Break Free Prayer Requests

Break Free is going to be doing some missionary work over the next few weeks and would love the prayers. Mike Swalley (bishop) will be with some people from Calvary Chapel East Anaheim and will be sharing/living out the gospel in Guatemala to work at a local orphanage. Josh Sazdanoff will along with different missionary team from CCEA will be heading to Hungary Budapest and doing mainly street evangelism. Prayer Requests:

-Jesus Christ being glorified through our lives
-Souls to be saved
-Protection from the Enemy
-Unity within the believers

Thanks for all your prayers and support!! Jesus Christ is Alive, Lets live in such a way as to win the prize!

FCA Camp- UCLA Campus

Breakfree had the tremendous priviledge to be invited to an FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes)camp on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, CA. The event took place at the Union on Campus in a huge ball room. Around a thousand people came to this event from junion high/high schoolers, FCA staff, and some olympic athletes. We were asked to do a breakdance demo up on the big stage. Bishop,Veritaz, and beebop (myself), choreographed a routine and came hitting hard! I threw veritaz backwards to do his backflip, bishop came sliding in on his head, and I rolled into continuous kip ups to get the crowd going. We then did a top rock dance in rythm and then did our individual sets. We finished strong with power moves: Veritaz thrown his master swipes, Bishop throwing his barrel mills, and I threw down my munch mills. After the routine was over, Bishop was able to be interviewed and He clearly shared that by God's grace our ministry is about Jesus Christ! Then I was able to have a fun opportunity to lead a dance competition with the guys vs girls. The guys ended up winning. Then following us were a couple good speakers that shared the importance of having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and also the importance of reading the Bible. The night was fun to be partnering up with a ministry that we really love working with and be able glorify God through our dancing by His Grace alone!

Huntington Beach- Open Air Preaching Ray Comfort/Breakfree Part 2

It was Saturday, June 20th, a rainy morning driving down to Huntington Beach to partner up with Ray Comfort in reaching the lost. Ray comfort and his team partnered up with breakfree in its beginning’s in Oct. 2007 (to see more on that past event look back in our blog). It was a blessing on how this event came about. About a month prior to this event Tim (veritaz) and I (beebop) were doing an event with FCA (Fellowship Christian Athletes) at El Dorado high school. Right as we were walking onto the campus Mark Spence, Ray Comfort’s manager, sent me a text message, which read “ Praying for you brother. Be encouraged.” I was wondering how Mark was doing and was just thinking about them. Then sure enough, Mark text’s me at that school I went to with Tim. I thought that was real cool because a few days before Mark had sent me that text, my wife Krista and I we were on their website watching the event breakfree had done 2 years prior with Mark on Ray. It’s amazing how God works! Then I emailed Mark and told him that story and asked if they had any open dates for us to work with them again. June 20th was the date that was set. So after that long inftro. let me tell you how the event went. Like I said it was a rainy morning and as I was driving there I was praying that it would not rain. Right when it hit 1:30pm the rain pretty much ceased and the sun came out. Thank the Lord for great weather! Here is the breakfree line up that was there: For the guys it was Tim (Veritaz), Mike (Bishop), and Josh (Beebop). Then for the Ladies it was: Shelli (Shelbo), Liz (Figet), and Emily. Veritaz threw in his famous master swipes, Bishop blasted us with his barrel mills, beebop busted out his munch mills, Shelli cleaned up the floor with her smooth foot work, Liz showed off her top rock, and Emily had clean freezes! Ray Comfort powerfully shared the Truth. He took people who they thought were “good” through the Ten Commandment’s and then shared the gospel of Jesus Christ. So it was another duo of breakdancing to draw the crowd and to have Ray preach to that crowd. I vividly remember Ray showing great concern for a girl who went to catholic school and thought she was a good person. Ray preached the law, God’s grace, and the purpose of Jesus death on the cross. The girl acted like she didn’t care but God’s law, with the help of the Holy Spirit, was doing its work on her conscience and heart. We danced and Ray Preached for about 2 hours! It was awesome to see people come and hear the gospel. Veritaz and Bishop got to witness to another different group of breakdancers who did performances in that same spot. Tim said they were great conversations. Seeds were planted! After Ray left, I had the privilege to open air preach twice. I shared my personal testimony and incorporated the Gospel in how Jesus Christ transformed my life! There were crowds from about 15-40 people each time we danced and shared. The day was such a blessing and God truly gave us a great time! For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain! Philippians 1:21

Thats My King!

Beebop and Special K get married! Macedonia/Greece/London

On April 11th 2009, Josh Sazdanoff (beebop) got married to Krista Pleak (Special K)and it was a very special day! Krista looked amazing in her beautiful white wedding dress while Josh was playing it cool in his black suit. The day was an answer to prayer because the news and many skeptics said it was probably going to rain. But Krista and I prayed that it would not rain (like Elijah) and trusted that the Lord was going to give us a great clear day, and He did! The entire wedding took place in Whittier at a house that Krista always dreamed of getting married at. Family and friends of all different backgrounds came to celebrate our beautiful covenant that the Lord has ordained. My good friend pastor steve knox gave them message and clearly laid our the gospel while Krista and I's young adults pastor took us through our vows. My eye's were glued to my beautiful bride while craid was speaking, I dont remember what he was saying :) We were married and Krista and I walked out together as Sazdanoff's, with Cold Play playing in the background. There was a killer taco bar and some great speeches from friends and family. Krista and I did our slow dance but faked the crowd out when the music died and busted out some breakn to Run DMC! Krista is a natural bgirl! Bboy bisop (mike),Bboy veritaz (Tim), and some old skool bboys busted out like bboy L (landon) and Bboy backside (peter). And one of the highlights with dancing was when I called my dad out to break (he promised me he would break at my wedding) and it was a sight to see! After a great day of fun, dancing, and the gospel of Jesus Christ being shared, Krista and I headed out.Check out our wedding slide show on our photographers'(brandon kidd,great photographer!) website www.bkiddphoto.com/slideshows/josh+krista
The follwoing monday we headed out for our honeymoon to Europe! We flew into Macedonia for a day and hung out with some of my relatives out there (my dad is from Macedonia)and then took a train to thessaloniki (yes, modern day thessalonica, where the apostle Paul went!). It was awesome, we were blessed to have a hotel over looking the agean sea. We walked around the city and ate real greek Gyros. We had some really cool opportunities to witness to people in greece. While Krista and I were down in Greece we read through 1 Thessalonians and just imagined Paul walking the streets and witnessing and causing uproars in the synagogues for the sake of Christ (Acts 17). It was Easter weekend there and obviously Greek Orthodox is the major religion so we were able to get into witnessing convo's with a taxi driver, our front desk receptionist, a teenager on the streets who saw me breakn and a British man next door to us on the hotel. Praise God! "For our gospel did not come to you in word only but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with full conviction..." 1 Thess. 1:5 Then we went to Macedonia and stayed in the village where my dad grew up called Capari. It was awesome! It is an old, poor village that has about 400 people living in it. Beautiful scenery which had awesome mountains, forests, and cold rivers running through it.The Lord's creation is aweomse! My family really spoiled us with great food and taking us around the city. On our way home Krista and I had a 12 hour layover in London and we took a train to the picadilly circus and took a cool tour of the city. Krista and I had a blast and the Lord really gave us a great time!

So You Think You Can Dance is Back!!

Thats right, so you think you can dance came back again for its second annual dance competition held at Cal State Fullerton. The event was put on by Calvary Chapel East Anaheim, Campus Crusade for Christ, and Breakfree Ministry. It was a well anticipated event for us and it was saturated in prayer for a long time. The campus minsitry of Calvary Chapel and campus crusade for Christ helped promote the event for about 2 months handing out thousands of flyers. So the event finally came on December 5th and we around 3 to 400 people come and watch. There were tap dancers, many different types of Hip Hop, and of course, breakdancing!And this year the crowd had the priveledge to judge who won the event. The breakdance battle was a little out of control. I think all of the dancers (even the people who didnt break) came and participated. Representing breakfree was Tim (veritaz), Mike (Bboy bishop), and Josh (beebop). We got to throw it down and have a good time. What was funny was to see Tim get battled by a tap dancer. The night was a lot of fun and campus crusade for Christ did the "everything" drama which portrayed the gospel. Then I (Josh) had the tremendous priveledge to share the gospel at the end. I spoke on Gods amazing grace and shared the story out of Luke 15 about the prodigal son. Really stressing how God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. It was awesome to see people commit their lives to the Lord that very night! There were also dancers who gave their lives to Lord as well! God just tremendously blessed the night and it was awesome to see God work and answer our prayers!

Break Free Hits the Schools

Breakfree ministry has been such a blessing to be a part of over the past 6 months. God has been moving mightily and been saving many people! Mike and I have been going to public schools mainly in the Orange County area and sharing the gospel through Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). Its such a miracle to be able to share Christ in a public school setting in such a liberal state. God has his sovereign hand on this specific outreach and we have been seeing students come to know Christ!At one specific school saw about 7 students give their lives to Christ and at a different school, we saw about 20 accept Christ! God is mighty to save! Mike and I definitely appreciate your prayers and we feel like Peter did in Acts 12 when the church of God was fervently lifting him up in prayer. We see the power of prayer at work! Those of you who have been praying/supporting breakfee just greatly appreciate all your labor of love.

There also has been an after church breakdance practice at our calvary chapel church on Thursday nights. The gymnasium in the church is open from 10:15-11:45pm. Many young people have been coming and its a great enviroment to dance and have 1 on 1 conversations.

Prayer requests:
-Pray for the guys we dance with in Irvine and the schools we speak at. That God would save them and we faithfully continue to minister to them.

-Pray the Mike and I stay humble and keep Jesus at the front of our ministry.

-Pray that Gods will is done in our lives individually as well as the ministry.