About two dozen young people returned from the Generation of Youth for Christ (GYC) Conference back to Edinburg, Texas, on fire for the proclamation of the gospel. Obviously, GYC had made an impact on them and their enthusiasm to be unashamed of the gospel of Jesus began to spread to other members of their Adventist Youth Society (AYS). They tapped into AudioVerse and began listening to all the messages and seminars they had previously missed at GYC; a few heard all the GYC messages available in less than a month. Youth and young adults ages 14 to 30 began sharing Audio CDs or MP3s on their I-pods on sermons they considered meaningful. You could enter their cars and hear the sermons or catch them with earplugs listening away to the powerful messages of present truth. Would this revival grow and last or would it dim and dwindle?
Youth Pastor Esteban Hidalgo was invited to speak at the AYS meeting two weeks after they returned, and challenged the young people to make the Word of God their constant study, for faith comes by hearing the Word of God (Rom 10:17). In particular, he challenged them to be serious about spending at least an hour a day in reading the Word of God or listening to AudioVerse. In the minds of the youth, listening to a good sermon from AudioVerse seemed like a good idea, and many began listening to a sermon each day. Even to this day, eight months later, a good number of them are very active in evangelism and in their church, plus they’re unashamed to wear their “AudioVerse” T-shirts because it is something they believe in, something they listen continuously to. It is food for their soul, for some their morning devotional, but for all who are part of this revival, it is the secret to keeping the fire of their faith alive and long-lasting. Thanks to AudioVerse, the revival becomes a reformation, lives are changed, and young people are growing spiritually day by day. That is the way here in Edinburg, I have no doubt this is happening all over the United States, and who knows, even the world!