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Dear Friends,

The CWF just returned from another incredible mission trip to Egypt. We were gone from November 15-23.

We spent the first 2 days in Cairo, sightseeing. We saw King Tut, the pyramids, and rode camels. We then left for the city of Wadi and helped put the ring together. The actual festival was incredible. The 3 day event had over 18,000 people attend. The CWF performed 6 events in 3 days, with over 1000 people in attendance for each performance. During the festival over 3000 people made decisions for Christ and over 500 of those decisions were made at the CWF events! After each event, we got to personally pray with hundreds of hurting, seeking, would be followers of Christ. It was an incredible time of ministry. After this trip, we have a new motto,

“We are Ambassadors of Christ, it’s our job to stand at the gates of hell and redirect traffic.”

This trip has capped off another incredible and blessed year! So many of you have supported us on these trips over the years.

We could not have done this without you! We are entering our 10th year for CWF. This year we performed our 400th event and have seen over 16,000 people come to know Christ. The CWF has performed in 29 states and now 3 countries!

The last couple of years we have performed a monthly event at our Rockwall warehouse, and have seen between 600-700 people come to know Christ as Savior!

Through the generous gifts and donations of time and talent of volunteers, we have made several improvements at the CWF warehouse over the last 5 years. We added a weight room, a concession stand, a second restroom, a second story for our video and sound equipment to go, air conditioning and heat. We have doubled our seating capacity, and can now store our travel van and trailer when they are not in use. Even with the financial crunch everyone has suffered this year, God has provided.

The CWF has been so blessed to have one man from Rockwall pay the rent on our building for the last several years. This year his business has suffered in this economy too. He informed us in September, that starting in January, he would no longer be able to support the CWF ministry in the same way he has the last several years. We have been praying about it and feel that continued on back this warehouse is worth fighting for. It is in a great location, the people who attend our monthly events love it and continue to spread the word and bring their lost friends. We have added so much to it over the years, that it feels like home. Between 600-700 people have made decisions for Christ in this building. I have had the privilege of baptizing several kids who got saved at this warehouse. We feel strongly that this facility is where God wants us!

We have sought the Lord’s direction for financial provision and feel led to this plan of action! It is called 200 x 20. We have 19 guys in the CWF and between all of us, we are seeking 200 individuals who would be willing to donate $20 per month to the CWF. This would not only pay our rent, but raise our mission trip money too! We will make it as easy as possible to donate each month.

Your donation can be made by direct debit or Paypal or by mailing us a check each month. Whichever way you choose, it is always tax deductible!

Please pray about partnering with the CWF to help keep our ministry going strong. It has and always will be our calling to see people come to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. If you decide to partner with us, you will receive either a text message or email reminder each month from us.

Thank you for your support of the Christian Wrestling Federation.

God Bless,
Rob Vaughn

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JUNE 22–26 10am–Noon • JULY 13–17 10am–Noon

Supervised by the CWF wrestlers. Your child will learn cardio and conditioning drills, how to run the ropes, and some cool wrestling moves. Boys and girls welcome!!

AGE GROUPS:

8–12 years old and 13–17 years old

COST:

$75 per kid
CWF T-shirt included!
$5 discount for 2nd and/or 3rd child in a family!

WARNING—Wrestling is a contact sport. If your child does not like contact or rough-housing at home, this may not be for them.

Camp will take place at the CWF Warehouse located at:
331 County Line Road • Rockwall, TX 75032 • 214-460-0477

DOWNLOADS:

2009 CWF Kids Camp Registration form (pdf)
Download 2009 CWF Summer Flyer (pdf)

Photos from the 2008 camp:

Dear Friends,

“So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went to the top of the hills. As long as Moses help up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it.Aaron and Hur held his hands up- one on one side, one on the other- so that his hands remained steady till sunset. So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.”
Exodus 17:10-13

During this holiday season, we are so appreciative of the number of churches, individuals, corporations and organizations who give their time and resources to assist us in serving the Rockwall community, surrounding states and foreign countries. The challenges are great and the battle is fierce but we remain encouraged knowing that just as Joshua did not have to face the Amalekites by himself, that we have a number of friends and partners who are holding up our hands and interceding for us each day!

Because of God’s help and your support many milestones were accomplished this year and we want to share them with you.

• Over 2000 people accepted Christ at our events in 2008.
• Successful mission trip to Mexico
• Expanded our CWF warehouse in Rockwall to 5,000 square feet and added a new weight room.
• Built a loyal following to our monthly events at our Warehouse in Rockwall.
• Added heat and air conditioning to our CWF warehouse.
• Added new signs to the outside of our CWF warehouse.
• Performed free events for several Boys and Girls clubs in the metroplex.
• Had our first kid’s camp in May and 20 kid’s ages 8-12 attended.
• Published the first CWF comic book.
• I baptized 6 kid’s this year !

Again, we are Thankful for each of the Aaron and Hurs who stand right alongside of us by providing support to make this ministry possible. Although much has been accomplished, there remains so much more that needs to be done and we continue to look to our many friends to assist us in these efforts of making a difference in the community and around the world.

We are also Thankful that our partners who have committed to assist CWF in our work and have remained faithful in spite of the economic downturn. Please be in prayer about supporting CWF in 2009!

Looking forward to 2009!!

• Our next CWF event at the Rockwall warehouse is on January 24 @ 7pm.
• Anissa delivered ROCK RYAN VAUGHN on November 4 at 6:01pm. He was 7lbs and 7oz, and was 20 in long!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!
• Our last warehouse show of 2008 was on October 25. We had 303 people attend, our largest crowd there!!!!!! 18 people made decisions for Christ that night!!!!
• We have 2 TV cameras and we are going to start filming a 30 minute CWF TV show to shop around in 2009. If you have any leads or know someone in TV please let me know.
• In the past, people who have lots of airline miles, have let us use some of them to fly a big name wrestler in for a show. I n January, we are flying in a recently released WWE wrestler. He is a Christian who is going to wrestle and share his testimony at our show in January. If you have a ticket or airline miles you would like to donate, please let me know.
• We are looking at going to Egypt in 2009 with Lake Pointe. We are still in prayer about where the Lord is leading us to go in 2009. Please pray with us!!!!
• If you know someone who wants to be involved in ministry, possibly with CWF, let me know. They don’t have to wrestle, they can manage, announce, do sound, set up, etc…
• If you are wanting to start the new year off right with some personal training, call me and we can set something up for you at our CWF training center. $25 per session.
• Please keep Graeme {Rip McAllister} our Scottish wrestler, in prayer. He was denied entry into our country on November 13. His green card had not been finalized. He was detained for 25 hours and interrogated by customs agents while in handcuffs and leg irons then sent back to Scotland. Please pray for a quick resolution to this.

CWF NEEDS

• We still need more folding chairs, a better sound system, warehouse heater, and a wheel barrow. If you have leads on any of these, please call me at 214 460-0477.

Please have a wonderful Christmas Season and keep Christ the center of it all!!!!

God Bless,
Rob Vaughn