The last bit of tour

After a few weeks of relaxing and only a few days after John and Larissa’s wedding, we headed out again for another three weeks of traveling. July 30th we started our journey by heading to Collinsville Illinois, outside of St. Louis. Last time we were in that area we attended a juvenile program with Tim Starks and this time we had planned to join his church to share with them. Sadly the week we were there one of the pioneers from their church passed away and they decided not to have church that week but fortunately we were able to go to their sister church instead. It was one of the most amazing tour stops we had and the Lord moved through us greatly. The Lord has really been speaking to us as a group about choosing joy and moving past our circumstances into his grace that enables us to hear him and speak through him. It was incredible how many of the words we gave people were right on and many of them had to do with having joy and walking in that. Levi got to pray with someone who wanted to rededicate his life to the Lord, and Melissa got to pray for a little girl who wanted to ask the Lord into her heart. That was only the beginning of how the Lord was moving that night. We had the opportunity to pray for a young couple who was just getting into the youth ministry there and just starting a family. It was a great time of encouragement to them and speaking confidence over them and the places they are going. The Lord made it obvious to us that we were supposed to be there even though it was not as planned and we saw him do amazing things there. We believe it was a great time of connection with their church and we are so excited about what the Lord used us to do and say to them.

The next day we drove all day and stopped in Columbus Ohio for the night and got to see Toy Story 3 as a group. The next day we finished the trip to Summerville Pennsylvania for the first ever appearance of Master’s Commission in their church. Pastor David Shay and his family welcomed us into their home and we felt so cared for and loved by them. They live out in the peaceful countryside where we greatly enjoyed some fishing, a bonfire, and playing with the kittens. Saturday morning we joined alongside Pastor David’s church, Living Church International and their school, Christ Dominion Academy to help them put on a penny carnival. This is an amazing event they put on to reach the people in their neighborhood and the city’s surrounding there’s with the love of Jesus. There was a great turnout of people and some even drove an hour or more just to be there. We helped by running games, face painting, and giving out prizes. We also had the opportunity to do some of our dances for them in-between games. We had many requests for the rhythm/dance piece that we do and we ended up doing it around 7 times for them. Over all it was a great day and they were so thankful for the help and support and we greatly enjoyed helping them and hanging out with the kids.

Sunday morning Pastor David asked us to share about discipleship with them so Levi, Melissa and Joseph all shared their testimony and how the Lord has used discipleship to strengthen them and draw them closer to Him. After the testimonies, the girls shared a dance with them and Laura, Larissa, Angela and Sarah all had prophetic paintings for the Church. The amazing part about it was that all four of them had to do with water and they were all given the words at different times and didn’t talk about them till they shared them with the church. The Lord was speaking encouragement to their congregation about others wanting to come into their church because of the peace and life they have and that they are a refreshing river that is going to impact other people.

Overall we felt very refreshed going to church and we are so grateful for their heart to serve us and love us. We had many good times hanging out with Pastor David and Emily, their three daughters and son, and all their other family that also opened their home to us. We even got to see a great firework show with them on the fourth of July followed by a bonfire and stories of how the Lord has used them. We all felt very connected and really enjoyed our time there being refreshed.

After a great weekend we headed to Washington D.C. and even had a free day to just tour around the city and see many of the sites. After that we started a 10 day Microsoft show followed by a day of driving to Atlanta, and doing a 7 day show which we now only have two days left of before we head back to Oklahoma City. We are so grateful for the opportunity to work for and represent Event Force at these shows and for this week in Atlanta we are so blessed to have three future students and Pastor Dwight’s daughter Kendra working with us also.  Saturday we head back to Oklahoma City for our last week in MC's before we graduate!

Little Rock Arkansas

Little rock Arkansas

June 11-13

After working for ten days in the city of New Orleans for a Microsoft show, we went to Laura’s church in Little Rock Arkansas.  We were very privileged to be with Pastor Paul Doherty and his church, Victory Fellowship.  Saturday Morning we served them by weeding the playground, preparing the volleyball court, and paint a picnic table.  In spite of the heat, we were able to get many things done in just a few short hours followed by a delicious lunch.  That evening after having some time to clean up, we met at Pastor Paul’s house for a wonderful time of prayer and worship with some members of the church.  It was a very encouraging time of praying for the leaders of their church and imparting faith into the younger generation of upcoming leaders. 

Sunday we had an exciting time of worship with their congregation and then we were able to give back to them by encouraging and prophesying to them.  The Lord highlighted many people to us to pray for and people he wanted to know that He loved and cared for.  He even used Angela to heal three woman of severe back pain, one who had been in pain for about 25 years!  We were so grateful to be there and know that the word’s we gave were received and that the Lord was going to bless them.  Sunday night we were able to join a church called Healing Waters for their service.  Victory fellowship has just begun to connect with them and it was a great way to encourage that relationship. They had  many positive things to say and they were really touched by God and amazed at how He worked through us and they were really glad we came to minister to them.

Monday Morning before heading back to Oklahoma City we had the amazing opportunity to sit and listen to Pastor Paul share his heart with us about the attributes of love and what the Lord was speaking to him about it.  We were very encouraged to be in Little Rock and felt that even though we were pouring out to them, we were still able to receive so much from them also.