merry christmas

i was in the mall this week and the place was decked out in christmas decorations. did i miss something? i was actually in there looking at some halloween stuff and there were christmas trees in most of the stores i was in. so i started telling everyone merry christmas. some people were confused and some people joined right in on the celebraTION. call me old fashioned but i think christmas should be after halloween. actually i propose it should be in december. i will be sick of christmas in about 3 weeks. i love christmas, its a great holiday. its my favorite holiday but lets do it in december. am i crazy for thinking this? maybe if our country wasnt so greedy and profit hungry we wouldnt have to celebrate christmas for 4 months. im sure the root of this nonsense is money. what do ya think?

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merry christmas

i was in the mall this week and the place was decked out in christmas decorations. did i miss something? i was actually in there looking at some halloween stuff and there were christmas trees in most of the stores i was in. so i started telling everyone merry christmas. some people were confused and some people joined right in on the celebraTION. call me old fashioned but i think christmas should be after halloween. actually i propose it should be in december. i will be sick of christmas in about 3 weeks. i love christmas, its a great holiday. its my favorite holiday but lets do it in december. am i crazy for thinking this? maybe if our country wasnt so greedy and profit hungry we wouldnt have to celebrate christmas for 4 months. im sure the root of this nonsense is money. what do ya think?

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congratulations you win

i felt like oprah tonight at the show. you just never know what is going to happen at a brock gill show. tonight at the show in montana they gave away a car. yep a car. seriously, a car. im not kiddn. i know you think im lying but... just stop and listen to me... i will wait. ok. really. someone drove home a subaru. cool huh?


for real

3 legged

today i had a 3 legged freak, i mean flight. that should be against the law. everyone knows that i dont like to fly. it is cruel and unusual punishment. in some countries the punishment for some crimes is flying. the long lines, rude workers, bad and overpriced food, no liquids. its a mess. today we flew from myrtle beach to billings montana. it took all day on three different airplanes. i guess it was shorter than driving though. im tired and i think i go to bed now. sorry i wasted your time

and time stood still

at the show this week there was a night when time stood still. i will explain. there was a woman who was there with 2 kids. she needed to leave the show early to take them home so they could get ready for school the next day. she planned to leave at 830pm so she kept her eye on her watch. during the middle of the show she checked her watch and it read 810pm. then realized the show was nearing the end. she thought that they had plenty of time before they needed to leave. at that point i gave an invitation for people to follow jesus. both kids surrendered their lives to jesus. a little while later they checked their watch again and it read 810pm. apparantly the watch stopped. if it hadnt of stopped then they would have left early and never heard the message. coincidence or...??

meet kim

kim is another new girl. she works the office stuff and goes out on the road with us for many of our shows. she is awesome. at freedom experience wednesday night we had 2600 people there. kim was overseeing most production and she helped make the show go very smooth. she is a very needed new addition to our team. she took care of me both on stage and off. she works long hours and never complains. i am so proud of her. i have the best team in the world. i couldnt do any of what i do without them. this show was a huge success. kim is reading this so go leave her a comment and welcome her AND shannon to the team

3 pointer at the buzzer

tuesday night at freedom experience was great. i did the bullet catch for over 2100 people. it was an amazing night. the crowd was so ready for me to attempt the bullet catch. they had been hearing about it everywhere. it was on the front page of the paper with the headline reading"speeding bullet". as i stood on stage i could feel the tension. everyone was holding their breath as i starred down the barrel of that gun. as we prepared to fire the gun we had people at the edge of their seats. the gun fired and i went down, and as i got up the crowd wents nuts. the were so excited. it kinda felt like a 3 pointer at the buzzer.
pray for a huge night tonight. we are expecting big things.

no internet

we left on thursday for a run of shows in north carolina and montana. we havent been able to get to the internet from thursday till monday night. i had someone post the blog for me but i have been out of pocket.
we are in nc doing a freedom experience. tonight we had 1500 people. it was awesome. pray for another great night. updates soon to come

meet shannon

we have a new girl on the road with us. her name is shannon. she is a great help to us right now. we are very excited to have her on the road with us. she is from north carolina, she is tall with short brown hair. she likes monkeys and ice cream and doesnt have any extra limbs. she seems pretty normal other than the random screaming during meal time. i only notice it when she has sugar or protein or carbs. i am positive that she is a good fit for us as we travel this tour working long hours. she is very dependable except on weekends and holidays and days that have the letter "y" at the end. if you have met shannon already then you know she is nice and very trustworthy, just dont turn your back on her. she will steal the enamel off of your teeth. other than that she is great. so hey shannon welcome to the team.

Godmen

there is a new conference for men that will begin soon. saturday oct. 28 at rocketown in nashville from 9am till 4pm. i know some of the guys who are putting this together and it sounds really fresh. if you are a guy 17 years or older then i recomend you looking into going to this. some of the topics that will be dealt with are fatherlessness, anti-intellectualism, and isolation. brad stine will be there. if you havent heard brad then you are missing out. check it out at www.godmen.org or call 877-4godmen

the best letter ive ever received

Dear GroupOne Crew, Eleventy Seven, the Motocross team, Chaos on Wheels, King of Kings, Vertical Ministries group, sound/lighting/video gang, and all others who helped with the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Freedom Experience


First of all, thank you for making my first Freedom Experience a complete blast! All of you were such professionals and just so fun to be with! I fell in love with all of you.

I saw how incredibly hard all of you work to make this event happen—and also how hard Satan works to keep it from happening! I was worn out just watching everything you did. I knew it was very mentally and physically demanding, but I had to see a first-hand, behind-the-scenes view to truly know and appreciate the magnitude and complexity of it.

I loved spending quality time with you in the green room having dinner at 10 o’clock at night, after the show, knowing that you had early morning school assemblies the next day. I also saw the group who left at midnight following the last performance in order to make the long drive to the next venue.

One of my most outstanding memories was the precious gray-haired grandma walking as fast as her little legs would allow her to get a seat on the front row each night. I was unable to see, but she may have even made it to the mosh pit!!!

All of you have a God-given talent and it was so refreshing to see and hear you unashamedly give complete credit to the Lord. It was amazing to watch as you had over 4,000 people of all ages screaming, gasping, applauding, and mesmerized. Then it was even more astonishing to watch Brock bring the entire crowd to a total hush by performing the water coffin and the bullet catch. With the stage set, he was then able to present the gospel in his unique, anointed way—simple, yet profound. I loved the way he let them know that the Christian life puts them in the minority and that they may lose friends over it—and that many times they will have to stand alone. I then stood awestruck with the hundreds of people who chose to follow Jesus anyway. Powerful!

On our long drive back home, my sister and I both agreed that the lesson we learned from this event was not to “judge a book by its cover.” I had to ask God to forgive me for first seeing the wild hair and the tattoos instead of your genuine hearts and motives. He showed me very quickly that I was guilty of that. He then let me see first hand how the blue-haired, probably unchurched kids at the school assemblies immediately identified with you. He also allowed me to see them all three nights of the event. I saw the ones who looked “just like you” talking to you at the merchandise tables afterwards with total admiration and desire to be what you are. That is what FX is all about—reaching those who would probably not darken the doors of the church otherwise. I think my generation is guilty of wanting the kids to get cleaned up and then go to church. I think God’s way is, “tell them about Me, and I’ll do the cleaning.”

Thank you for treating my sister and me with such respect and acceptance. I also noticed how much respect you all had for Brock and Auny—and each other. The hotel manager voluntarily told me, not knowing who I was, how great your entire group had been. He said you were totally “different” from most groups who stay at his hotel. (I believe I recall Brock using the word “integrity” in conversations with you.)

Some things you were lacking: self promotion, jealousy, foul language, off-color jokes or remarks, complaints, idleness . . . .

In a nutshell, my sister and I both loved our little vacation with you. If you are ever in southwest Louisiana, please give me a call and I’ll treat you to some good Cajun cookin’.

Keep up the good work.

Love you all

Linda Gill (aka “Brock’s mom”)

when it rains it pours

its funny how much has happened in the past 24 hours. my truck wouldnt start, so we bought a new battery. then last night we got hit from behind. then tonight we had a flat tire on the interstate. weird huh? i am not complaining because thats just life. it just seems kinda funny that all that happened since yesterday. sometimes when it rains it pours.

speaking of rain, my parents live in south louisiana. they got 13 inches of rain yesterday. it rained more today another few inches. everything is flooded and roads are closed. they said it looks like a hurricane had come through. when it rains it pours

hit and run

auny and i were sitting at a redlight last night when we got hit from behind. we pulled over to talk about it with the other parties involved and, yep the car took off. some lady thought she could get away with causing a 3 car pile up, and she did. no one was hurt so it wasnt a big deal. oh well what do ya do. just a little hit and run. i guess i could get mad but it wouldnt help so i will make some jokes about it and get over it. what would you do?

900 on monday

we had a packed house last night. we were in jackson tn and we had about 900 people come to the show. we had a blast at this show. the audience was so fun. they gave me plenty to work with, and it was very funny. we had great help on this leg of the tour. also the volunteers that we pick up in each city have been awesome. i am really pleased with this weeks shows. thanks for praying for us.

discovery channel again

our show, "the miracles of jesus" aired on discovery again saturday. i have been getting emails from people who saw it. i actually didnt even know it was on yesterday. we have been so busy with this tour that i was clueless to discovery's program schedule. for all of you guys who read this everyday, email us when you hear news like that and we will spread the word to everyone.

comment below if you watched the show. what did you think about it?

if you missed it, then you can buy it at our website www.brockgill.com

ping pong surprise

at the kansas show saturday night i had a bit of a surprise. the most impressive thing i do and the most difficult thing is a thing called the ping pong balls. no one has ever been able to figure out where the ping pong balls go when i make them disappear until tonight. tonight i had a surprise. walmart now makes a new brand of ping pong balls and i realized on stage that they are much bigger. i couldnt get the balls in my mouth. i forced the third ball in my mouth and i think my jaw came out of socket. my routine was shot at this point. i had 2 balls in my mouth and my cheeks stretched out past my shoulders then i forced the third ball in about half way. i had no idea this would happen. the balls looked the same size as before but, big surprise.

now i go put ice on my swollen face.

haunted restaurant

today we pulled over for lunch as we were driving thru the midwest. we had a hard time finding a place to eat so we took a chance on this little place right off the interstate. it was in a creepy little hotel(maybe it was hotel california). the people in the place were scary. one man who worked there looked like he was straight out of an alfred hitchcock film. he was really pale white and hunched over. he moved really slow. there was also a lady working there whom we thought had a halloween costume on. she was dressed like a witch, maybe she was. the place was haunted im sure of it. we ate and ran. on our way to the door i heard a creepy sound and some screams. over my shoulder i briefly saw a ghost. ok i lied about the ghost. i think i ate at the adams family restaurant.

sorry i didnt post yesterday. we were driving all day. we slept at a truck stop therefore we had no wireless internet. my bad

give me chocolate or give me death

tonight we decided to have fun since it is our last night at home for a few days. we got about 15 friends and went to our favorite chocolate place the cocoa tree. we had so much fun. we laughed and got crazy. it was a crazy and interesting group. we have friends from all walks of life and from very different backgrounds but we all share a love for chocolate. we had a friend from california, and even a friend from england. one person was visiting from alabama. 4 people realized they were from the same part of florida. my friend robby was there, he is a pro moto rider. also my friend mark from audio adrenaline was there. we even ran into a person that we first met while we were in texas. it was cool to see all the different friends that came out to celebrate nothing other than chocolate. what a great day

pray for a great weekend. we have shows in kansas and tennessee. details after the show as usuall

pray for new york

i dont know if its terrorism or an accident but a plane just hit a building in new york. there are people trapped in the burning building. lets pray for the safety of all involved.

houston we have a problem

our website is down. i have no idea whats going on. www.brockgill.com is gone. lets pray for this site to go back up. we just did a huge mailout but it is based on the info that is found on the website. this is not good. in the mean time we will have to just hang in there.
people have asked me how to support our ministry. here is the best way, since our website is m.i.a.
you can make checks to vertical ministries, and send them to po box 160445 nashville tn. 37216

if that doesnt work then call the office at 615-258-4141

sorry about the website trouble. all i can say is pray it goes back up soon. it could be up by the time you read this. if so then let me know. then we can all go back to life as normal. until then i will not eat or drink or watch tv or use any pronouns in sentences. maybe im being a little too dramatic. nah

fx needs

freedom experience(fx) is the most effective outreach that i am a part of. i have never been more excited about outreach. God gave me the vision for this a few years ago. i have been amazed to see God bring it all together. we have had no budget to work with for the equipment we have had to provide. i have had to invest as much money as i can into it to make it all happen. we have had some people give money to help us purchase things along the way. we have seen the attendance at fx grow from 1000 people to over 6000. with more people coming to the shows we have had a need for more equipment to make the show happen. here are some current needs that you can help us pray for.


1)we are in desperate need for new video equipment. 3 screens and 3 projectors to start off.
2)we also need some more lighting and cables to power it.
3)and finally, we need a power distro. we need to be able to power up the lights without blowing breakers and things like that.

oh and one more thing, we need staff. pray for more staff and volunteers. you wouldnt believe the amount of work that goes into a full production 3 night outreach on this level

puppet master

if you have seen the latest dvd "hidden agenda" or have been to a live show then you are probably familiar with an illusion routine known as the puppet master. this is the illusion that i have been doing the longest. God gave me the idea in 1997. i began performing it in the summer of 1998. it was redone and perfected in 2000 and has been a signature effect ever since. it is one routine that i am very proud of. it is a picture of the spiritual world in a symbolic way. it represents the way we are slaves to sin and how satan pulls our strings like a puppet. the illusion ends with a girl disappearing, and it gets a gasp everytime. this illusion is a feature on this falls tour. after this fall is over we will take it out of the show. we are going to give it a break. we may bring it back at some point but for now it will take a holiday. if you want to see this effect then you will have to catch us this fall

church people

i have friends who are catholic and i have friends that are charismatic and friends who are everything in between. tonight we were talking and we realized that people are always talking about the things that make us different. we should focus on the things that make us the same. i dont claim a denomenational affiliation. i just claim faith in jesus. who cares about the differences. lets focus on jesus. do i sound idealistic and too simple? i hope so

ready to go

we usually get bored pretty quick. we have very fast paced, high adrenaline lives. when we get home we try to plan to go do something fun as soon as we can. today we drove home for 13 hours. as soon as we got home we left for a dinner party. we didnt even walk inside the house. we just got out of the truck and got into our pickup truck and left. glad we did, because we got dinner. and also we got to see our friends from the office as well as our pro skater friends from "king of kings".
we are always ready to go play

hangin with the parents

auny and i have taken a few days to hang out with my parents. we have had a great time here in louisiana. they are great cooks. they didnt disappoint this time. we spent most of our time on the back porch. mom has a swing where she spends every waking moment. we have been so busy that we havent been here in almost a year. when we are here i get great rest. im glad that i have parents that love us both and support what we do. i couldnt have made it without them. too bad they live 13 hours away.

hola, me llamo brock

mi amigos al muy bueno. donde esta el perro y pantalones?

ok i am trying to remember some spanish but its not going so well. i want to show some love for all my friends who are reading this who are from around the world. many people are reading this from different countries. some dont even speak english. they have a program that translates it into their language. i want them to know that i am glad they are reading the blog. so heres a shout out to all those from other countries and planets. feel free to translate my el muy bueno spanish por favor.

adios amigos de la computadora las snacias. gracias y peligro

kevin johnson: team faith

remember my friend kevin who was hurt at freedom experience when he crashed his dirt bike into the wall? he had a bad concusion. he is still having headaches and cant ride. he rides a dirt bike for a living. he needs to get back on real soon. he is ranked 3rd in the nation in arenacross. this is his time to train and get ready for race season. please pray for him to heal up and get back on his bike. pray for God to do a real work in him. he is a light in this world. you can catch him on speed channel on the podium talking about his faith and its awesome. pray for him to be used to reach people, and for him to stay safe and healthy

im mo betta

thanks for praying.. i feel so much better. i was very tired i guess. i had fever but not really a sickness. i stayed in bed all day and night. i woke up this morning and felt all better. i flew back from california and drove to my parents house. i havent been here since thanksgiving. feels good to be here, i can really relax for a couple of days. i just picked the locks and walked right into my parents house. they laughed.

Please Pray for Brock

Brock is in California and flying to Texas to meet me this morning. Yesterday, he called me and was feeling really badly. He couldn't do anything, had a fever, and hurt all over. When he told me that he was too tired to eat and that he didn't have enough strength to walk across his hotel room to get some water, I knew what the problem was.

Back in April, I felt the worst I had ever felt in my life. The whole day was rough and I just could not explain it. I felt as if I was going to pass out or throw up all day. We discovered that I had clinical exhaustion. I say "clinical" because we throw the word "exhaustion" around too loosely. I didn't feel exhausted. I felt like I was going to die!

Please pray for Brock. He now has the very thing that I never want to experience again...clinical exhaustion. I feel so helpless because he's on the other side of the country. Please pray that he got enough sleep last night and can make it on the plane. I want him to come to me so that I can take care of him.

Auny

escape convention

i am in california attending a gathering of escape artists from around the world. its nice to be here and learn from some real pros. its a really small group, and everyone is really nice. i feel kinda outta place though. anyway, today i learned how to pick locks that are found on your front door at home. i also learned some techniques that would get some people in trouble with the po-po. when i get home i am going to unlock all my doors with my new found picking skills. i think it is about as fast as using a key. its kinda scary to be honest. i guess locks are for honest people