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Hey guys! It’s Ben from Wales! I came last year and can’t wait until this year! I already booked my plane tickets back in September! God bless you all!

I just saw your program on TV, and I am so glad that you guys lay it flat out and tell the facts. That’s what this world needs. My whole life I have believed in Jesus Christ, but I was always caught up in living my life. Yeah, I knew the things I was doing were wrong. I only prayed when I needed Him to help me. I knew that wasn’t right. It was like I would use Him for the moment, and then leave again. Last night when I saw your show I said "I’m tired" I’m so tired I can’t do it anymore I give it over to you Jesus.... I’m done, and I mean it from my heart.
This is my first testimony, and I’m sure it won’t be my last.

I have always had problems just staying on the right path and not straying from God. But it seems like after every time I repented, I would be back to doing the same exact thing that I had asked for forgiveness for. I had been so sick of it that I finally just gave up and to be honest, I really didn’t care anymore. When my Dad (my pastor..lol) told me about the conference, I knew something was going to happen in my life and in our youth group. So I did come expecting to be radically changed, but not AS changed as I am now. I have never been so on FIRE FOR GOD in my life and I do have to say the same for my youth group. Our church is so on fire for God like I have never seen before. We ended up breaking out in revival and our youth had soooo many friends saved. I thank God for this Collision and how he changed my life that week and everyone else’s. God is amazing and all-powerful and I pray that everyone that was there took what they received home with them and that the amazing things that happened to us when we got home, happened or will happen to them.
And I am so ready for '08s conference! God bless Heartland and everyone who was involved in making this collision happen.

I’ve grown up in church my whole life and i assumed collision would be like every other conference I went too, oh how I was wrong. This past winter i started cutting myself and lying a lot to everyone including myself. I faked my way though the church I’ve been going to for 13 years and nobody even noticed. I faked it so well that i had my self convinced i was fine with Jesus. Then night pastor Michael Rowan spoke it all came crashing down and I realized how much i need the salvation that God was offering. I rededicated my life to the Lord that night and realized how much i need him. The very next night i was slain in the sprit and fell to the floor and was filled with such a peace that I never wanted to get up. Jesus showed me how it is to be in a relationship with him and I am so happy. I went to the conference because if I hadn’t i probably would still be faking my way though church these days. I am planning on coming back next year and still be on fire for God and bringing a couple of new friends with me too.

There is soo much that I want to say about collision. But I want to start with what happened in my life only two weeks before collision. I was struggling with an eating disorder for 3 years and one Sunday night some of the women of our church prayed with me for hours. When we were done I had no desire to even think about doing that again. I thought I had given all of it to God but when one of the speakers gave an altar call at collision about girls with low self esteem and confidence problems I knew it was for me. I still didn't want to go but my sister finally talked me into it. After that service I immediately felt different. I haven’t had one problem since and I am so thankful. When we were back my whole family could see something different in me.
But that’s not all that happened. Our youth was beginning to hate each other. All we did was talk about each other but God gave us such a bond. On Sunday there was such a freedom. I now have no care for anything in the world but God thanks to collision.
THANK YOU