I wanna start by saying I am very very appreciative of Trump and him calling for Prayer and Rededication of America back to God. As many of you know my intentions when I left for the event were simply to meet people and network. Yet God had other plans. So I am simply sharing what I noticed even though I don't yet have the answers

1. we were 1 mile back in line and it took 4 hours to get into the event. At times the line barely moved. Surely there is a way to help that process more or at least utilize those 4 hours in a productive way. The people I met in line were actually one of my favorite parts. Though I noticed many remained to themselves

2. Protestors were hanging out around the lines. I noticed many Christians decided to talk bad about them...yet it was a prayer event so some group prayer at that time would have been awesome. Genuinely loving on them rather then just talking about them

3. once we got in a noticed immediately a yucky feeling. Honestly I felt like I was at a rally. To much Trump and America. Not enough Jesus and God. This isn't to say I didn't see some people kneeling in prayer or wearing God centered stuff. Just that I felt like a mix between concerts and rally.

4. the food was way way over priced and honestly not the best for you. 18-20 for a pizza and having to wait 1-130 in line for it. It felt like many people got food, sat down and ate and then just listened to whoever was on stage..

5. from what I saw there was no mass prayer breakouts. Most the prayer came from the men and woman on stage and the crowd simply followed along.

6. I looked up the company that ran it and the guy that was in charge. 400million dollars..owns a massive company. We talked the other day(c/Christianity) about church being a business and this is exactly the spirit I felt there.

7. merchandise was for sale in a tent. Didn't see a prayer tent though. Honestly wanted to make a whip and flip tables but I simply just observed

I might have some more to add to this. Again I don't have the solutions but this event feels like a one time thing and now we are on to the next news cycle.. prayer events is something I have been passionate about for 5 years now and I believe to truly take off it has to be grass roots. The companies that sponsored it were by no means Christian. MasterCard, exonmobil. I'm all for then donating but I also wonder how much they were able to control behind the scenes..

One thing I wish they would have done is gotten on stage for a min and given a topic. Then asked us to break off into groups of 50 or so(feed the 5000 anybody) and to spend some time in group prayer over these things.

As of right now I'm still praying on solutions. I hate to sound like im complaining. I went there with a completely different plan and God said nope...Ryan pay attention. So I observed and took notes and prayed..Gods funny. We plan something and he plans better.

I wanna end by saying i truly appreciate the chance to be there and that they even had an event. So don't wanna take away from that and I am sure there is much I missed as well. I don't have all the answers but I felt led to share all this