Family is on the heart of God. We were able to be a part of people's families in the last couple of days. The Little's, the Coffey's... rich hospitality, and simply beautiful times with the LORD. In the Carolina's we were blown away by blessings of all shapes and sizes. Charleston, a time to draw together to pray for one another, and fellowship in a beautiful piece of America. We met up (once again) with the Little's, and Chris's brother's family.
We had times of prayer and connected in a deep way with new friends. We didn't really have a place to stay the first night in Charleston, but after seeking the LORD, a door opened up, and someone called and offered to pay for a hotel for the night. The next evening we had a condo to sleep for a couple nights! God is good to us... it was refreshing!So it was back to Charlotte to drop Rachel off and see the Coffey's one last time.
Mrs. Coffey shared about the death of her son, and the testimony of many angelic visitations, stoking our faith to new heights. The Kingdom of God was evident in that family, and we truly believe He's getting ready to pour out new levels of His Spirit there.Then we got on the road, and got to Greenville late. We had heard so much about Greenville, SC. We were greeted by Ian Finlay, a good friend of ours from Kona, and he showed us to our house... we crashed and then woke early to meet Jed, the owner of the house. He has really been used to cultivate an amazing kingdom community within this area. They've helped spark prayer and intercession initiatives as well as homeless feedings and other acts of service to see Heaven realized there. You could feel the peaceful, welcoming atmosphere in that place and immediately felt at ease and that the Spirit was hovering over us. I love places like that... I only wish we had more time there. We grabbed coffee with Ian that morning, getting a little prayer sesh in before getting into Wallace, and took off for Alabama.
Alabama was a place that we probably knew the LEAST about, but had heard enough to check it out. With the few contacts we headed to Hamilton, AL where Hannah, our contact, was gracious enough to find some housing for us. When we were first dropping off the girls, we felt a little uneasy as the owners were a little hard to read... eventually we discovered they were precious people with a heart for this generation. The guys found their spot, and connected with a young high schooler named Justin, who graciously let us sleep in his guest room (free bagels and cereal as well... hmmmboy). Once we dropped off the luggage, we headed over to our first night at the Ramp for a 'Pastor's Summit'.
Alabama was a place that we probably knew the LEAST about, but had heard enough to check it out. With the few contacts we headed to Hamilton, AL where Hannah, our contact, was gracious enough to find some housing for us. When we were first dropping off the girls, we felt a little uneasy as the owners were a little hard to read... eventually we discovered they were precious people with a heart for this generation. The guys found their spot, and connected with a young high schooler named Justin, who graciously let us sleep in his guest room (free bagels and cereal as well... hmmmboy). Once we dropped off the luggage, we headed over to our first night at the Ramp for a 'Pastor's Summit'. It's a community of believers that's seeing transformation of a city happening! Hamilton is getting ROCKED. What they believed was so much the DNA of AWAKEN it was scary... they talked often about the fact that we're on the verge of the 3rd great awakening, and that they would continue to be the Ecclesia (the governmental body of believers who allow the rule of Christ to be administered through them) until an awakening is realized. Damon, Karen and Dutch were all leaders who shared God's heart for pastors of many churches represented there. Conviction came quickly and the first night many pastors were on their faces repenting (changing their way of thinking) before the LORD. Dutch shared the next day on what ecclesia is. And Friday night ended with a 'fire-tunnel' - basically a line of people who prayed fire baptism on the people who would walk through the middle. The night was intense with passion and zeal as we worshipped the LORD with reckless abandon - hours later, people were lying everywhere having encountered Jesus in a fresh way. It was a beautiful thing... greater love was inspired for our LORD and Savior.
Saturday morning, we packed our things and were about to get on the road. It was around 8:30 and had started to think that a breakfast with Dutch Sheets wasn't a reality. We were ok with it, as we felt we had already been so blessed by having been a part of the Pastor's Summit. As 9 a.m. approached the phone rang... it was Hannah Sheets. She said "If you guys can come right now, my dad said he would have breakfast with you" - we jumped into Wallace, grabbed the girls and met at McCracken's for breakfast. It was an honor to sit with Dutch as he shared his heart for this generation and the stories of what God was doing. He also told us about his ambitions, hopes and dreams. Dutch Sheet's wrote the book "Intercessory Prayer" and his book is among the best on the subject. We said goodbye full in many ways, stomach and spirit :)
We just arrived in Tennessee and are excited to see what the LORD will show us here.
Saturday morning, we packed our things and were about to get on the road. It was around 8:30 and had started to think that a breakfast with Dutch Sheets wasn't a reality. We were ok with it, as we felt we had already been so blessed by having been a part of the Pastor's Summit. As 9 a.m. approached the phone rang... it was Hannah Sheets. She said "If you guys can come right now, my dad said he would have breakfast with you" - we jumped into Wallace, grabbed the girls and met at McCracken's for breakfast. It was an honor to sit with Dutch as he shared his heart for this generation and the stories of what God was doing. He also told us about his ambitions, hopes and dreams. Dutch Sheet's wrote the book "Intercessory Prayer" and his book is among the best on the subject. We said goodbye full in many ways, stomach and spirit :)We just arrived in Tennessee and are excited to see what the LORD will show us here.
Just hearing all that God is doing along your travel is amazing! Lots of impartations.... Wonderful. I also enjoyed hearing about ecclesia as it brought back the teachings from Lou Engle. A third awakening...... Lord, by your Spirit may it be soon.... Looking forward to being with you all soon! Love you Awakeners!
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