Final Thoughts...

Alas! It's come to an end... Vegas with Lauren Patton, Tahoe, Sacramento, Redding, LA, probably forgetting somewhere in between, but how can a blog a week cover all that we've done? ...I don't know how to.

I'm not going to lie, I'm not even really going to attempt to put down everything we experienced in the last couple of weeks. Let's just say it was RICH. Like a Krispy Kreme donut... you can't have too many in one sitting.

We learned at Bethel Church in Redding about yielding to the Holy Spirit. To beg God to heal someone is to assume we have more mercy than God - it's about letting the Holy Spirit do His work... if we're not seeing results, don't get discouraged, focus on what He has done, and go get some more revelation of God, our Healer. (Thank you Chris Gore and Chris Overstreet).

Shawn Bolz - Expression 58 - bought us lunch and told us stories about transporting in the spirit and the importance of community and understanding tiers of relationship. Maximize. He also brought a great word about our stance with interpreting the times here and coming - we need to be like the men of Issachar who understood the seasons, but have to see through the lens of the Gospel. Our job is to love, and if we don't have love for a place, we need to be careful to prophesy.

Jaeson Ma - author of "The Blueprint" and a church planter - had a Bible study that we attended one of the last nights we were there. It was amazing to see people go after prayer and Bible study the way they did. At the end they prophesied over us, and encouraged the Awaken crew that was present that night.

Sweet times of processing and meeting new friends as well as fellowship with THE Daniel Stedman and co. in Laguna Niegel (as well as other YWAM cameos throughout the week).

Conclusion? ...God is on the move, just like we thought, there is FAITH HOPE and LOVE in action. Everyone should do a perspectives trip across the states... without a doubt it catapulted us into greater intimacy with a really good God.

Fire, San Antonio, 93 and Sex+Money

The Yorks

So much to do, so little time... with less than a couple weeks left in the trip, minds that are brimming with revelation, and still experiencing anointed people, community and ministry, it's hard to find time to blog within the meetings, eating, praying and the sleeping.

Where do I start? We knew we wanted to go to Waco, TX to connect with Antioch Church... so after praying in Colorado at the York's, we felt good about making the longest drive yet...through the night. The night was beautiful, and laced with glorious moments with the Holy Spirit in the midst of corporate outbursts of prayer and worship. I could have sworn we were just going to be transported along with Wallace to our destination.

Waco, TX - here we met up with Grace, a sister of one of the AWAKEN staff - she graciously hooked us up with places to stay after Esther, a good friend of ours, blessed us with a room at the Marriott for a night! It was encouraging to see the youth really come walking out real community around the presence of God. Antioch Church has launched out around 50 church plants all over the world! Great to visit the church... and while we didn't really meet with any ministry leader here, we were encouraged to see God on the move yet again.

It was also in Waco that Erica and Eli felt a peace about booking tickets to Amsterdam! Andrew, Eli (the one with the vision for Amsterdam), Erica and Haley will be going to the Netherlands to explore what God's doing, and explore potential long-term community and ministry.

"San Antonio. Here we come. Where are we staying? ...that's a great question. Let me know if there's anyone who wants to hook 6 very friendly people up!"

This was the status I posted on my Facebook just before arriving in San Antonio... After hearing clearly from the LORD "San Antonio" "Fire" and "93" (and then discovering that there was a Fresh FIRE Healing gathering in SAN ANTONIO led by Todd Bentley) we decided to attend the conference, but had no idea where we were going to stay. Well, God truly does work in mysterious ways, and through a Facebook status, Andrew's friend Kirsten from YWAM, connected us with 2 of the most amazing people Texas has to offer. We were treated like ROYALTY! Food galore, housing, and good times - this was a hard stop to beat... we gained so much more than impartations this week, we gained great friendships.

Robert and Janie

The gathering was amazing... we would drive close to 30 minutes everyday for 3 days to get to the little church from where we were. Todd Bentley, Luke Holter and Jason Hooper all yielded to the Holy Spirit to help administer healing to the hundreds that came through in the few days. The gathering simply said to "bring the sick, and those hungry and thirsty for an outpouring", it was incredible worship and solid Biblical teaching, with all the glory to God. I love that God is one of breakthrough (in fact He's the "Master of breakthrough"), and our faith was stirred.

Luke and Grace Holter

Luke Holter also shared a couple mornings on the prophetic gifting, and also his testimony... He just finished a book called "A Beautiful kind of Broken", and taught us that God is a safe place to "fail" in the area of walking out the prophetic. Luke, and his wife Grace, met us for lunch to share more prophetic words and encourage us to love the unlovely and keep going after the giftings. Again, another amazing connection that will hopefully lead to more connecting in the future.

The Alamo and the Riverwalk were also spots where we got to check out, along with connecting with a student from the last school, Emery, for his birthday!

...after a great night of powerful prayer with our friends Robert and Janie (our gracious hosts), we left around 5 the next morning for Arizona!

Katie

Sex + Money

Again... we weren't really sure where we were going to stay... but yet again, we connected with a YWAM alum! YWAM is a great tribe to be a part of :) ...Our friend Katie set up AMAZING housing for us in Maricopa which JUST happened to be 5 minutes away from our friends with Sex+Money (a ministry raising awareness of Human Trafficking in America) - so we were able to spend time with them and hear about how God is opening up doors and giving them more vision... they are great friends personally and of AWAKEN, and know that the LORD will connect us more with them in the future.

Andrew and Eli also got to connect with 2 of their aunts in the area!

What's a road trip without seeing the Grand Canyon? ...we had to do it... we felt that we were supposed to go to Vegas, but not before a trip to the canyon. This is also where "93" came in... highway 93 was the road that takes you from Phoenix to Las Vegas!

GOD IS BEAUTIFUL... and the Grand Canyon testifies to that! In a moment we went from feeling significant to insignificant as we saw the vastness of the view before us. God is amazing in His creativity! Thank you LORD for moments like these...

After a refreshing time seeing our Creator's handiwork... in was on to Vegas!!