The Nightmare and One Accord

Hi everyone,

Wow, we survived the Nightmare. Last night was our last performance. We ran capacity crowds with most ticket holders waiting 3-4 hours to experience the Nightmare.

Brian served in the capacity of Special Effects director. He has held this position since the beginning of this outreach. He has not missed a performance in 10 years. We have seen over 110,000 people come to the Nightmare in 10 years.
Nicholas served on the tech crew this year. Joshua served on the parking crew. Brrrrr. it was 24 degrees at 2:00 a.m. when we were able to close.

Brian gave a 2 hour VIP backstage tour to a pastor from Virginia who hopes to duplicate the production in his home city.

With our busy lives, Brian has planned for 6 months to resign his position following this year's production. After the 2nd week, he knew in his heart that it was not possible for him to resign .

We know that many lives are touched at this event. Let us share a tesimony.

Last year a 18 year old girl came to Nightmare. She explained that she and her friends love drinking. They have used drugs. She has never been to a church. She has a 16 year old sister who has gotten into a bad crowd. In her school they call her a "bang hoe". She will sleep with all of the guys in the gang to be a part of the gang. She entered a group in the Nightmare. A girl in her group looked just like her sister. They walked through the scenes in the production making fun of the actors and actresses. They walked through the car accident scene, the drug room scene and then entered the gang shooting scene. She did say they were impressed with the reality of it all. The girl who looked just like her sister was emotionally engaged through these scenes, almost crying and clinging to people in the group.

It was at this time that an actor in the gang scene grabbed the girl in her group that looked like her sister and threw her to the ground and kicked and punched her. She wanted to help the girl, but the security guard instructed her to leave the girl and to get moving.

At the end of the production she prayed to accept Jesus. She has been connected to a church in her home town and has been helping restore her family to Godly living.

She visited Nightmare this year and learned the girl in the gang scene was an actress. She said this actress caused her to evaluate her life and turn to God.

We know this outreach touches people who would normally not attend a church. Brian and the boys will continue to serve. Where else can you have an opportunity to introduce over 10,000 people to the Jesus of the Bible?


If this was not enough excitement for 1 week, we also had a guest ministry at North Ridge. We had One Accord from North Central University in Minneapolis. We set up the sound gear at 7:30 A.M. and Brian mixed the sound. It was a great time. Yes, Sunday afternoon included naps, but this was after the Boy Scout Court of Honor.
At this ceremony, awards and rank advancements are presented.

Charlotte, Nicholas, Joshua and Samuel attended youth group Sunday night. The upcoming week will be busy as usual.

Thank you for taking the time to read this blog. God bless each of you!!

In His service,

The Haines Family