CWF Updates

Well we finished our summer schedule at our Rockwall warehouse Saturday night.
As of right now, we don't have any other shows scheduled there.
I'd love to see us continue our free shows there once each month, but we'll see how that goes. We have noticed more and more "church folk" at our shows and not as many neighborhood kids, but we had a good number this past week and I think they are still interested and still bringing their friends. It's amazing to think what God could do in that area of Rockwall with a few Christian kids on fire for him.
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Here's a quick run down of Saturday's matches:
Battle Royal - Three way tie with Chris Idol, Michael Malick and The Zealot. The match set up a three way number one contenders match for the CWF title.
Jonah def. The Bishop
Eagle def. Son of Thunder
Jonah def. Michael Malick and Chris Idol. After a horrible beat down on The Zealot by Eagle and Chris Idol following the Battle Royal, I had no choice but to pull The Zealot from the three-way and I let him choose his replacement. He chose Jonah who defeated his former teammate Chris Idol and Michael Malick - making him the number one contender for the belt.

We had an interesting night Saturday night. Rob "Jesus Freak" Vaughn was away moving into his new home and left the logistics of the show up to Chris and I. I think the show went fairly well, but we did have a few gliches here and there. Our sound guy was sick and our backup was not available either. We even called other possible options and got no love. So I did most of the ring announcing from the sound booth as I played intro music and such.
We were also amazed to see a group of three college-age "fans" who traveled from Alabama to watch our show. Last month we had two kids from Kansas who were on vacation and made sure to stop in Rockwall for our show -- and now Alabama. So weird.
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I've been thinking a lot about CWF lately and continue to be amazed at how God has been working through the ministry and the refocus on ministry from several key players as well as a focus from all the green guys.
God has been doing some amazing things and I think he plans to continue doing some amazing things.
I wish I could go into everything, but since several things are still way up in the air I'll just mention a few.
Last week we had a couple from HBO come and film part of a documentary during our weekly Bible study and work out. Apparently since the 2004 election, even HBO is getting interested in Christianity.
We also had another couple from NYC come and get notes for an upcoming book on Christians in America. They took pictures and talked with several of our guys about why we wrestle for Christ.
Earlier this year we had a Japanese television crew come and tape us for a game show of some sort in Japan. As far as we can figure, they played portions of several matches and the contestants had to figure out what was unique or different about us.
In the end they showed that we were the Christian Wrestling Federation. We're not exactly sure what was said about us, since it was all in Japanese, but any chance God can use us - let's let Him do so.
We've also had another group interested in doing a documentary on us, been contacted by a former WWE Superstar - interested in working with us as well as several other projects that just seem too unreal.
I'll keep you posted on how all it turns out.
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Prayer requests: As are the opinions above, these are my personal requests for CWF as a whole, and would ask that you consider each one as you go before the Throne of Grace.
1. A continued focus on ministry and not the wrestling or amazing shows.
2. A continued burden for the lost.
3. A continued peace and building of strong relationships between the team.
4. A dependable sound-man who is passionate about ministry and loves wrestling. Someone who is able to travel when needed and can setup and teardown sound equipment when needed.
5. A new portable sound system, capable of amplifying our intro music and mic work to large audiences. I'd prefer the system have a mini-disk player and two handheld wireless mics.
6. Churches to see and understand how God can work through our ministry and continued bookings across the U.S. to reach the lost for Christ.
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Well I know this is a longer update than normal, but I thought I'd be a little more open about the ministry and encourage each of you to lift us up in prayer daily.
There is a spiritual battle going on for lost souls and we hope to be on the front line, but pray that we will remain steadfast and true to our calling.
God bless you all.