Bellingham, Washington
Saturday, December 11, 2010
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Leading Worship and Sharing About Missionary Journeys at IHOP
Ever
since we attended and graduated the IRIS Ministries Harvest School of
Missions in Pemba, Mozambique back in 2009, we have instantly had a
connection with the students who were there with us. One of these
students is Shannon Williamson. Shannon is from Bellingham, Washington
and is in ministry at the Light of the World Prayer Center, which is an
International House of Prayer. We got a chance to know Shannon and even
lead worship with her at the Harvest School in Pemba. Ever since we have
dialogued about coming to the HOP Bellingham to lead worship and share
about missions.
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So
it just worked out as our missionary partners and team members, Jesse
and Tanya Gellatly, their daughter Zoe, along with us, as well as another IRIS classmate, Hillary Rhodes and Jesse's
brother David and sister Grace had the chance to travel 5 hours north
from Vancouver to Bellingham and minister at the Light of the World
Prayer Center.
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We
actually had a time of worship and preparation a couple of days before
we left for Bellingham with Jesse and Tanya in our living room, as we
knew that God was going to do many wonders on this trip. During our
pre-Bellingham prayer and worship time, the Lord gave me a vision of the
four corners of the mainland United States, Bellingham being the
north-western most corner. Then I saw huge angels at each corner who had
been sent there on an assignment. It was then I understand that through
the prayer movement centralized at each of these four corners of
mainland U.S., the angels began to lift something like a tarp in the
shape of mainland United States and oil begin to flow from the four
corners into every area of the United States. I knew it was symbolic of a
revival of the Holy Spirit spreading through the States, yet I found it
interesting that those four corners seem to be some of the
least-churched, darkest areas of the United States. You would think that
revival would flow from the central part of the U.S., or the "Bible
Belt" to the four corners of the Unites States, but it was the opposite
(Come to find out that this vision was confirmed by similar visions
given prophetically in Bellingham in months prior to our trip
there...thank you Jesus!).
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Anyway,
we knew that God was up to something big. We headed out around 10am
Saturday morning. As we were driving, Justine became so sick with back
pain, stomach ache and headache. She was crying out in the back seat for
us to pray. Of course we just prayed continually for her, but
she didn't really imrove. Then I had Justine herself declare her
healing in Jesus' name, and had her verbally break off any curses or
demonic attacks. As soon as she did this, she was immediately healed. We
were so thankful, and knew that it was even further confirmation that
God wanted our family to be in Bellingham that day, and the enemy had
caught wind of this.
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We
arrived at Shannon's house and had a wonderful dinner that they had
prepared for us. We had sweet fellowship. We met pastor Jason Hubbard,
who is the leader of the Light of the World Prayer Center in Bellingham.
Immediately I recognized it as a divine appointment and knew that we
had kindred hearts for Jesus. From Shannon's it was off to the HOP
where we started out by showing the full-length version of "The Road to
Tanzania." Then we led a time of worship. The presence
of the Lord was so tangible. I saw a vision of empty jars glistening
with oil at the bottom and knew that the precious saints present needed
prayer for a fresh filling of the Holy Spirit. Jesse and Tanya
all laid hands on those who came forward for prayer, giving prophetic
words and praying for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. After that
prayer and ministry time, I shared the vision the Lord had given me in
our living room.
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Jesse
and Tanya then shared of our missionary journeys in Mozambique, which I
know was stirring up faith in those present. We then had another
wonderful time of ministry, focusing on God's calling on the lives of
those at the HOP. Many, many other prophetic words and words of
knowledge were given as people came forward again for more prayer. I
believe that through word of knowledge a young woman was even healed of
migrane headaches. It was such a wonderful time at the HOP in
Bellingham. All were supportive of our team's missionary endeavors. And
one of the highlights is the fact that through conversations with pastor
Jason and something God had already laid on pastor Brett Aljets and my
heart at Whipple Creek Church in Vancouver was that we are in the
process of praying about starting a House of Prayer in
Vancouver, Washington, as there is no HOP in Vancouver. We covet your
prayers about this exciting possibility and believe that it is key for
what God wants to do in the Vancouver area.
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Overall
we had a wonderful evening of ministry and fellowship at the HOP in
Bellingham. We are already making plans to return in February to "The
Burn" prayer and worship conference at the Light of the World Prayer
Center in Bellingham.
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Christian Young
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