Playing the "Jim Bay"

Well, we ended up not going to Woonsocket. Instead had a good long break and a night at the church for worship. I haven't had intense worship like that in a long time. The youth there were at first were timid, standing with there hands in their pockets. Towards the end many of the youth getting more into it, with outstretched arms, I wish I got a picture, they were literally reaching out to "Daddy".

This past friday we had a day of fasting, food and fasting spoken words (a day of silence). Leading up to the terrifying moments of fasting, Jamie (Alberta, Canada), Chad (Michigan) and others were screaming at the top of their lungs, in order to let it all out before it was time. Then the time came. It was hilarious watching everyone waving their hands in weird gestures trying to communicate what originally would be spoken. We also had a trusty pad of paper and pen nearby to communicate with more ease. It was interesting having silence for that long. Me, being one who doesn't speak much thought it frustrating not being able to talk. As the time came near and finished, a loud triumphant sound rose from the Yellow House. We talked, ate and were marry.

This weekend we had a conference for Intercessors. Specifically for intercessors who have been badly beaten by leadership. Saturday was a day for them. We served them food and had amazing worship. Virginia Sullivent an amazing prophetic worship leader lead worship. I had the honor to play with her, playing the Djembe (sounds like "jim bay"). It was amazing. People got up on stage to dance.

Woonsocket

Spring is here wait, Never mind it's now snowing again.

I've noticed a change in the atmosphere here. With the combination of Day Light savings time and a few days of warm weather everybody's mood changes. The first day of warm weather we had a snowball fight in 60 degree (Fahrenheit) weather. The sun being up an hour longer we could finally play outside after dinner. First the Canadian interns and the American interns had a "battle de la snowball", the Canadians claim they won but i beg to differ. Afterwards many of the guys merged turning there aim towards the girls.

Its interesting how the natural seasons coincide with what God takes us through.

This weekend we are suppose to go to a town in Rhode Island called, Woonsocket. In the past Woonsocket was strong in milling before the industry moved south leaving the town dry. The church there is starving for a great awakening, so this weekend John Thomas (MetroWest Church), and others are going down to speak at one of the churches to stir up the town spiritually.

With it snowing like crazy right now we'll see if we interns can go down and join them.

Pray for Woonsocket, RI. for freedom.

"Horay for Catholics"

This past weekend had pushed me more into leadership. Not only was I van Captain, I was dream team leader for the whole weekend.

Making our first stop to my favorite place, the Olive Branch Bookstore. This bookstore use to be a house but's now a bookstore. It has an entire room filled just with different bibles. There's a Hebrew to English Bible that I want. At this bookstore John Thomas (pastor of MetroWest Bridge) had a short dream interpratation seminar for anyone then after people would come to our dream teams (which I lead) to get a dream interprated.

One woman who was Catholic "horay for Catholics" was free from demonic oppression through a dream God gave her. In the dream she was running through this big house where this creepy man was stocking her. After going through many different rooms, she was led to her childhood home were it ended with her walking up "Liberty Street". Ha! The next day in mass there was a Bible verse recited about Peter being free from prison, right away she felt like someone took an invisible jersey off of her. She felt much lighter and Peace filled her. It was pretty self explainitory, Jesus fought for her.

Hanging around later that day, Analee (Mass.) comes up to me and says "do you feel adventurous". I say sure. There was a guy who worked at the CVS (pharmacy) who had a dream bothering him. He was working so we walked over. Six of us ended up going. So in the middle of isle three, Annalee, Ali (Connecticut), and Brandon Crummer (Hawaii/Wyoming) interprated this mans dream during his five minute break. While waiting at the end of isle three, Anton (New York) and Me were talking to Jill (Olive Branch employee) she had a wrist brace on. Anton asked her about it. From gymnastics, she had a tendon catching her bone everytime she would move her wrist. So as Anton is best known for, asks to pray for her wrist. Anton says to her that in God's Kingdom there's no injuries, so as a believer in God, God will heal her wrist back to normal. We layed hands on her wrist and said "Be Healed" etc. Basically by the time we were done, Jill was freaked out, which is a good sign because her wrist didn't catch anymore.

That night we went ot Annalee's house to have an awesome dinner, country fried steak.

Around seven we headed over to MetroWest Bridge to minister to the Youth. It was a charasmatic and intense ministering by the Holy Spirit. People shaking, waving flags, bent in weird positions, people crying and people laughing. Some of the youth was freaked out in the begining, laughing at the weirdness that was going on. The Kingdom of God is weird, but by the end of the night ones who were weirded out were joining in, waving flags around and recieving prayer. The Joy of God was on some of the youth for an hour. They laughed straight for an hour, not kidding.

Growing up in a Lutheran Church I never experienced such weirdness. Over the years I was gently exposed to the many ways God moves including the weird and bizzare. Im now am okay with however He decides to show Himself whether its tame or wild. If its Him I love it.

Sunday we ministered some more, with dream teams and helped at the church during service. We finished the day with pizza. But the weekend was not over for a select few. Me including three people were selected for a special mission later Sunday night. We drove to Dave"s Carpentiers (Mass.) house to help Peter Carpentier, his dad with a youth night at the house. Peter is a retired Navy pilot who has a heart to minister to the youth. That night God touched a girl who goes to a Unitarian Church, revealing Himself creating gold dust on her, yes gold dust (God does that), her toes were also tingling as we prayed for her and spoke prophetically over her. Her brother who came use to be Buddist. Jesus was blessing and growing both of them together, it was beautiful. Peter was encouraging to be around, because he had such a young spirit being late in his sixties he had much energy and had the ablilty to stay up late.

Early Monday morning we drove back home.

Sharayah (New York) leads it up in a dream team

Buy this Bible, perfect for kids who love bee's and Bibles, Sharayah (New York)

This army hat completely changed Claire's (England) personality, she's was a different person.

Nuclear Explosions

"When the Heavens opened to me, the atmosphere of Heaven was thick with intense purity in the air. Many spiritual beings surrounded me. An angel guided me into the center of a very large room, which I realized was God's throne room. It had no visible walls; the room seemed as endless as God's awesome presence.

In the center of the room was the glorified Son. His presence was so bright that the pure light coming from His face felt like a walk into the heart of a nuclear explosion. Yet somehow, He gave me grace to be able to walk toward Him." (Shawn Bolz, The Throne Room Company, p.20)

Heaven's like a nuclear explosion?, sounds like a pretty intense place to live. If any body wants to know what Heaven is like here is one description by Shawn Bolz who experienced first hand such a place. The cool thing he's not the only one who has visited Heaven before they died, many today have had similar experiences, ie: John Paul Jackson. In the Bible in 2 Corinthians 12:2-4, Paul talks about a man who was caught up into the 3rd Heaven where he heard inexpressable words. God is desiring a generation to know what Heaven is like, to bring it on Earth (Shawn Bolz), "On Earth as it is in Heaven".

This week was pretty tough for us all personally. Being in such a unique enviornment, we start feeling growing pains a lot; characterly and spiritually speaking. God is a consuming fire when it comes to maturing us. I thought going to Streams Academy would be filled with great comfort and nonstop parties. Instead we're maturing and building our character, whats up with that?

Out of this we know that great promises will come out of our pain. But even going through the personal crushing with the Holy Spirit we can learn to enjoy it with perserverance or just give up to face it some other time in life. Whatever the issue God will bring it up again. He loves us too much to let us go through life messed up in our corrupted state. Instead He messes us up.

Enough hard talking, we understand the reward is more pressious than iPods, BlueRay DVD's, and Nintendo Wii's combined. We are willing to go through it with peace and trust.

I pray for anyone reading this, as you go through any friction in life, stop ask your self "what is God speaking to me about me in this situation" Interprate it as if it were a dream. What would your situation mean if it were a dream. Then you won't freak out so much.

John (supersam) and Kelly (Texas) eating at Panera on our roadtrip to Mass.

Me with Aviator glasses

Kulbir (England) standing for lack of seats in Panera

T'was a Cold Day with Hearts and Music

This morning on Valentines Day we were presented with a blizzard that is still going on right now, leaving over 2 feet of snow. Because of the dumping of so much snow at once, the highly trained snow plows still were no match. We did not go to work today but we got together in our house to discover what God was speaking to us with dreams we had last night.

Example: One guy had a dream where he noticed a brand new Jeep parked on the otherside of a short wall. As he easily hopped over the wall, he realised the jeep had a concrete bottom. Opening the door he stepped in, to his surprise it was much bigger on the inside than on the out side. After that a couple of baboons walked by, smiled at him and then left to join other animals walking down the street.


We attempted to interprate what God was telling him.

Here we go. The new jeep on the otherside of the short wall was a new stage (new ministry or occupation) coming up in his life. There will only be a short obstacle in the way but he'll get there. This new (ministry or occupation) will have a solid foundation and it will provide more room and space than what it looks like from the outside. The baboons who usually are agressive creatures, smile at him instead leaving him alone, They could be people who would usually bothered him will no longer do so leaving him alone.

My God uses Baboons and Jeeps to speak his children. I love that.

Later lay ahead a Valentine Surprise for the ladies in the internship. At the guys house we cleaned!!!!, cooked an amazing meal, dressed up, decorated and provided elegant music. As the dressed up girls came in from the blizzard outside we escorted to the tables. First was the meal along with live violin music. Then finishing off the meal with cheese cake. After that the greatest dance party New London will ever see. Yes we are Christians.....were dancing fools. It was such an amazing time to show the girls that we love them and hold them with high regard. To extend our covenant with them telling them that they are princesses.

Happy Valentines Day

Streams Strikes Back

This weekend we went back to our favorite town of Salem. There was a Wine and Chocolate Tasting Festival. People walk around to resturants tasting chocolates and fine wine. When we got there no one was walking around the streets because it was soo cold, but we did have some people come into the "Gathering" church to have dreams interprated as well as have prophetic ministry. I was assigned as one of the INTERCESSors. We dealt with a lot of things unseen so praying while ministry was going on was very important. You could feel the atmosphere in the church was very peaceful. Many people were being touched. Grown Men were crying because Daddy (God) was ministering to his loved ones. I'm a grown man and I cry freely, I just had to say that just to get the effect across.

John Harding here speaking at the "Gathering" Sunday morning

One of the ice scuptures around town

Horray for TV

God has put me into an honorable position in being part of the beginings John Paul Jackson's AWE TV. This television show right now is broadcasted on the web but its future will soon be on regular TV. The purpose of the show is to give Glory to God and to help people find their purpose in life. On the show they will have anything from How God speaks to us in dreams to God's mysteries through color, music and science. John Paul Jackson has a lot to offer, so being on TV will allow him to touch a larger number of people; helping them get to their destiny.












I am the guy who operates the Teleprompter. A few weeks ago I didn't even know exactly what a teleprompter was, now I'm operating one for John Paul.