April 19, 2013
Howdy Ya’ll!
Yup that’s right I am back from my ministry trip to College
Station. Thank you to everyone who prayed for us and partnered with us
financially. It was an awesome trip! We drove down to Texas on Easter Sunday and
then we got back to Kansas City late the next Saturday night. A typical daily schedule
looked like waking up bright and early to be on the campus of A&M for a
morning prayer meeting at 7 am. Then around 10 a group of people would stay
behind on campus and do some evangelism/ pray for physical healing. If you didn’t
stay on campus, then you either came back to the College Station House of
Prayer (CSHOP) and either played or sang on a worship team or did CEC with the kiddos.
Then we had a few hours break and that evening there was a teaching, what we
called an encounter God service (EGS). A couple of days we even did prophecy
rooms. I think the teams prophesied over like 100 people. Crazy!
One of our main focuses on this particular trip was to bless
the moms. There are several young couples with small children at CSHOP. Most of
the time, the moms do not get to be in the prayer room because they are taking
turns serving. So one of our main goals for the week was to take the kids off their
hands and give them some time to just be in the prayer room and soak. My main
focus was the children’s ministry (CEC). We had between 20-30 kids depending on
the day. The oldest one was five and the youngest was 11 weeks old. The
majority were like 1 or 2. Everyone else on the team rotated through all the different
activities, but I did CEC the whole time. I did it for like 7 hours a day. Man
was it exhausting…but so worth it!
The very first day that we were there, we were outside
playing with the little ones and Cynthia, the lady who is kind of in charge of
the prayer room came out and told us the sweetest thing. She said right now all
of the moms are sitting together in the prayer room just praying and
worshiping. She said they had just realized that in the whole 3 years the
prayer room had been going, they had never once all sat together like that.
That was enough for me. Even if nothing else happened that week, I knew that
was powerful. But of course there was more. The moms were so blessed and you
could just feel their excitement and appreciation. They were also really
thankful to sit in the prayer room with their husband. One lady said that
normally they have to take turns with the kids so they don’t get to be in there
together. That week they did =)
My favorite thing about our time there was not just that we
were babysitting, but we were actually getting to teach the kids the Bible.
They had already learned about God the Father and Jesus the Son so I got to teach
them about Holy Spirit. Man I love Holy Spirit! The first day we talked about Pentecost
and how little flames rested on all the people who were in the upper room. Then
we made a fun craft where each kid had a headband and they colored a flame and attached
it and wore it. I wish I would have taken a picture! 20 kids running around
with little Holy Spirit flames…powerful!
The next day I taught them how Holy Spirit is our teacher
and how we have to listen very carefully to hear Him. So we made big ears by
cutting a paper plate in half. We attached a pipe cleaner and then glued ears
on that said something about listening to Holy Spirit. Ya’ll these kids are
amazing. I was telling one of the dads that his daughter was coloring fire on
her ears. Then he told me a story that was crazy. One of the guys was getting
ready to preach at CSHOP and the dad walked over to his daughter who is 2 and
another girl who is 4 and said hey let’s pray for him he’s getting ready to
preach. The 2 year old looked out the window and saw the guy and was like no he’s
already got the fire on him. Then he turned to the 4 year old and asked her if
she wanted to pray. And she said the same thing. Who are these kids ya’ll? Sure
the crafts were cute but I really believe that week there were seeds sown and
the lessons went deep. I got a couple of testimonies from a couple of the moms
at the end of the week. The ears really impacted them. One mom said that one
night the 4 year old put on her ears and said I have to put on my ears and talk
to Holy Spirit because I haven’t talked to Him in a while. Then proceeded to
pray Holy Spirit give me ears to hear your voice. I love you. Amen. Precious!
Another mom said her daughter put them on and then put them on mommy and daddy
and said you need to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying.
My favorite night of the whole trip was the second to last
night and I had not had a chance to eat dinner yet so someone brought me
something and I snuck out to eat it real quick. When I came back in, I just
felt the pleasure of the Lord over that room. The kids were having so much fun
and the adults were full of joy. It was awesome! I thought wow if this is how I
feel, how much more the Father? It was a sweet kiss from the Lord.
I was not able to be a part of the other stuff since I was
in CEC the whole time, but I did hear testimonies of physical healings and
there was even 1 guy at an EGS service who gave his life to the Lord and even
got baptized that night. It was such a fun trip! My main take away however is
that the Lord really has given me a gift to equip the next generation. Because it
comes so naturally to me, I just assume everyone can do it, however when
working with the people who are not necessarily gifted in that area, I quickly
realized that it is something very precious that the Lord has given me. I feel
very confirmed that I am where I am supposed to be and doing what I am supposed
to be doing. Which is what I was hoping would happen.
One night while a I was there I had another dream where I
was holding a baby and their head fell off. I had purposely not held the 11 week
baby at all until then because she was tiny and of course I was afraid. Well
the next day after my dream I said forget you stupid devil. I went and held the
baby. And guess what? Her head didn’t fall off! Praise the Lamb!
Last story just because it’s really funny! One night a
little girl asked me to read her a book. So I pulled her up in my lap and we
started reading the book. All of a sudden she starts shaking and I am thinking
oh no I wonder if she’s scared. But we were reading Jack and Jill. Nothing
scary there. Then she stopped shaking and started crying. I asked her what was
wrong and she said her pants were wet. That’s when I realized what happened. I
pulled her off me and sure enough my entire left leg from the knee down was
covered in pee. Haha what can you do? The best part about it though was the
next day during the lesson, we hadn’t even been talking about it and she
interrupts the lesson and goes, sorry I went potty on your leg. I appreciated
that =)
