MATTHEW 24:14, "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in all the world as a witness to all nations. And then the end shall come." PSALM 86:9, "All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your name." REVELATION 5:9, "You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation."
Our
Iris Relief team has been in Maf-raq, Jor-dan near the Sy-ria border
since yesterday. We split off into three groups visiting different
Sy-rian families and bringing them food and supplies that we bought.
Hearing their stories is heart breaking...how young mothers crawled
across the border with their children while being shot at. We wept with
them, prayed for them and saw open hearts as the love of Jesus was
poured out. Please pray for open doors for us today as we are attempting
to enter one of the camps.
Made it to Du-bai, UAE. Now waiting for my flight to Am-man, Jor-dan via Bah-rain. Lots of flights and layovers!
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Thought
I would fly to the Middle East to grab some Mickey Dee's. What doesn't
Du-bai have? Earlier I was looking for Tom Cruise climbing that glass
building from Mission Impossible to no avail. Hahaha.
Nahlap, Pohnpei Tuesday, April 9, 2013 . Nahlap: Island Paradise
This last
weekend we along with the Gellatlys, Nedlics and some others
went to the small outer island of Nahlap. For me it was my second time
being there but for the others it was their
first time being on this little piece of paradise.
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When we first
got there we unpacked our stuff, then Jesse, Tanya, Zoe and I walked to
the opposite end of the island. Across from that end of the island
there's an old, rusted ship and Jesse and I (Tanya and Zoe stayed on the
beach) trekked across mossy rocks and waded through the ocean about
half way to the ship and took some pictures. We all walked back to where
we were staying just before dusk and ate dinner. After the sun went
down, my dad, Jesse and some others went spear fishing and brought back
tons of fish for a future meal.
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The next
morning we all woke up, ate some breakfast, then we went back to the other (less inhabited) side of the island
again. Afterwards we came back and I took a short nap. Then Jesse and I
did some snorkeling before we left to go back to Pohnpei. There were so
many fish of various types; it was almost surreal. It was hands down the
most fish I've ever seen while snorkeling. My second trip to this
island was wonderful, just like my first. Being there is like setting
foot on a little piece of paradise.
Thousands of
years ago, giants and "sokolei," the Pohnpeian version of leprechauns
were said to have roamed the island of Pohnpei. One of the places that
they populated is Pohnpaip, Madolenihmw. One time the giants got so
upset with the "sokolei" that they threw a giant net over them and
trapped them. This net eventually turned into a giant rock which human
inhabitants later inscribed carvings of kinves and other objects upon,
which is now the modern day Pohnpaip Petroglyphs. When the family who
owns that land showed us around, he brought us to one place on the huge
rock that is hollow. It is said that this is the door to where the
"sokolei" are buried. At night the family says that they hear "ngen
saut" or evil spirits making noise up on the rock not far from their
home.
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The Saturday
before last, Herman, Jesse, Tanya, Ben and I traveled to Pohnpaip,
Madolenihmw to pray, repent on behalf of the ancestors and take
communion together. This has become a weekend occasion for our Iris
Micronesia tribe and for Every Home for Christ. The Holy Spirit is
leading us to do this at strategic places of demonic strongholds on the
island Pohnpei, as we know that we must first "bind the strongman
(Satan), before we can plunder his goods (reap a harvest of souls)."
[Matthew 12:29] I am calling these series of blog posts, "Pohnpeian
X-FILES." We all felt the tension at this place as we prayed. Ben even
heard growling nearby. After praying and taking communion, we poured out
the grape juice, representing the blood of Jesus onto the huge rock,
especially on the door where the "sokolei" are said to be buried. That
night, Herman had a waking vision of Pohnpaip, and that very door had
flung open like a coffin. As it opened, a horrible smell, the stench of
hell rose from the grave. Just then the "sokolei" began to try and
escape, but it was then that we took communion together and sealed the
door shut for good, so that the "sokolei" could never again roam around
on the earth.
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Pohnpeian X-FILES: Palikir
In a place
where one needs to hike through jungle and across rivers to find, two
large stones can be found that are assumed to be the dwelling place of
two "ghost ladies" named, "Inahs" and "Limodolong." These two ghost
ladies are said to have tormneted the people of Pohnpei, but especially
target the islanders who feel isolated. "Inahs" and "Limodolong" appear
to Pohnpeians as beautiful women dressed in red who seduce their victims
and when they wake up the next morning they are crazy and roam the
streets not in their right mind for the rest of their lives. These two
ghost ladies use the river systems nearby and have even have seduced
youth who were drinking alone near PICS High School.
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This last
Saturday, myself, Herman, Jesse, two pastors from the Assemblies of God
and two others whose land these two large two stones reside on made the
hike to this place in Palikir, Sokehs. As we arrived hundreds of bats
flew out of the rocks and filled the skies. It was actually kind of
creepy. We proceeded to pray, repent and take communion together, having
the indigenous Pohnpeians break any curses on the land as it is their
family line that had made former allegiences with these "Inahs" and
"Limodolong." Once again we felt a new freedom in that place where
heaviness once permeated the spiritual atmosphere. This is a ministry of
faith, as we are battling forces that are unseen. We totally believe
that we are bringing new levels of freedom to the island of Pohnpei by
praying at one strategic location at a time.
GEM FROM
HEAVEN. Today while we were editing the last clip of our new Iris
Micronesia informational video about the upcoming Harvest School, this
gem suddenly appeared on the table next to the computer. Looking at the
gem stone up close it is partially rough and partially cut. Maybe it is a
prophetic picture about the nature of Iris Micronesia; some things
being fully formed and perfected while other things are still rough and unfinished.
Ma-fraq, Jordan
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