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Nolan went home that night exhausted, well fed and basically in a good mood despite the being dunked a few times in the pool. He was safe, even though he never knew he had been in danger. Nolan also didn’t know the issues swirling around his life. He didn’t see the issues with child abusers,Continue reading “The Old Roads Pt. 1”

After he had eaten plenty of lunch, Nolan ran off from chatting with the cooks to go play in the pool with the other kids. The adults were resting from the big meal before clean up time. It was this time Mr. Randal chose to start pouring his evil honey in the ear of Nolan’sContinue reading “Immersion Pt.4”

Nolan went around the house helping Mr. Randal. They had to set up chairs around the pool, get out the cooking equipment, get the leaves out of the pool and make sure everything was ready. Mr. Randal forgot some things at the store and sent Nolan’s dad to grab them with a handful of cash.Continue reading “Immersion Pt.3”

Nolan didn’t know what to do next so he just kept doing what he knew how. He prayed for Jesus to live inside him, he prayed to be saved. Nolan prayed to be saved over and over again because it was the only thing anyone had shown him how to do. He got pretty goodContinue reading “Immersed Pt. 2”

By the end of the week Nolan was up to his ears in confusion. He had been given new life, but he didn’t know what to do with it. No-one was helping him figure it out either. He stayed up a few times trying to read his Bible but it was really too much forContinue reading “Immersion Pt. 1”

Then at lunch time things took a turn. Nolan wouldn’t understand God’s guiding hand in this for many years, but the good Lord was moving his young heart like a rudder to steer his life. Nolan was sitting alone at lunch, like usual, when his friend from kindergarten came over to sit with him outContinue reading “New Life Pt.3”

He didn’t know but God was already starting to change Nolan’s life. The dream about his father was from God and so was the craziness that happened the next day. Nolan went off to school ready to tell everyone what had happened at the stadium. He didn’t tell anyone on the car ride though, heContinue reading “New Life Pt.2”

Nolan went to bed that night alive for the first time. He was starting a new life and he wanted to tell everyone he knew. Nolan felt completely at peace and he drifted off to sleep. His dreams that night were brightly colored, nothing was attacking him or torturing him. It was pleasant sleep, heContinue reading “New Life Pt. 1”

When the man in black finished preaching, he took some time to introduce the evangelist. He said this man had changed the lives of hundreds of millions of people. That sounded like a lot but Nolan saw the crowd. People flocked to hear this evangelist speak by the thousands of thousands so it didn’t soundContinue reading “The Stadium Pt.5”

Nolan was moved inside by what was happening. The man in black was touching his heart. He sounded like one of the guys from the smoking hole when he talked. Nolan could feel a lot of things moving around. It was like wind was blowing on him and leaving him with a tingle where everContinue reading “The Stadium Pt.4”

His parents said that an evangelist was coming. Nolan wasn’t sure what that meant and when he asked they just told him it was someone that leads people to Jesus. He thought church was supposed to do that, what was different about an evangelist? His parents didn’t really seem to understand the difference well enoughContinue reading “The Stadium Pt. 3”

One weekend Nolan’s dad got football tickets. The state’s favorite college team was playing the number one team in the country that weekend and it seemed like an important game. It didn’t turn out to be that important though. They watched in the cold, pouring rain as their team got trampled into the floor. ItContinue reading “The Stadium Pt.2”

Nolan’s church was buzzing that week. In kids church they were all talking about last week’s birthday party and yesterday’s football game. Football was a big deal at church. In fact, several sports were a big thing at church but this was football season. The kids could talk to the grown ups and mingle withContinue reading “The Stadium Pt. 1”

One of Nolan’s church friends invited him to a birthday party. They went to a hotel. It was a great idea. The kids could swim in the indoor poor, order pizza, stay up late and in the morning it was someone else’s mess to clean up. Smart move on the parent’s end of things andContinue reading “Fifth Grade Pt.3”

Nolan’s mom wasn’t just the children’s leader at church, she was involved in all kinds of things. They did home group on Wednesday’s and that was a lot of fun. Nolan got to run around in the yard and play with the other kids from church. These kids didn’t pick on him, they just playedContinue reading “Fifth Grade Pt. 2”

Nolan woke up in the morning groggy. He remembered his dream of the waterfall, and bouncing on his bed at the end. He would never forget that one. But there was no time to process, he had to get ready for school. Nolan was in the fifth grade and as much as he hated school,Continue reading “Fifth Grade Pt. 1”

The light that came from the room was blinding! Nolan couldn’t see anything for several seconds. But the key man took him by the hand and walked him into the room. Not only was the light blinding but the feeling of power was impossible to withstand! Nolan literally fell down once the key man letContinue reading “The Call Pt. 5”

The two big, guard looking guys stepped forward towards Nolan. They didn’t say anything but they were clearly about to do something that Nolan couldn’t stop. They each reached into the grill and grabbed red hot coals. Then at the same time the men thrust the coals into Nolan’s stomach! It didn’t hurt him butContinue reading “The Call Pt. 4”

Two of them looked were very tall and muscular, they looked like guards. They were extremely serious in their look and attitude. You didn’t want to cross them and yet at the same time they looked like they cared, like they loved him. The third man was average height with a well trimmed beard andContinue reading “The Call Pt.3”

As he flew down the river he saw a world open up in front of him. It was like the kind of place they put in stock photos for website and book covers. The water was perfect, clear and strangely enough, alive. The air was alive too! There were all different colors of plants andContinue reading “The Call Pt. 2”

Nolan kept waking up from his crazy dreams that night. It was just like every other night in that way. He was always waking up from his crazy dreams. Everyone said they were night terrors and he had no idea why. He didn’t tell anyone, he just stayed up late to avoid sleeping and tookContinue reading “The Call Pt. 1”