"I was taught the difference between existing and living. Thank you so much for helping me to to better understand the love that surpasses all understanding! God revealed His love for me and demonstrated how I am to love and for the hearts of my family."

"God brought me here to help release me from my addictions, to bring me back into a band of brothers so that I won't have to fight alone anymore, and to assure me of my purpose and mission. He told me my name is "Forgiven" and to take my sword and to re-engage in the battle!"

"God spoke during the "Calling" session. During the Mr. Holland's Opus clip, as he was walking into the auditorium, God said, "Others...." I've been looking for my calling for so long and it was suddenly so clear. My calling is others. I was able to see how my wound and vow kept me from my calling by really perverting it. My life became about others in a sense, in that I wanted to get my validation from them. It was a counterfeit of my calling. I hadn't ever seen that before, but Father made it clear during the calling session."

"During my first Band of Brothers experience, I intellectualized the concepts, and they were profound. But during this, my second, boot camp, I moved from conceptualization to personalization and relationship. My father wounds caused me to feel unloved, unwanted, and unimportant. I did one thing after another to gain my father's acceptance. Nothing worked. I yearned from his touch, words of love and affirmation...but never got it. On Saturday, God gave me my name - "Beloved Son," but I did not feel it. Then on Sunday, God took me in his arms and held me and told me of his love, and called me again his "beloved son."

"I found my true name, spoken by God. I've learned to see the entire journey I am on, not just small goals. And it was nice to have speakers speaking from their hearts versus only what they have learned from books."

"God has made me realize that He loves me individually and specifically for what He sees me to be. I have believed that He loves me, but because He loves His church or He loves "everyone" including me. Now I know that He looks at me and He loves me independent of anyone else in the world. I learned that posing as a quiet, private person is a way to keep someone else from answering the question, "Do I have what it takes?" I also learned that my desire to go to tough parts of the world and tough missions is not crazy. There are others with those desires. And I pray that I and some people here will go there to protect those people and the mission of Christ where it is not wanted. Sign me up!"

"Wow! Thanks so much for giving your time to providing this weekend. I have learned how important it is to walk together and not alone. Father has shown me this weekend that I have what it takes! He trusts me, He has faith in me, and He believes I can do it! Amazing!"

"There is no greater joy than to love He loves and to see men set free! God is good!

"I now know my true name: "Conqueror." I have been through a lot in my few years as a man, and spending this weekend with other men has been life-changing. I have connection now with some of the men from my church no, so I no longer have to fight alone. Even the activities helped me to be released, to drop my pose and admit my shortcomings, but still, with the support of my brothers to push through and be the conqueror with Christ as my true strength."

"Having brothers who have gone through or are going through all this stuff, makes it real!"

"God revealed to me that I do not have to be scared anymore, that He truly does have my best interests at heart. My fear was one of putting my heart out and letting people in. Because of my wound of seeing my father's anger get the best of him and the abuse that followed, I made an agreement that no emotions are better than those that cause pain. It caused me to not be open to my wife and to be emotionally distant. Having felt emotions for the first time in a long time has given me the desire to win my wife's heart."

"This weekend has made me aware of what a sin passivity is, of the lies that I have believed for so long, and the agreements I have made with the enemy. I now know that with Christ strengthening me, I can denounce the lies and break every agreement with the accuser. I can put aside the poser and be the honest, pure spirit God created me to be."

"The lies have been the underlying soundtrack and dominant lyrics in my life thus far. The consequences have not been trivial. I have, at various times, been left directionless, paralyzed and confused which in turn has ripped through all aspects of my life. My wife, looking to me for leadership, was left searching. My son, requiring validation, could not receive this from me when I have accepted the enemy's lie that I am not a real man. Today, claiming the power of Christ, and reclaiming my correct relationship with my heavenly Father, and my true worth, I canceled, as a beginning, my agreement with Satan."

"He revived my heart once again, repaired wounds that be been received since the last boot camp."

"Thank you for making this weekend happen. Thank you for the effort and time you invested. Some things that I am taking away from this is that I am on a journey and will take lots of time; I realized some specific info on my wounds and how my Father's message has affected me. I sensed at the first session that Jesus was asking me, very clearly, if I wanted to be healed. I said 'yes' for the first time. I had lost my strength and this weekend is the beginning of God healing me in this area and giving me my strength back. This was a great weekend that I needed and was the beginning of some great things in my life."

"Before I came...I was NOT! But now I am prepared for battle, a battle get my heart back from the evil one who relishes in poisoning it. After I get my heart back, I will go after my wife and daughter's heart."

"My eyes have been opened to a 'new way' of defeating the enemy. For 20 years I have been searching for something and running from letting God take control. I have lost most all battles. It is time to win one! I am going to take with me from this new weekend a new perspective and I feel a more confident one. I am going to focus on God first . I am looking forward to the next Band of Brothers Weekend and will bring more men!"

"Life hardens you so fast that before you know it you're not the same guy. This weekend, God softened my heart and stripped away all the crud. Praise God and bless you all!"

"I have been continually encouraged in my walk with God through my three boot camps. The transparency and authenticity seen in the team has encouraged me to open up with my brothers back home. We do care for and are learning to fight for one another and our families and friends. I believe God has spoken to me personally, that he has equipped me to do this, to be a connection point with my brothers, and that we will be journeying together as we seek God's glory in our individual lives and callings. I also experienced a lot of healing in the areas of sexual addiction. God has affirmed my true strength."

"God has spoken to me this weekend, both in the quiet times and in our sessions. His voice is becoming clearer. Relationships with brothers have grown deeper. I now have a desire to bring men together in search of what Father has for them, and to daily engage in the fight for my wife and children's hearts."

"I didn't know what to expect coming in. This was my 3rd Wild at Heart event. This weekend has been a completely different experience, but just as life-altering as the first two. I was able to look at healing lesser wounds. The night of healing released me from another level of issues blocking my walk with God. I had an issue of childhood shame that Satan was using to hold me back from fulfilling my calling. I was able to turn that over to God and rebuke Satan from that bondage. The time of listening to God allow me to hear God say that I am His son. For the first time, I was able to call God, 'Father.'"

"I came to Band of Brothers Weekend defeated, doubting, feeling alone and like a little boy. I'm leaving with my true name, Gideon, a valiant warrior, a real man, because God said so. When the enemy hit the same wound again, my Father was faithful and reminded me who I was. So, like Neo, I said, "My name is Gideon. I am a son of God of the Angel Armies. I am a man!" Battle won."

"This weekend has been a truly life-changing experience! Having been a Christian for almost 12 years, I have never really felt the presence of God until now. The things these men have shown me have enabled me to finally lose the fear of surrendering my whole life to Jesus and giving Him the burdens I have carried for 30 years. I am so grateful and thankful for this experience! It is something I never expected could happen or would happen to me. I truly feel like God has spoken to me and is really in my heart. A gift like this can never be repaid. Thank you for everything you have shown me. Praise the Lord! I no longer have to walk alone."

"This weekend I found a safe place to open up to other men who I found out are just like me. Wow God is Good and I'm sooo thankful!"

"I arrived hear with four brothers I only recently met and I'm leaving with a very close band of brothers. I will be back for more!"

"God touched my heart and gave me a renewed passion for life, and a desire to walk in my true manhood as a father, son and the warrior he called me to be. I can truly say without reservation that I serve a Man's Man, the King of all kings and Lord of lords. God has become the passionate love of my life and I am proud to tell anyone that Jesus Christ is the head of my life and the lover of my soul. For this I am eternally grateful."

"This has been one of, if not the most significant events of my life. I have learned so much, had my eyes opened to so much. I feel I have been given the weapons to battle the enemy and to be victorious."

"I heard from my Father that I am His beloved. He loves me. He is pleased with me. I need no other affirmation. I have been set free from passivity. I will hear from my Father and be a man of action."

"This has been an amazing weekend. I came with resistance, but could not deny what God had in the works for me. It is so freeing to know I am not the man I have made myself in to. I am not bound to drugs, for they only temporarily stop the pain. I am bound to Christ and he has shown me that I am a good man, a good husband, and a good father. I don't need anyone to tell me that for Jesus will tell me that daily."

"God has done so much in me this weekend. He never failed to meet with me in the silence. He spoke to me each an every time. He revealed to me this weekend exactly how he sees me...strong, courageous, a warrior, a roaring lion. He showed me my wounds and is healing them. He gave me my new name and gave me my marching orders. And most amazingly of all, He has freed me from the chains and given me the strength to walk out of the prison that I had placed myself in for so long."

"This weekend I was blessed to forgive my father and mother for the wounds that affected my heart. For the first time in my life, I am free from having to carry the pain around."

"This weekend has given me time to reflect on my sinful choices...my passive ways towards my wife and children and how it is hurting them. I've remembered things I have forgotten, such as pursuing my wife like I did before I married her. I love her and my children. It has been good to have a place where I can speak openly about my sins and have them lifted off of me and carried by God. Everyone should have a safe place like this to go."