Louisville!!

Louisville, Kentucky- Friday April 30, through Sunday May 2, 2010 and May 4 2010.

Saturday morning we had the opportunity to go with Pastor Ted Sandquist to another congregation in the city and make breakfast burritos for the homeless. After helping them make the food, we then were able to go into the city to different places that support the homeless and provide them with breakfast. We even got to do our stomps a few times.

Coming in to Louisville, we read that it is a city of new beginnings and that it was a place of new found freedom from slavery. On Sunday morning we received many encouraging and affirming words for Pastor Ted’s congregation, “In Christ Church and Ministries.” John sang over them the song “Pioneer” and gave them a word about being ground breakers. Pastor Dwight gave them a word to not be weary but to see all that they do as preparation for love; that just as God has been involved from the beginning of time in preparation, He has likewise been involved with them laboring with and through them. Levi received a word from Isaiah 40 about them preparing the way of the lord. Melissa and Ariana together did a prophetic painting of a colorful tornado bringing change to the Church. We received many more encouraging words for the congregation and they were very blessed by them. Pastor Ted’s wife Dawn told us how encouraging the words were to them, especially about being pioneers.

After heading to Newport Kentucky for a few days, we are now back in Louisville Kentucky to pray with Pastor Ted and another local Pastor named Pastor Milton whose Church has been built right in the middle of 7th Street known as “the bad street,” which is lined with “adult” party clubs and only a few blocks from the home of the Kentucky derby horse race. We walked the property of the Church declaring Scriptures and praising God and praying his presence in that neighborhood. Then we went to the parking lots of the some of the clubs near by declaring the goodness of the Lord. While reading the Scriptures some felt resistance, a spirit of Jezebel, fear, a spirit of enslavement, a sense of loss, powerlessness, shame, worthlessness, deceit and frustration for the women who are trapped in that lifestyle, as well as anger over the injustice and uncleanness. Thank you Pastor Ted for teaching us principles of declaring the Scripture that regardless of how we feel when we intercede like this the enemy strongholds are confronted by God’s word. This is our third year praying on that street and we have seen some positive changes each year we come back.

After prayer walking we helped them around the Church with planting some flowers and painting prep. Tomorrow we head to Winchester Kentucky for our longest stop.