Benjamin Lundquist can hardly contain his excitement. His love for the Lord is easily and readily shared with the youth to whom he ministers at the Camelback church in Phoenix.

Lundquist began his own public evangelism circuit with meetings in Guatemala when Arizona Conference President Duane McKey gave Arizona pastors an opportunity to go to a foreign country, preach a series of meetings, experience the joy of baptizing men and women for Christ, and then return home to reassess their own personal ministry.

Lundquist found that evangelism and helping youth is his calling, and he has worked diligently to give similar opportunities for outreach to the youth at Camelback.

When the call came to hold a series at the Maricopa Village church, Lundquist was ready. He had a team of young evangelists in training to accompany him and preach their own sermons. He knew the life-changing effects such experiences would bring to his youthful charges.

The challenge was to fit 11 sermons into the Nov. 10 to 18 date slots, but they did it. The young evangelists worked diligently to combine the elements of two sermons to form one big blockbuster — such as "Hell and the Millennium."

The evangelists preached with power and conviction. Each night’s activities included a special Jesus video, carefully selected promotional gifts, exciting musical features and a well-rehearsed sermon on the night’s topic with complementary graphics on the screen.

Four of the young evangelists, Michael Winters, Angela Atkin, Megan Loney, Jonathan Perkash, had just returned from a "ShareHim" adventure in India, so they were already practiced and prepared. The homeland campaigns held in Arizona seemed a lot less complicated, especially since they required no interpreter.

"Those who just came back from India returned with a new fire for Christ, and it showed," Lundquist explained. "This campaign was intended to take the fire found in India and bring it back to America — and it was a huge success!"

The Maricopa Village church supports the Maricopa Indian School. The majority of those attending the meetings were not Christians.

One young girl, Lisia, said she had considered baptism for a long time. Upon hearing the Bible-based sermons presented by the young people of the Camelback church, she made her decision to accept Christ and be baptized. The smile on her face at her baptism told of the inner joy and peace she now experienced.

Bob Parrish, Native-American coordinator for the Arizona Conference, was very grateful for the positive effects of the "ShareHim" meetings at Maricopa Village. "The work with Native-Americans is an important part of our Arizona outreach. I’m so grateful for the willingness of the Camelback youth and Benjamin Lundquist to come to Maricopa Village and effuse their enthusiasm and love for Jesus into the lives of our Native-American young people."