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some of the responses you received to it? could do this overwhelming job. JENNIFER: My background wasn’t one of being raised in the church. After I got saved, I started feeding the poor from our church soup kitchen and then branched out to start the Jesus Truck, where we took food and clothes to families living in motels, and I’d preach the gospel to them. After keeping a low profile and doing that for some time, God called me onto the mission field as a missionary in Mexico. I led a jail ministry and a movie ministry there for years, and then God brought me back to America. Because of my background I had no connections with any leaders in the “Christian world.” But God intervened, and when He called me to do 1GDA, He led me to Reinhard Bonnke’s former CEO, Siegfried Tomazsewski. When I called Rev. Tomazsewski on the phone and told him of my vision, he actually hung KELINDA: How many nations are now slated to participate in 1GDA? JENNIFER: We have almost every country in Africa covered but still have a small handful of countries waiting for “adoption.” KELINDA: Can you paint the picture for us as to what these events will look like? JENNIFER: I can only tell you what my personal event will look like in Uganda, and we expect all others to be comparable. We have an extremely large venue to host our attendees, and one of the top singers in Africa will be performing in an effort to bring in crowds of both believers and nonbelievers. In addition to the main event that takes place over four consecutive nights, there will be a separate FIRE Conference, a Woman’s Conference, and a Children and Youth’s Conference. We will invite attendees to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior with a salvation message, followed by the Holy Spirit healing hopefully thousands of people. We will also be praying for everyone to be filled with the Holy Spirit to have power and boldness to share the gospel themselves. KELINDA: What is your main goal with 1GDA? up on me. I think he thought I was just a crazy person with such a huge vision, but he agreed to pray about it and God spoke to him. He is now our CEO, and I believe that with his experience and connections he is truly the only man that 18 JENNIFER: Along with boosting the local economy of each city where the event is held, we are providing a safe and fun faith-based festival for people at no cost to them. But our main goals are to unify the Body of Christ and to see multiplied millions of people saved, healed, delivered, filled with the Holy Spirit,