red barn & rector's forum reminders

we look forward to seeing you at either the red barn or the rector's forum.

saturday, july 17:
join us at 5 for food/fellowship. please bring a dish (no desserts) to share. the service will begin roughly at 6. the address is listed below:

1562 leeds manor road
delaplane, va

sunday, july 18:
rector's forum at truro church that will be around 920-1020. we will be in the undercroft.

come excited, ready to listen/hear testimonies, and come expecting!

we are back

we have made it back to the dc area in one piece. we may be exhausted, but we are ready to move things forward with the drive of the Holy Spirit! more posts to come with pictures after settling in.

2nd night of attack forces

this night was a tough night. we were hit hard by spiritual warfare as we were exhausted even by the end of street evangelism, before the service even started. one example was a home located (2) two houses away from the church, where brandon s and i went to pray for an elderly woman. brandon s. began praying for this woman's pain in her legs. she did share that she lost her husband almost (2) two years ago and i sensed the depression and sadness all over the house so we continued down that track. as soon as the depression was declared gone, my body was thrown into the window frame, even though i was standing about 2 feet away. the peace of the Holy Spirit was all over the place after blessing the house and all of the women had tears of joy on their face.

brandon s and i had to quickly go back as the service had just started, but that is only a glimpse of how rough that day was. God remained faithful as He still worked 85+ physical healings alone out of the (120) one hundred twenty that attended. as we travelled home in the van, we all looked like we ran a marathon, but were encouraged after reflecting together on how God carried us through this rough day.

impartation & prophecy

all is can say is, "thank You, Lord." brandon s. received direction, susan f. was given a word, daniel l. was given peace, and maddy b, abby f, and i were all "blasted." i was definitely resting in God's peace as he spoke to me about certain things and other people. soooooo much to share, but sooooo little time to type.

ccc- last church of phase 1

i will make this short and quick. as soon as we walked in, we knew that God has anointed this church. the air was thick with the Holy Spirit! God opened deaf ears, took away physical pain of the elderly, and deliverance. it is amazing to watch and see our team's growth and maturity in their gifts, like maddy b and daniel l:

maddy b- a silent force to be reckoned with!
daniel l- God has increased his confidence exponentially. i was interceding and supporting him as he prayed with authority!!!

we were sad that phase 1 is over, but excited to tackle phase 2.

1st night of attack forces

friday was the first night that we were sent out to run the whole program in conjunction with the smaller churches around curitiba. fortunately, our attack force team leader, mark c., has a solid and matured gift of intercessory prayer, so we were not worried.

from the hotel, it was about 25 min drive, in the middle of a neighbourhood on a hill. the church is only (1) one block from the main street, but a hidden gem. the pastor is in his early 30's and has a heart of gold for the congregation and his community. i spent a long time getting to know the pastor and found out that his congregation is a church plant. the vision of the bigger church is to plant (1000) one thousand churches within (10) ten years. that is a tremendous amount of boldness and faith! after a little over (3) three years, they have planted over (200) two hundred congregations! God is faithful to His ministry as they are cell groups (home groups) popping up left and right, most of them are reaching non-believers. the brazilians are a wonderful example of walking in discipleship, raising, and equipping the next generation of leaders.

we began our time with this congregation by going out, knocking on doors, and inviting locals to the healing service. in a few cases, some of us were invited to pray for folks in their homes because they could not make it, while most did come by. we found many who have never believed, or those who have walked away for a variety reasons. what mattered to God and us, is that the seed was planted by walking those streets and loving on these people.

my translator for the evening service was a 19 year old female college student who had never personally witnessed a miracle. one 25 yr old gentleman was guided up by his mother and (2) two aunts. he could never physically open his mouth and completely deaf in both ears. he communicated with his mother via sign language. i was initially intimidated internally, but quickly cast that doubt to be gone in Jesus' Name. by God's grace, he was able to hear 50% in his left ear and open his mouth. i asked if we could continue and by the end, he could say "ah" and gained 50% hearing in both ears! the joy of the Lord had fallen over himself, the (2) two aunts and his mother. the mother explained that she had always wanted to hear her son's voice. the man did not want us to proceed again because he knew that God is going to finish that work.

child-like faith permeates in this country. thank You, Lord, for showing us examples of how we are to approach your throne.

reminders

i apologize for no recent updates to the blog. we have had some late nights recently and i have been crashing into the bed after returning the room. i will have some later this morning after taking a quick power nap.

reminder: we will be ministering at the red barn on saturday, july 17. for more information, please contact the strothers, or check out their website for additional information and directions

http://www.victorythrujesus.org/

pass the word about the rectors forum on sunday, july 18 between the two services at truro. come excited, ready to listen/receive the testimonies, and come expecting!