup next to the feet of the recent or soon to be passengers.

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I’m telling you, we’ve been going non-stop since the team arrived; so we decided to take them to one of our favorite villages for market shopping, a little down time, and good eats.  Stanley Village is located on the southeastern part of Hong Kong Island and is one of HK’s tourist hot spots.  Now, its quaint village feel definitely appeases the traveler seeking to escape the bustling city life, but you will still find yourself rubbing elbows with locals as you meander through the famous Stanley Market area.  It was a great way to unwind from the busy past couple of days.

Stanley Village

The famous Hong Kong Star Ferry. One of the routes takes this from Tsim Sha Tsui to Central (Hong Kong Island side).  The ferry offers tourist an inexpensive and efficient  mode of crossing Victoria Harbour.  There are 12 ferries that operate four routes and service close to 70,000 passengers a day!

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