this is the start of something good...

today I feel the need to reflect a bit. look back as I look forward. In December of 2006, a movement was started. maybe you have heard of it??? Its called REVO. It now occupies space in the hearts of hundreds, maybe thousands of people across the globe. So I want to take you back to the beginning...at least the beginning, as it was for me.

to the start of something good....

December 11, 2006

a sticker. that is all it takes to start a movement. I saw this sticker

on the back of a car in Hilo, Hawaii and wondered to myself, "what in the world is re,africa,o? seriously...what does it mean? and I asked and found out that it was some sort of benefit show for a small orphanage in Malawi, Africa. Then I sat down with Nina Brav to discuss this event. Nina then informed me that REVO was much bigger than an event. Its an idea, or a movement. Something that inspires people to love for the sake of love. A movement that encourages people to stop waiting on the world to change, and to start changing it themselves! 

a few months prior to my conversation with nina, I had been involved in planning an event for Blood:Water Mission to raise awareness and money to build clean water wells in Africa. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to join forces with REVO to become part of an existing movement so that we could inspire people to act and take part in changing the world. 

here are some excerpts from conversations that nina and I had following my time in Hawaii.

January 3, 2006

Nina, 

here's the thing, this whole "revo" thing has been weighing on my heart lately. Probably more than a lot of other things. The desire to start a revolution, to see Jesus and life and love through people and places and experience, is moving inside of me at a rapid pace. It just won't slow down. And with that, my passion to put on this benefit show is increasing with almost every breath I take. I know, seems a bit over dramatic, but I'm being completely serious. So with that, I would like to start our own little Tennessee Revo. Seeing as though Revo is something that you have coined and inspired within me, I find it not only important to ask you first, but also I count it a blessing to have encountered a person with so much passion and drive to see change happen.

So here is what I was thinking; I would like to call our benefit show, REVO Nashville and work with you so that the revolution will begin here and people will begin to wonder what REVO is all about! Basically, I am asking you if you would like to make Revo a nation-wide (Hawaii/Tenn-wide) thing, work together, promote and love, design and dream, pray and plan together...just in different states? Obviously there is a lot more to talk about, but I was driving tonight and i couldn't stop thinking about Jesus...and Jesus in Revo...and Jesus in Hawaii...and Jesus in Africa...and Jesus in Tennessee. I want to spread that Jesus. The everywhere Jesus. 

January 4, 2007

LESLIE!
i would be honored to have you use our name in tennessee!!! no im serious. though our times were short i feel love for you, great love. feel free to call me, we can talk more. 

lets start a revo of love. a revo for jesus!

love you much
aloha ahui ho

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I will keep updating the blog with more stories of the REVO journey. After this email between Nina and myself, REVO began to pick up great speed. On April 20, 2007 REVO Nashville put on a benefit event for Blood:Water Mission. On April 21, 2007 REVO Hilo put on a benefit event for Grace of God Orphanage. On March 19, 2008 REVO New York put on a benefit event for Mocha Club. Currently, there are several REVO's being planned in Canada (funny story that I will tell later!), Baton Rouge, Philly, Las Vegas, Chapel Hill, and the list goes on and on. 

visit www.startarevo.org

START A REVO!