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CMA Youth Movement By ZEKE McPherson summer has the potential to be one of the most excit- ing summers in Youth Movement’s his- tory! I hope that you can join us at one of our big events this year! We’ll start the summer off together in Gillette, WY at the National Rally, June 18-23, 2019! This will be a time of family and getting to know each other. There will be fun, summer activities going on as well as some intimate times with the Lord. Next up, we have the 2019 Firecracker Summer Series! We’ll begin with the Arizona Firecracker event on July 4th weekend. We are so looking forward to seeing God bless and minis- ter to all of the children coming to that event. Soon after that, we will have Firecracker 2019 at its original loca- tions, Butler Springs Christian Camp in This Zeke and Samantha McPherson serve CMA as Youth Movement National Evangelist. Hillsboro, OH, July 19-21, 2019. We hope to break the 100 people mark this year! I believe it will happen! Finally, we have the official LLMX Mission Trip to the MX track at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Tennessee. Registration for that mission trip opens this month, so please check your calendar and see if you can come! Adults and students are both welcome; adults in attendance must have their Ministry-to-Minors Sticker from CMA National. We also have a family plan this year for the first time ever! Bring your family group or youth group of four for a discounted total cost! We look forward to connecting with you all in just a few short months! God bless you as you plan for this year’s amazing summer! CMA first step toward witnessing. Simply answer back “God has blessed me today.” That’s all, just those simple five words. Then watch the response from the cashier. They really don’t care what you say and probably are not really listening, BUT that is not the response they neither expect nor have probably heard before. Now I live in Georgia, right in the middle of the Bible belt and I get a lot of big smiles and “He has blessed me too,” especially from older people. I have had a couple of “what?” responses and have had several really nice discussions. I know it’s not really witnessing, but it is a simple way to start. I have been doing this for years and the best part is it gets easier and easier. That is why I advocate this way of getting started talking to people about God. CMA George Silver is a member of His Victory Riders CMA chapter #668 in Blairsville, Georgia. (continued from page 13) people? Well it’s like walking. You have to take that small first step. I suggest, to anyone who will listen to me, the following action as a “first step.” It works, is easy to do and can produce some surprising results. When you fill your buggy at the supermarket and you approach the cashier, what is the first thing the cashier says? They all say the same thing because they have to or lose their job. They smile and say “How are you today?” Here is your simple