Roll Call.
feedback from previous Boot Camps
(february ’08, November ’08, november ‘09)
“Although I had read the books and knew the words I had no expectations for the weekend. It would be another retreat to confess my sins to God, recommit myself to trying to live a good life and not to sin. I would meet a few men and leave on Sunday and go back to my life of silent struggle. THANK THE LORD I WAS WRONG! From the first meeting I had a sense that Boot Camp would be different.”
“This weekend has been one of the most significant in my whole life.”
“This has been an awesome experience. I have been telling my wife for years now that something was missing in my life – I just didn’t feel like a man. I really appreciate the honest & from the heart testimonies from (you men). It hit me like a brick that you are just like me & that I’m not alone in my struggles. I feel now like there is hope & that I know how to approach God to meet my needs.”
“Fantastic Retreat!”
“It has meant everything to me. Having gone through the book (Wild at Heart) several times, it did not have near the impact that these 3 ½ days have. I met God in a whole new way. I am ready and eager to take up the new role that He has given me – to engage in the battle.”
“Thank you again for all you did to facilitate such a life changing event.”
“I lost my life. I have always wanted life. God said ‘I come to give you life abundantly.’ I had resigned to awaiting death. Not in a mean grumbling way. Just quietly gave up. I was tired of a life with no meaning, no purpose. I had the things, the position & for the past 20 years have been called a “leader,” a man of God. I have, and do, love God with all that I am, but felt so beat up after 23+ years of service. I don’t mind battle scars. I don’t mind the challenges, but I had forgotten what I was fighting for. This week has brought back purpose! This has put me back in the story! I now have my eyes open to see that the story never ended when I gave up. It was just another part of the story!”
“As always when God is involved, words are insufficient to describe this experience...so much insight and revelations...so many answers.”
“Thanks be to God. I am empowered. I am free!!!”
“Thank you God! Thank you guys!”
“I know now that my journey started long ago. This weekend helped to show me that...”
“I arrived knowing I was in a bitter fight for my life and my soul. I was shown that I was blocking out God’s love for me. The enemy had blindfolded me, spun me in circles, and was preparing to push me off a cliff. Because of the love Christ bestowed and the ABOB, I was able to let Christ back into my life, and to fight back in the battle for my life. I leave equipped and ready...ready for a mission and for the rescue of the rest of my life. -Thank You!”
“This has been a time of breakthrough for me. The approach you guys take is refreshing. To have time alone with God with direction is great.”
“I feel like a man for the first time in my life. I have never felt the love from other men that has been revealed to me this weekend. The Lord has inserted some missing puzzle pieces that have given me understanding to the places that the enemy has had strongholds in my life.... God bless you guys for all the lives that you are changing through Jesus Christ.”
“It was only this weekend that the realization was shared that if I was made in the image of God and that if He has stirred peoples hearts to fight, then my desire to fight must also be placed in me by God. Furthermore, He wants me to fight; to fight for something bigger than myself. God is not only affirming my desires but He is affirming that I am from God and that he is in me. I may not have the muscles of a brawler, but I have the heart of a warrior, and all my life I have been looking for the right fight. Thanks.”
“I thought I was struggling and that I was addressing my problems walking into this boot camp. What ensued was beyond my expectations. I thought I was standing on two legs, but God took me out at the knees. Through the words spoken by these men, by these examples in real life and in movies, I was shown that what I thought was my manhood was not manhood at all. It was not the manhood that God created. Wounds exposed, agreements revealed, I will step from this place a new man in His image.”
“The evidence (of God here) is in the successes that have been recorded here. Lives changed. Men set free. Hope restored. Faith revealed & deepened. Friendships & brotherhood born from this crucible of God’s refining which will last & produce great fruit for the Kingdom.”
“This experience has given me direction and enlightenment to go forward on my path with God. The Band of Brothers are wonderful guides and mentors.”
“I can honestly say that Boot Camp was ‘The Best’ retreat I have been on! I went to Boot Camp knowing there was so much more than I was experiencing and came away validated by the only One that could validate me from the beginning!!!!”
“It is a very liberating experience to have a new understanding of the Gospel...I believe I will never be the same.”
“It was an awesome weekend for me. You guys did awesome!”
“Wild at Heart’s message is one that has been impacting my life for many years. I have been part of studies on it and I have led studies on it. But spending an intensive weekend focused on this message has allowed God to speak to me in many ways that He has not done before. He has challenged me this weekend and brought many things to light that I was only vaguely aware of, and He started me on the road to healing and strength. Thank you for the work you did to put this together.”
“This weekend gave me many great questions and the knowledge that I have the power, through Him, to be the man I have always wanted to be. We are in a battle. I am the man in the arena and I will fight the good fight.”
“I used to say ‘God show me..._________.’ Now I am confident to hear his voice, and I say instead ‘God tell me...___________.’”
“My profuse and overwhelming thanks for such a marvelous weekend! I am still basking in the afterglow. I spoke to my son about setting time aside to make the next camp. I am hoping that you will have to go to a lottery to handle the demand. Or increase the number of camps.”
“I cannot express what my life has been like since. Everyone I come into contact with is hearing, seeing, and feeling the repercussions of the weekend! I AM A BLESSED MAN!! I Love you guys and look forward to our stories bleeding into one another’s again!!”
We hope you’ll join us for
our next Boot Camp.
To contact us: info@alamobandofbrothers.com
To visit a forum in South Texas: www.innerarmor.org
For resources from Ransomed Heart Ministries: www.ransomedheart.com
