MCOKC Tour

Testimonies

2011-07-01T08:12:00.000-07:00

Here are just some short testimonies of only a few of the amazing things that the Lord did in us on tour!

Ryan Ellis

Something that I was impacted by was when we were in Cartago, Costa Rica at the school ministering to all the kids. I was so surprised when we were asked to do the full performance instead of just one dance because it is very intense. The Principle said that even the little kids families have gone or are going through divorce. So after we did the play, and we were praying with everyone. A little 10-year-old girl came up to me with a teacher and wanted prayer for her parents because they were going through a divorce. I was able to pray with her and impart the love of Christ from what God has done in my life and family to her. I asked her after praying how she felt and she said she felt more at peace and love in her heart for her parents. She also felt hope for her parents and their marriage. I believe that God really awakened a father's heart in me and a great and deep love for the nations, Latin America, and Costa Rica.

Laura Straessle

Last year during tour I had to deal with my knees going out on me and I learned how to let the Lord pull me into him and use his strength. This year going into tour I had 12 pinched nerves spread throughout my spine. I couldn’t understand why the Lord was letting this happen to me again right before tour. But through all the confusion and hurt, I once again relied on the Lord. His grace knows no bounds and I believe he took me to a different level of relying upon him. There is no way I did any amount of dancing or relating of my own accord. Every move I made happened because of Christ living in me and having grace on my body. Through the pain and tears I was able to see the Lord’s hand in everything. Lives were touched through the dances and I can’t take any of the credit which is how it should be. Because of this, ALL of the Glory had to go to the Lord. There was no saving any of it for myself, I couldn’t claim anything. It was cool to see that people were responding to the God in me, instead of just a cool move I’d learned to do. And because of the grace he poured on me, I had an easier time than I imagined focusing on other people instead of just my pain. The Lord is good and his mercy really endures everything.

Costa Rica was a different experience than tour in drastically different ways and I cannot really compare the two and still do justice to either. I still had pain but had learned to push past it with the Grace of God. There was more grace to dance freely and not be afraid of the pain. It was easier to allow myself to be swallowed by His Grace in order to move which left me able to focus more on what he wanted to tell others. And they were desperate. The people of Costa Rica left such an impression on me that I felt convicted. Here these people were, running to the Lord for any type of prayer they could get. Several people on several occasions had no complaint or purpose for asking for prayer other than the soul reason of seeking an encounter with God. Do we do that here in America? I know I don’t. Normally it takes a moving of the Lord to get me to go up for prayer…or for that matter, it takes someone coming and getting me! How I want to be that desperate! To be a sponge that will soak up any drop of water someone decides to let drip. They were truly precious and I know the Lord had encounters with those people. How do I know? Because they were desperate for one and kept seeking until they got it.

Melissa Camenisch

On tour one of the most awesome and incredible things for me this year was getting to minister in schools at every stop, minus one. It was so awesome getting to talk with the kids and pray with them and just be an example to them of someone that is choosing to live their life for the Lord. I was able to encourage and love on so many kids it was amazing. I was so grateful for the time and experience. It was obvious the Lord sent us to each school at the perfect time because of the amount of pain and hurt we felt upon entering into each school. I was able to pray and speak identity into several young girls and help them hear the Lord for themselves. It was such a humble and unforgettable experience. I really want to Thank all of you for all you're prayers for me and the team as we went. We couldn't have done what we did without your faithfulness in prayer and your love for us. We truly are a blessed people. Thank you again.

Laurie Cleek
The Lord asked me, "Do you practice what you preach?" I have said to other people, "What the enemy intends for bad, God intends for good," but the Lord wanted me realize that I needed to find him in every situation. I lost three valuable items in Costa Rica. A door was opened for me. I had the choice to have a bad attitude, or I could find the Lord in this situation and have a good attitude. I am so thankful for the Lord's grace upon me because he showed me that I need to put into practice what I say. Did I use my own strength and positive attitude, NO. I used the Lord's strength and positive attitude because his is what lasts, not me.

Melissa Wygant
Our time was truly blessed on our trip to Costa Rica. The Lord really met us every step of the way, especially in the schools. We could really see and feel the Lord work in our favor as we were welcomed to each school through the teachers, the principals and the performances. I truly believe that many lives were touched through the play, our testimony’s as well as the rhythms. So many people that we encountered were thirsty for the Lord. I had many people just come up and ask us for prayer, nothing specific just prayer. I know one instance that really touched my heart was when we were in Cartago visiting Ariana’s church. After our performance on Sunday morning my host mom came up to me and asked for prayer on her throat, among other things. As I began to pray I put my hand to her neck, however I didn’t fully touch her due to my hands being cold. I began to pray in the spirit and within a minute or so I felt my hand get warmed so I put my hand against her throat and continued to pray in the spirit. That was a moment and an experience that I will never forget. Feeling the holy spirit move through me to heal her was awesome, but it really touched me that I was able to do that for my host mom, it added an extra special touch to our visit. Thank you Lord for the momentous experience, its something I can carry with me always.

Tim Cunkle
The trip to Costa Rica was absolutely incredible from the very beginning. It almost makes it difficult to share because you just don’t know where to begin, but a good place to start is to share what God did. We received several words about God meeting us in our lack, which is something that thematically stood out to me on tour, but this was on a completely new level. We were going into a country not really being able to speak their language, and performing a dramatic piece of material that was primarily in English. Not to mention we hardly performed perfectly. How were we going to communicate the message in the first place, and if it was communicated, how were we going to pray for people who were touched? Well, God provided the response, and he didn’t just provide it, I am willing to bet he shocked almost every single one of us. People were incredibly receptive, and then to reach those people, God provided us with Costa Rican voices. I know for me personally, it was in Costa Rica that I experienced my deepest ministry times not just this year but of my life so far, and more than one of those was through a translator. The entire trip was definitely a lesson in dependence on God, but it was only encouraging because he gave us strength where we had none to begin with instead of having to show us our lack.

Hannah Hall
On tour the Lord taught me more about trusting him. Often I would find myself having to look for people to pray for which led me more and more to trusting father that he was leading me to the right people. Through that I got to pray for many people who otherwise might not have gotten prayed for. I saw this continue in Costa Rica in a different way. Though I rarely had to look for people to pray for because they were so hungry, the Lord still led me to people he wanted to touch. At one place I prayed for this 6 year old girl who wanted her family to be happy again and her mom (also a teacher at the school) happened to be one translating for me and through that, I was able to then talk to the mother who had been divorced and hurt and felt the Lord wanted to do something in her. The Lord gave her some encouraging words about restoring to her joy and peace and giving her new dreams. Through this experience and many others, the Lord is teaching me again and again to just trust him and follow where he leads me.

Levi Lamy
For this year's Tour Father told me He would re-enforce to me being a son. In ministry, the theme I saw was guiding people into hearing God for themselves. It was so exciting to see people come up, expecting to receive a prophetic word, and instead, they were introduced to Father and were able to receive directly!
One of the many times this happened was in NY, and I was brought over to a lady who had just gone through divorce, was weeping, and worried about how it would affect her kids. She was very distraught, and could list off many terrible things, and the ladies there were doing a good job of comforting her. But I felt like Father wanted to do more. So I talked to her about how God wants to talk to us, and how He loves us, desires us, and then asked her to ask the Lord what He wanted to say to her. So, she asked, and she heard Him! He told her that she didn't have to worry, that He has a plan, and that He is giving her peace. It was so encouraging to see her realize that she could hear God, and it was encouraging to me to be able to guide her to that!
The concept of asking God for something and expecting a reply is something that I can take for granted, but to most is not very common. I think it should be, and I think that we were able to plant the seed and idea that it is something that God wants to do. Father used me as a son, as I was led by Him, to help others be led by Him too!

Home from the Jungle!

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We have arrived safely back in OKC!! We started our long journey home about 9pm Costa Rica time Sunday night, and arrived back in OKC around 2pm Monday afternoon.

The Lord worked mightily in us and through this dream come true for MCOKC. We truly saw his kingdom come to earth and in his hungry sons and daughters. We are greatly humbled that he chose us to go on this mission, and speak him kingdom in another country. We all have many stories of how he worked in us, ask us for stories!! There is also many pictures and a few videos on facebook of our many adventures.

We want to thank you all for all the prayers and support we received from you in our preparation and during the trip. We would not have been able to see what we did without it. Though you were not all with us, we believe you were a huge part in how the Lord was working in Costa Rica! So thank you again for all your support!!

We only have 7 weeks left now! Graduation is coming fast! But we still have much to accomplish and we believe the Lord still has many things for us to do. We are going to through a few books about the authority we have in prayer and the kingdom of God. The students are also preparing to write their covenant so pray for them as they take this big step in their year! We have one more show to work in a few weeks, and a few more ministry times at churches in Oklahoma. Here is a list of the upcoming events:

• July 6 Vinita, OK

• July 10 Hope Church (Here is OKC)

• July 22-29 Microsoft MGX Denver

• August 5th-7th Graduation weekend

Pictures!!

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Ministry time and meeting new friends

Group Photo in the mountains of Cartago, Costa Rica

Relaxing time at the beach!!

Costa Rica Part 2

2011-06-24T08:04:00.000-07:00

Here are some email updates from PD through the week we were in Costa Rica:

Monday, June 13th

I arrived at diaz home around 2 am (3 OKC time)
and will join the team for lunch at Arianna's church. Friday they did some shopping, changed money, had time with Pastor Ronnie Diaz (Moses' father) Saturday they feed some poor children, ministered to youth at Moses' church then ministered that night to youth at Arianna's church. Sunday am they did the service at Arianna's church and this morning their school. Moses said the testimonies that about five of the MC's wrote and delivered in Spanish were very impressive. You will see them on video when we get back and post them. Ronnie's wife said she is very impressed with the team.

June 15th
Today made 18 complete ministry times since Saturday!! Fri we drive to the coast and swim so please pray it doesn't rain all the time. It has rained nearly everyday here at some point because it is the rainy season.

June 18th
Happy Fathers Day tomorrow!!

I have posted new pictures of us at beach and pool on my Facebook.

Fri we started carpool 8:15 am and arrived at little condos a few blocks from ocean at 12. All sixteen of us in one 15 passenger van with little air-conditioning so was hot, very crowded with our overnight bags.

We stopped and saw alligators by a bridge.

We walked to eat at a Soda (cafe) and do some shopping. Then straight to Centeal Pacific Ocean. We were careful because of undercurrent riptides that sometimes occur So I told them to stay near shore line. I grew up body surfing so I stayed with them as long as I could but the waves were big and finally I started body surfing just a little ways out. I loved it. Felt young again except for the very pebbly bottom-hardly any sand where the waves break. It was joy to be slammed and dive over and under the waves. But you know me. It was restoring to my soul though now my body feels old again.

We pray for refreshing and safety today that Satan has no door to come in and that we be as Psalm 121 blessed coming and going.

We go back this afternoon then Sun AM minister in the two services at Moses' church. Then fly all night and drive home from Dallas returning early Mon afternoon.

Thank you for your prayers that we finish well and in good health.

Pictures!!

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View more pictures of our trip here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150204678142011.312326.163697507010

Costa Rica!!!!! Part 1

2011-06-14T12:43:00.000-07:00

The trip is going wonderful!! We are blessed by our host families’ hospitality and by the beauty of Costa Rica! A great surprise to us though is how responsive are all ages including youth. They are deeply open to share and ask prayer. We feel their FAITH to receive from God through us, so we feel God’s Spirit working through us (Isaiah 61:1 El Espiritu Senor omnipotente esta sobre me). As a result, they experience his healing love in dramatic and visible ways. God is exchanging beauty for ashes.

Saturday we got the opportunity to minister with rhythm to a group of Children from the poorest part of the city. We also played some fun games with them and as we left they all wanted us to sign their shirts! Then we to ministered rhythm, dance and testimonies to the youth group in Ronnie Diaz’s church. Because of the small size of the group, we had some discussion time about what it means to be a son or daughter in the kingdom of God. Then we traveled about 45 minutes to Cartago, Costa Rica where we jumped right into doing the youth service at Arianna’s church. A few of us joined alongside them in worship which was in English and Spanish! After that we were able to minister to their group of around 30 and the response was incredible! Many people wanted prayer for their families, relationships and healing. With the help of interpreters, we were able to pray and minister to many hurting youth. Again on Sunday morning we did the drama for their whole church as well as Monday morning for their 1-12 church school. We had a wonderful afternoon on Sunday spending time with our host families and many of us got to see a few of the beautiful sites of Costa Rica.

On Monday, after doing the drama for The K- 8th grade school, we had 4 activity tracks with them- songs, games, art and rhythm. We very much enjoyed getting to minister to the students and spending time with them. Monday afternoon we had coffee at the beautiful Camacho family home (Ariana, who some of you will remember from last year’s class) then headed back to San Jose to rest up before a busy week. We were so humbled and privileged to go to Cartago for the weekend and we greatly anticipate the amazing things the Lord has yet to do this week.

Here are some short testimonies from the weekend:

Melly - The trip has been amazing so far. We have gotten to minister five different times already and each time the Lord has just blown me away with the way the Ticos respond and come up to receive prayer and words. It is a very humbling and awesome time.

Melissa- I am truly thankful for the opportunity to go on this trip. The Lord has done so much in such a short time with so many people. I am thankful for the team and the working of the Lord through our many talents and abilities. Thank God for the amazing host homes and the many lives that have been touched and hearts that are being changed.

Laurie- I prayed for a girl’s father. I sensed there was something deeper so I asked her how she was doing. She opened up and told me that her family is not happy. The Lord brought healing and freedom to her because she finally talked about her struggles. I could tell the difference in her spirit after we prayed together. She was happier and more joyful. !Gloria a Dios!

Joseph- I was able to connect with a guy who was at a hard place in his relationship with God. It was very encouraging to him that someone from so far away was going through the same thing so that he was not alone in it.

Timothy- we got the chance to go and perform a little for children in one of the worst neighborhoods in San Jose, and the kids seemed to be responding a little, but then afterwards they were having everyone from our group sign their clothing. One kid even rode his bike back to his house, got a white t shirt, and then came back. Another time a large youth came to me after the drama and just held me for a long time weeping. The interpreter kept saying that the Lord is holding and hugging you. Others were amazed how he opened up and received so much. It was one of the most impacting times for me of all our tour stops.

Levi – I prayed for a man who cheated and is now divorced and with the other woman, who wanted to know what to do. I also prayed for a boy who is hated by his father, and he doesn’t know why.

Ryan – at Ariana’s church I prayed for a little girl that was going through a divorce. I prayed love into her family and prayed that the Lord would be her father because her earthly father was gone and then we hugged for a while and she cried.

listen for what God would say in exchange for his hurt the Lord told him he was like Joseph in the Bible. He smiled when I told him Joseph’s story. He said he felt special to the Lord then.

John and Larissa – We got to pray for Ariana’s brother Diego. He asked for prayer for something general and Larissa had a sense to ask a question and he said that was exactly the problem. We also got to pray for some people in such deep pain - a woman who had been divorced and was experiencing a lot of struggle in her current relationship, as well as a man who came up to us crying. His wife had recently abandoned him and his 11 year old son.

Hannah- I feel so blessed by the people of Cartago and was deeply impacted by their response from the play and their hunger for the Lord. I was able to pray for a woman and her daughter whose family has recently been broken up by divorce. I spoke Joy and peace over them and got a word for the Mom that the Lord wanted to restore her dreams and believed the Lord was encouraging them through it.

All – Each team member received a prophecy from a woman in Ariana’s church.

Home Again :)

2011-05-27T09:11:00.000-07:00

10 Cities
15 performances

8 Christian and public schools

27 days

1 Microsoft show

Over 4,500 miles!! (which by the way, is the equivalent of driving from New York to California, and then to OKC)

All in 1 van with 12 amazing people full of the grace of God!!

Countless people encountering the Lord and hearing him speak to them and healing deep brokenness.

Over the last few weeks we have seen many lives touched by the Lord. It’s nothing we have done, except willingly open our hearts to Father so he could fill us so we could spill out all over the people he had us touch. All the Glory goes to Father for all that has been done!

Sunday evening, we arrived safely and happily back into OKC! The next morning, we had the wonderful opportunity to go to Kaiser Elementary School, that is right behind our church and who we do Whiz Kids with! So for many of us, this was our chance to say goodbye to the kids we have worked with all year. We had the largest crowd yet with close to 600 kids and teachers!!! The Whiz Kids sang one of their songs, we did some rhythm, a dance, and some testimonies followed by a time to greet them and say final goodbyes. We greatly enjoyed our time there and though it was short, we made many good connections with the kids and teachers and we so appreciated their excitement and energy, and gratefulness to us for coming. We are excited to go back again in the future!

We got a few days off to rest, settle back in and enjoy time with host families before returning on Wednesday afternoon for a half day. We have now jumped back into preparations for Costa Rica, and the book Covenant Relationships.

We have several small performances around the city and state planned for next few months. Continue to pray for the people who were touched by the Lord and those who he still has to touch in the future.

Bryant, Arkansas

2011-05-27T09:10:00.000-07:00

The last but not least stop of our adventurous tour was the town of Bryant, Arkansas. After a day of travel we were welcomed with a dinner provided by Victory Fellowship Church pastured by Paul Doherty. With a good nights sleep under our belts we were able to start this tour stop off right by rolling up our sleeves and lending a helping hand painting! The MC crew along with members of Victory Fellowship worked together to repaint 2 bathrooms, a foyer and a hallway. When all was said and done we were all blessed by the team work!!! Not only were we able to lend a hand, but we were all able to spend some bonding time with our host homes in the afternoon on Saturday. Much of the afternoon involved either outside activities such as swimming, or eating hamburgers and hotdogs and enjoying time with them. A number of the MC students were even blessed enough to receive prophetic words during our short stay. With our stay winding down we were able to give and receive blessing to the church by worshiping with them on Sunday morning. In addition to our time of worship we were able to provide ministry through our rhythms’, dance, testimony’s and much anticipated play “Family Portrait”.

Through the play the Lord was able to touch numerous hearts and minister to those awaited healing. At the end of the play, Pastor Dwight gave a call to prayer for anyone that might be in need of personal healing and or prayer. Through this simple heartfelt invitation, many individuals of the congregation were able to come forth and receive prayer from member’s of our group. Levi was able to pray with a boy who was experiencing feelings of resentment towards his father due to a past divorce. Tim was able to speak and pray over a gentleman who had been deeply impacted by the play because his dad hadn’t really been present in his life. Tim prayed for the Lords voice to be clear and his love to be solidified. Melissa prayed for a woman of the church where she lead her into a fruitful exchange with the Holy Spirit of what burdens she was carrying for what God had for her. Laurie prayed over a young lady of the church who’s parent’s had gone through a divorce. She prayed that an exchange would be made of “ashes to beauty” and that the young woman would be able to forgive people in her life that had hurt her. Laurie ended the pray with affirmation from the Lord that he was pleased with her and that she was a warrior that feared the Lord.

In ending our time of ministry and prayer Tim had a woman come up and give us a word of encouragement saying that “The play was one of the most powerful things I have ever seen!” This was both uplifting and humbling knowing God allowed us to be apart of something so impacting and touching to the hearts of God’s children.

Summerville, PA

2011-05-13T17:23:00.000-07:00

As we finished the first leg of our tour we were able to spend some time in Summerville, PA with Living Church pastored by David Shay. They welcomed us with open arms and open hearts through their most gracious provision of made-from-scratch breakfast, lunch and dinners, which was greatly appreciated. There was a genuine feeling of honor in our stay both from the students and staff which results from a form and standard they have set for themselves in honoring Christ our Lord. It was truly a blessing to minister to the school children by way of dance, rhythm and testimony. After performing we were given an opportunity to spend some time talking and praying with the students. This time was very fruitful as we were able to get to know them on a personal level and having that time of interaction made an impression on all of our hearts. We were also given an opportunity to do some cleaning in the school. The guys did some manual labor moving shelves and pouring concrete in a crawl space, while the girls spent time cleaning the new shelves for their library. In the midst of all of our work we were able to spend some time with Pastor Shay’s brother- in- law Jeff Shaffer who gave us an eye- opening world view on why we are the Antithesis, a very convicting and enlightening discussion that inspired us all. In addition to the visit with the church and the children, we found ourselves truly blessed by the gracious hospitality we received by the Shay family and church. We were truly touched by their love and service to the Lord, but above all, by the abundant faithfulness and hope we encountered by them in the midst of their recent loss of their house to a fire. Before we left, through the Lord’s provision we were able to bless the Shay family by going to Wal-Mart and supplying them with some items that were lost in the fire. Although our time in PA was short, the time we shared and the relationships made will be long lasting.

Freeville, NY

2011-05-10T17:22:00.000-07:00

May 8 and 9 - Freeville, New York

Sunday was Mothers’ Day and we spent it in Freeville, New York, home to Student Laurie Cleek. Covenant Love Church welcomed us with open arms and hearts as we brought the message of the Lord during their Sunday morning service. Levi was able to minister to a young man whose parents were divorced and he felt doomed to the same fate. He was encouraged by words from the Lord and even prayed for Levi as well. A young man really connected with Tim’s character Travis and came up to Tim for prayer. They connected on a couple of occasions afterward where the young man got encouragement from Tim and heard the Lord tell him that the things happening in his life were not his fault. Later the young man told Tim he felt different and could now even talk about things with his sister instead of holding all the anger inside. Melissa Camenisch had the opportunity to pray with and comfort a young lady who had some worries about being a single mother. Larissa was able to speak Life into the Pastor’s wife about some family issues that had been weighing on her, the words were very encouraging and the woman received them with open arms and felt some release as the Lord touched her.

That night several of the MCs were treated with going to see Ballet Magnificat, a Christian based organization of Ballerinas. It was truly a gift to watch men and women of all ages give Glory to God on a stage. It was truly a refreshing and rejuvenating time for us. After the production, we were given the privilege of helping them strike the stage and load up their equipment.

Monday morning before we left Freeville, we did a couple rhythms and a dance for the school that Covenant Love has. The kids, ranging from Pre K to 8th grade, really enjoyed the rhythm and were very enthusiastic about speaking with us afterward. It was enjoyable to relate to the children and love on them with the love of Christ.

After all that hard work for the Lord, Pastor Dwight took us to purchase some Purity!.... Purity Ice Cream! It was a delicious smorgasbord of flavors such as Chocolate Raspberry Truffle, Chocolate Dipped Strawberry and Madigan Mint.

Freeville was a very Free place and we continue to pray freedom and peace on Covenant Love Church.

Middlefield, OH

2011-05-10T17:18:00.000-07:00

May 6 - Middlefield Ohio

Thursday afternoon we traveled to Middlefield, Ohio where we had a small reunion with Alumni Sarah Sundberg. We were met at Christ Covenant Church by her and Mike Southern, a leader in the church. We had a small tour and then headed to our host homes for the night to rest up for Friday. It was like a small reunion as some of us stayed with Sarah. Friday was a big day for us— full of many plans. Christ Covenant Church shares its building with a Mennonite School. Last year we were blessed with the opportunity to pray for the Principal of the school. The Lord touched his life in such a way that he wanted us to come back and pray with his students. It was a difficult time for them as the school is closing and the students have to find new places to continue their education. It was a good morning and we believe the Lord spoke to many of the students. Hannah had a word of knowledge for several of the girls that the Lord wouldn’t let them make the wrong choice about where to go to school next year. The girls confirmed that they needed to hear that and were grateful. From there we then went to another school that Mike works at called Agape Academy. There we did a couple of rhythms and a dance for children ranging from the ages of 9 to 12. Afterward, we mingled with the kids and then played a fun game called Fireman, Cowboy and Knight which Levi and his partner won.

In the afternoon, we had the chance to have some fun at an old-fashioned General Store. There we all got some unique sodas like Sarsaparilla, Birch Beer (like root beer), and Maple Cream Soda (tasted like pancakes in a bottle!) We enjoyed things like penny candy and other unique items. After that fun and refreshing stop we got ready for the service that night. They held a special service for us that evening which started off with awesome cooperate worship. There was a small turnout but the Lord knew what he was doing. All of the young leaders of the church were there and the Lord has specific things to say to each of them through the Play. Each couple got the chance to talk and pray with at least one MC. Tim had the privilege of doing his first Prophetic Painting there and was given the name Rachel before we had even reached Middlefield. One of the leader’s wife was named Rachel so Tim gave the painting to them. He spoke that the Lord was going to uncover some treasures for them; the painting displayed four marbles that had been unearthed from the sand by a mighty wind. The couple was very appreciative and excited as it was the first time they had received a Prophetic Painting. Laura had the chance to speak to a young girl and her mother, who almost went somewhere else but they felt the Lord pull them to the church that night. The little girl had a lot of pain from an older brother who was acting out in anger. Laura led her through the exchange and the little girl saw God give her a bigger heart for her brother and a crown to say she was his princess. The girl said afterward that it was cool that God talked to her. Hannah was able to speak to a couple we prayed for last year concerning trouble having children and was given the exciting news that they were signing final adoption papers for a child in a few weeks. Looking back on that night, the Lord did amazing things and everyone at that meeting definitely got a touch from Him. Praise the Lord! It was a busy day but so worth it when working alongside the Lord.

May 3-5 Lansing, MI

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Tuesday afternoon we traveled to Lansing, MI, home of Extern Hannah Hall. We had a relaxing evening with host families at the Hall’s house and got some rest before our big day on Wednesday. We started the day early on Wednesday with New Covenant Christian School’s weekly chapel. We were able to do rhythm, the dance, and a few pieces from play for their K-12^th graders and we also got a chance to talk and pray with many of the kids before they had to head back to class. We had a word from one of the elders in the Church there that Father’s love was so strong in that place, and we needed to receive it. He also said that all through our performance he could feel the Lord’s love and his presence in that place! We also got to spend some more time with them at lunch where we ate with them and made some deeper relationships. In the afternoon, we spent some time helping them with some work around the outside of the church. We trimmed many bushes and helped patch up the parking lot.

Wednesday evening is normally when the youth group meets but for this night they invited the whole church to join them. After worship by their worship team, we did our normal rhythm, dance, testimonies and play. The Lord was really touching many people that night, many could relate to the people in the play, and the pain it depicts. It was cool to hear how the Lord was taking the darkness and exchanging it for amazing pictures like Jesus healing a young boy’s sick mother, the hand of God pulling them out of junk, and freedom from shame and performance. Also, we got many prophetic words and words of knowledge for people. Laurie had the word Joy for a young lady, and turns out, her middle name is Joy! There was also a lot of encouragement there, we received many words of encouragement for us as a group. One word was that we are on wings like eagles, and the Lord would be sending “warm updrafts” of grace, and we would not have to strive, but just rest in it. Though it was a long day, we felt the Lord moving there and received much encouragement throughout the day which was only confirmation for us that the Lord was present with us.

NEWPORT KY!!!

2011-05-04T22:04:00.000-07:00

During our tour stop we visited Newport Kentucky were we got to spend a night of worship with Pastor Dennis Cole's church New Life Covenant. After worship and the performance of our play Family portrait, we had a call to prayer which had a great response. Many of our MC students were able to pray for members of the church. One of our MC ladies was able to minister with a young lady of the church who identified with the Family Portrait and Melissa prayed over the girl for emotional healing from the divorce. Tim was able to pray for a gentleman of the church who connected with the Travis Rap and Family Portrait. His parent’s are going through a divorce and he and his brother could identify with both the character’s of Amy and Travis and there inner struggle. Laura prayed for a woman who’s son was using drugs and alcohol. Through this encounter the Lord was able to give Laura words for the family, especially the children. Laura prayed with the mother that the Lord would exchange the present sufferings in her life for freedom and the woman said that she was able to receive 3 flowers from the Lord, one for each of her children. The Lords spirit was very evident that night, as many members of the congregation were met by the Lord through prayer and were healed through his love and mercy.

Monday afternoon, after getting to rest a bit in the morning, we went to a school that we had prayed in at a conference previously in the year. This school for kids who are struggling behaviorally and academically as a result of their rough home life for many of them. It is a public school, so were asked to not say Jesus and other words that have to do with the gospel. We did rhythm, a dance, and testimonies encouraging them that they have worth and people care about them! The principle told us, people don't really come to this, it is often passed by, so this was a big deal to the kids. Though many of the kids didn't really respond, we know the Lord was touching the kids and believe they were encouraged through us being there. New Life Covenant church has done many things in this school, including many pieces of art to brighten up the dark hallways. It was a great experience for us to get out of the normal routine and really act as sons and daughters.

After that we got to spend some time with pastor Dennis and his wife Sheila they encouraged us in the times we minister. They gave us some direction for the best ways to minister and prayed over us that the Lord would cleanse us from the things we are ministering about. In the evening we got to hang out with some families and young adults from the church for a great time of fellowship. We are now in Lansing, MI where we ministered this morning to the K-12th grade school this morning, and will be doing a service tonight for the youth group and church. Continue to pray rest and renewing on us as we travel and bring his presence.

More Pictures!

2011-05-04T22:03:00.000-07:00

We have good news!! We have more pictures from our tour so far on Facebook! Melissa has been working hard on getting up so more pictures for you all so you can see some of the things we have been doing! Here is the link and you should be able to see them there:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150169260197011.301569.163697507010

Two claps for Mel!!! *clap, clap*

Winchester Fun!!!!

2011-05-04T21:56:00.000-07:00

Friday afternoon we spent some time with Pastor Steve Humble, where he shared with us about the drug addiction stronghold that they have in their city and how he is connecting together with other pastors in the city to fight it. They’ve made great progress this year with building unity between the church, government and community to counter act the destruction and deaths (80 this year) in the state of Kentucky and specifically in Clark county. Then after some time with our hosts to rest, we all came together for dinner, and prayer with some of the elders in the church. We also had the opportunity after that, to go with the elders and some people from the church to go to college park where a lot of the young kids hang out in the evenings. John and some of the guys played rhythm, while everyone else just walked around the park praying. A few of us talked to some people around the park, and one guy, even joined in the drumming and Tim and a few other guys got to talk to him a little more. It was cool for us to join alongside something the people are already doing there.

Saturday was a pretty relaxing and refreshing day! We all came together for a few hours to watch a documentary movie about some churches that had come together to change a city of drug addiction and substance abuse, to a city of hope! It was very inspiring and encouraging for us to see how the Lord is moving through churches coming together. The rest of the day was free for us and we enjoyed time with our host families and resting. In the evening, we all went to the Marlowe’s home and enjoyed an evening of 4 wheelers, guns and a huge bonfire! It was very, much needed relaxing time for us.

It was exciting to be there on a Sunday morning since we have three people from their church: Melissa Camenisch, Levi Lamy, and first year student, Melissa Wygant. It was encouraging to us to not only be able to encourage them with words, but they prayed for us and gave us words as well which is always encouraging when you’re on the road constantly pouring out. We received a word that our ministry, is doing more than we will ever see and impacting more people than we will ever know! Laura had a painting for the church about them being connected together and connected to other churches, and how that will connect people from outside the church. A lot of people said they couldn’t directly relate to the play, but felt that through seeing it they wanted more compassion and encouragement to relate to people outside the church who were dealing with that and other struggles. Many people came and asked us pray with them for loved ones and people they knew who are broken and lost and that they are trying to reach out to. We also got to eat lunch with them after the service for a great time of fellowship! We were very encouraged again to go to Winchester, and it was a wonderful time!

Thursday night before we left Louisville, Jordan and his wife Mellissa Sandquist, shared with us about acting out of relationship with Father and not just allowing him to use us as a tool, but doing things because we are sons and daughters. Laurie got a great picture of this when we were ministering in Winchester. She got a picture of a big two sided saw, and the Lord is constant and we can choose to either be the saw that is only going to be worn out and get tired, or choose to work with him on the other side, as a son or daughter. This is a picture the Lord has given us, and we so excited as we continue to minister as sons and daughters, instead of just tools.

Here are some pictures from our fun time in Winchester.

Winchester Christian Academy

2011-05-03T08:08:00.000-07:00

Friday morning we set off from Louisville and headed to Winchester. We went right to Winchester Christian Academy: a 7^th – 12^th grade school. This is the second time MC’s have gone to this school, and it was a few years ago so this was a new place for most of us. Talking to the kids after the play, many of them related to the play and were touching true brokenness. Many of them were fatherless, facing divorce and illness in their families, cutting, had low self esteem, and many more things. They were truly broken, and the Lord was really touching them, even though many of them wouldn’t show it. We got to pray for many of them and encourage them in who they are and the Love the Lord has for them. They were very hungry people, and we hope to keep up some of the relationships with them. A small group of young people from Winchester Covenant Church go there weekly and lead worship for them and we pray they can continue to reach the brokenness many of those kids are experiences. It was a good experience for us to be able to break through hardness and brokenness that many of us can’t even relate to. We believe the Lord is going to continue to work through the kids and teachers in that school in the months and years to come.

The Sun is Shi.....was Shining :)

2011-04-28T15:45:00.001-07:00

We arrived in Louisville, KY (home of Extern, Ryan Ellis) around 6pm on Wednesday, just in time to eat some dinner and do our play and dances for In Christ Ministries, Pastor Ted Sandquist’s Church. We were able to minister to a few people who related to the pain depicted in our play, it was so encouraging to us that they were able to forgive the people who had hurt them and the Lord was really moving and mending broken hearts. Also again, people told us that through the play, they felt more thankful to the Lord for the good relationships and blessings they have in their life. Not only was the Lord healing, but many were feeling the call to intercede for divorce that is in our generation, and people they know going through it.

Again this morning we had the opportunity to minister at a K-8^th grade Christian school in Louisville. We edited the play a bit, and geared it more towards younger kids so we would be able to minister to them as well. Many of the things we talked about, kids could relate to and many wanted prayer for their families that are going through divorce. Many could also just relate the feeling of loneliness and pain and wanted prayer. Through prayer and talking, we believe many of the kids truly touched the Lord and one little girl even got a picture of Jesus carrying her in his arms. Many hearts were being touched, and we pray that even through just us getting to know the kids and being a friend to them, that they would have touch the Lord.

After lunch today, there was finally a break in the flooding rains they have been having here for weeks, long enough to prayer walk with Pastor Ted! He took us to a rough part of town where many clubs are, we walked down the street and using scripture, we prayed against the darkness there, and prayed that the Lord would bring people there to build business’ that would bring his glory there! Then we helped some people move, heard Pastor Ted talk to us some about the Kingdom, and enjoyed fellowship with the families here! Tomorrow morning we will head to Winchester, KY where will do a school assembly in the morning. Continue to pray safe travels for us and that the Lord will continually fill us with more of him!!!

First Stop- Collinsville, IL

2011-04-28T14:31:00.000-07:00

We were only in Collinsville IL less than 24 hours and yet we were so blessed. We were welcomed by wonderful meal and great host homes! Wednesday morning we were given the opportunity to minister at Collinsville Christian School that is a little over 100 kids, K-12th grade. After doing our play, we invited those who wanted prayer to come to us, many did respond and asked us to pray for them, their families and friends. Many of us prayed into into students who are lost and hurting, identity and purpose. We prayed for the fatherless and spoke into their future, helped them hear the Lord, and freedom from addiction.
We believe many seeds were planted in kids hearts, and we pray that the Lord will continue to touch them throughout the day. We were very blessed by the principal and one of the Pastors in the church who prayed over us as we left. We received words of provision and blessing for our program, and words to not be comfortable with the routine we do, but be open to him using us spontaneously!

We are so excited how the Lord has already used us so much in just a few hours of being on the road and We are excited to continue to hear how the Lord is working in Collinsville. Continue to pray for protection over us, provision, and health as we continue to travel!

"Come away with me"

2011-04-28T14:29:00.000-07:00

The time has come, we are now on the road and have begun a journey of a lifetime! We left Tuesday morning around 9:30am and drove about 8 hours to Collinsville, IL where we were served an amazing dinner, setup for the morning, and went to host homes. As we prayed in the morning for this two weeks of ministry ahead of us, the Lord began to raise our excitement level for what he was going to do! John heard the song Come Away With Me by Jesus Culture: “Come away with me, come away, it’s going to be wild, it’s going to be great, it’s going to be full of me, I have a plan for you.” PD said he had more sense of the gospel commissioning us on this tour then any of the tours before! Tim heard Isaiah 61 over us as we went out: “ The spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound.”

The Lord was truly encouraging us and we are excited to see how the Lord is going to use us. Pray for us as we minister at Collinsville Christian School in the Morning to the K-12^th graders. This is our first time doing it other than at CLC and we have made a few small changes since then so pray we remember all of them and can truly focus on what the Lord is doing. Pray specifically for us as we do our lines, it is a big open place we have to be loud! This has been a struggle for some of us in the past.

The Lord is moving, and he is filling us with great joy and excitement, love for each other, and peace! Good things are to come! It’s going to be wild! And it’s going to be great!

A new Season

2011-04-20T08:49:00.000-07:00

It’s that time of year again, where we pack a month’s worth of stuff in to a tiny suitcase, and climb in our van to travel the country (and this year the world!!!) to share with people the message the Lord has given us. This year our assistant director and his wife felt like we couldn’t continue in same old church dramas of years before on our tour. Not that they weren’t impacting, but we felt like God was taking us somewhere new. So this year for the first time, we do a small play including speaking lines, rhythm, dance, drama and even some rap!! We address the issue of divorce and through the arts depict a family that is falling apart and the pain they are each experiencing. We then enter into a time of allowing the Lord to minister healing to the broken, and interceding, for those whose hearts are burdened for the hurting. We believe the Lord is going to move mightily as we cry out for the lost and look for his healing to come. We are excited to take this not only to churches on tour, but many public and Christian schools as well.
Sunday during the morning service, for the first time we were able to do our play for the church and the Lord was greatly touching people. Many could identify with the pain and we believe the Lord is in the process of healing and renewing broken hearts. Some told us they felt a greater burden to love their family more and have a heart of gratitude for what they do have. We know the Lord was stirring in people and it was encouraging for us to see how the Lord was moving.

In just one short week from today we will officially set off for an amazing journey! Please join us as we pray for the hearts the Lord is stirring to touch, protection and rest as we travel, and his anointing over our production and that it would reach the lost and hurting.

Here is the schedule of our many stops. We will hopefully be updating every few days to let you know what is going on and how you can continue to pray for us.

MCOKC tour dates!

Apr. 26-27 Collinsville,IL

Apr. 27-29 Louisville, KY

Apr. 29- May 1 Winchester, KY

May 1-3 Newport, KY

May 3-5 Lansing, MI

May 5-7 Middlefield, OH

May 7-9 Ithaca, NY

May 9-11 Summerville, PA

May 12-19 Microsoft Show ATL

May 20-22 Byrant, AR

June 9-20 Costa Rica Trip

The last bit of tour

2010-07-21T14:07:00.000-07:00

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

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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.

Lansing, Michigan-last stop....for now

2010-05-24T17:19:00.000-07:00

Lansing Michigan May 16 - 20, 2010

Sunday afternoon we departed from Ohio and headed north for our last tour stop for now-Lansing Michigan the home of Hannah Hall. We had the evening to relax and spend time with our host families and rest for work Monday. We worked on various work projects around New Covenant Christian Church on Monday, such as trimming hedges, weeding, and passing out flyers to the neighbors telling them about our program Wednesday night and asking them if we could serve them by helping them with any work projects they might have . Again Tuesday we continued in serving around the Church building by weeding and doing some outside work. Some of us continued walking around the neighborhood looking for people we could serve to bless the community on Wednesday. After a little down time to refresh and nap, we returned together with some of the Church for they called “equipping.” Angela and John were given the opportunity to share their testimonies and they did a great job of sharing their hearts with the small group of people who were there. Then we watched a teaching by Danny silk on the limitless God who enables us with Grace to believe and go beyond limits that we put on ourselves and one another. It was very encouraging and even had some time to pray over each other after the teaching.

Wednesday morning we were invited to present some of our dramas, dances and testimonies to the K-12 grade New Covenant Christian School in their weekly morning chapel. Despite the short amount of time we had to minister to the kids, many were very receptive to what we did and we were able to pray with many of them. A few of them after seeing what the Lord did in chapel, wanted to come back for more later that night when we did youth group. The rest of the morning and afternoon we spent serving the neighborhood around the church by helping them with odd jobs around their home such as washing windows, vacuuming and weeding. Many of the people we were able to serve were older people who can’t do those things anymore and were so blessed to have them done. People were very grateful for the help and were blown away that we just wanted to serve and not receive money for it. The church has done things in these neighborhoods before but it was great to really connect with them bless them with the love of Father.

Wednesday night we were able to take part in the weekly youth group service which they also invited the whole church to and the elementary aged kids were even able to join us for some time. Levi, John and Jordan were all invited to join the normal Wednesday night worship team to play with them. They greatly enjoyed it and was even a favorite part of tour for some of them. The Lord was pouring out encouragement for many people, he seemed to especially be highlighting the youth and we gave many encouraging words to them. Both Joe and Ryan had people say they really related to their testimonies and they were able to pray that the Lord would move in there situations and prayed that they would be warriors and encouraged them. Levi found the man with a hurt hand that he had been looking for all of tour after asking if there was anyone there with that name. Laura really connected with a girl in the morning and the Lord gave her many words of encouragements throughout the day and she left feeling very encouraged in her walk with the Lord. As well as praying for people many of us received prayer and words from people. We were very encouraged by their body and felt we made many connections with people.

We are now back in Oklahoma city and were able to share testimonies about what the Lord did through us on Sunday at Covenant Life. We were very excited to also be able to share a drama and then minister alone side the youth to the congregation. This coming weekend Washington Master’s Commission is going to be here and we are so excited to be able to not only minister alone side them to the MCOKC churches, but take it to the park and proclaim to the neighborhood. Then in one week we hit the road again for New Orleans Microsoft show and Little Rock Arkansas tour stop.

Thank you to everyone who was praying for us. We are overjoyed to see what the Lord used us to do and couldn’t have done it without your prayers!

The Middle of Middlefield Ohio

2010-05-19T03:45:00.000-07:00

Middlefield, Ohio May 13- 16 2010

Thursday we traveled to the hometown of Sarah Sundburg- Middlefield Ohio. Friday morning we had a time of worship and prayer with the one of the Pastors of Christ’s Covenant Church, Mike Southern. The church leases out it’s building to a small school and we were given the opportunity to pray for and prophesy over the principle who is going through some big life changes. It was very encouraging to him and he was really ministered to by the Lord. Then we prayed and prophesied over Pastor Mike and the Church’s secretary and their families. The Lord also provided the chance for us to pray over one of the youth who was hanging out with us that day. It was not only encouraging to those we gave words to, but to us and how right on the words were and to see that the Lord blesses us as we step out in faith.

In the afternoon we went to a local middle school where Pastor Mike and another Pastor from the area have a weekly after school program. We had lots of fun playing games with the kids and getting to know them. Then we did some dances and shared some testimonies with them. A lot of the kids seemed to relate to several of the testimonies that were shared. There seemed to be genuine connections and several of the kids asked for prayer and mentioned wanting to come to Master’s Commission when they were old enough. A few even took brochures home to their older siblings to see if they would like the idea of Master’s Commission.

Saturday Morning Jordan and Hannah shared with a group from the church about treasure hunting. Many of them were very excited to hear more about it and also put it into practice. We then split up into groups and went to different places around the city talking and praying for people the Lord highlighted to us. Every group found multiple people on their maps to pray for and they felt very encouraged by seeing the Lord use them to speak to people. It’s very exciting to see where the Lord is going to take them and we were happy to share with them just one tool they can use in doing that. They are excited to see their congregation grow more in the gifts and in reaching out to people, especially for their annual “rib burn off” in August which attracts many people from the neighborhood.

Then Saturday night we got to hang out with some of the youth for their pizza and movie night. We had a great time eating and watching a movie with them. It really gave us a chance to interact with the youth and speak life to the ones we wouldn’t have got to reach out to on Sunday morning. After the movie a few of us were asked to share our testimonies and we believe it encouraged them that the Lord has given them purpose and identity in him.

Sunday morning we joined the church for Praise and Worship and it was exciting to see God at work in the church congregation. One of the men from the church who went on the treasure hunt the day before got up and shared his testimony along with a word from God that lined up with what our tour theme was; Love. The excitement he spoke with and the passion he poured out really helped strengthen the congregation’s faith as well as our own. And that was just the beginning of how God moved mightily that morning. During Praise and Worship Jordan and Levi painted prophetic pictures for the church. One depicted heaven’s doors opening over the church and the blessings of God pouring out in the shape of a falcon because the falcon represented the speed in which God’s blessings are going to hit the church. The other was a picture of a sword stuck in the ground of a battlefield with the word ‘Son’ written on it to encourage the church that they should fight as the Sons and Daughters of God because that is their identity. The congregation seemed really excited and really grabbed on to the words from God. This theme continued through the testimonies and dramas and the prophetic call outs. The words were really uplifting and exactly what the people needed to hear. There was a call of impartation and the people were really hungry for God and what he wanted to do. People were asking for prayer left and right, wanting to strengthen their faith for the spiritual gifts God have given them and then some of them immediately began to use the giftings they had in them. People began giving words to different Mcs and everyone left feeling a great encouragement. And in the midst of all of this, Laura got to speak and pray with a potential student who seemed really excited about what could possibly await her in Master’s Commission. We left Middlefield feeling very encouraged and excited about what God will continue to do in Christ Covenant as well as for the rest of our tour!

Freeville, New york!

2010-05-14T06:09:00.000-07:00

May 10 - 13, 2010

Tuesday morning we served at Covenant Love Church in Freeville New York. We started the day by helping them cut out material for little dog stuffed animals they are going to make for foster children. We then were able to do a school assembly for the K-8th grade school they have at Covenant Love. The kids really enjoyed the dances and rhythms we did for them and the songs we did with motions. Then we had the 7th and 8th graders for a little while longer. Some played games with us, while the other half learned rhythm with John. There was a lot of talent in the group and they really enjoyed it too! The building Covenant Love is currently in, is an old barn so the ceiling of the downstairs is all logs and wood boards. It made it very dark down there so in the afternoon we worked on white washing the boards to make it much lighter. It was a good start to a project that is going to make some great changes.

Again, Wednesday we continued the work projects. 5 of us went outside, and spread woodchips on the playground. They did a great job with it even though it was cold and a little rainy. The rest of us continued on the painting project inside. We finished the first coat of their locker room, coffeehouse room, and hallway. When we left, it was looking much more cheery and happy. We are excited for what they are going to be able to do with those rooms as they continue the update.

Wednesday night we had the privilege of being with the youth of Covenant Love that normally meet on Wednesday nights, and many who don’t usually come. The Lord was really at work and it was exciting to minister to a crowd of mostly youth who aren’t that much older then us. We prayed for at least four graduating seniors, that the Lord would show them what to do next. A few of them are even praying about coming to MCOKC in the fall. Jordan got to pray with a young man who said he had a hard time hearing God’s voice. After praying for him and encouraging him that God speaks in different ways to different people, he even got a word of knowledge for Jordan. Levi received a word for a guy and told him that the Lord noticed him and He is not ashamed of him. The man said he didn’t feel like the Lord cared about him and Levi was able to pray with him and lead him to the Lord healing him from some past situations in his life where he was made fun of. Joseph prayed with a few guys who wanted to receive the gift of tongues. Even though they didn’t right there, it was encouraging that they desired to receive it and we are believing they will. Laura received a word for lady that the Lord smiles on her and is so pleased with her. Ariana received a word for the same lady that Lord wanted her to not worry about her future and trust that she is bringing him glory. Ariana got to talk and pray for her and later we were told by one of the pastors that the words were right on for her. John had a prophetic painting for the Church about dance coming back into their church and in that dancing there was going to be purity. This was a very exciting word for their congregation because people are just coming into the church with a passion for dance. Many connections were made and we really enjoyed being with Pastor Ken and Faith Negvesky and their Church. They were very welcoming and grateful to have us there.

We are now in Middlefield Ohio for a few days before heading to our last stop in Michigan on Sunday.

Win Win Win Winchester - part 2

2010-05-10T04:42:00.000-07:00

Winchester Kentucky, May 5-9 2010

Thursday morning we had the opportunity to serve Winchester Covenant Church by doing some cleaning around their church building. Also, the students went to the home of an older man in the church who is unable to doing much cleaning in his home and clean it up. He was very blessed by what we were able to do in his home.

Friday was our fun day and we traveled about an hour to “natural bridge”. We hiked for about 30 minutes up the mountain to enjoy the beautiful view of the Kentucky green forest. Up on the top is a huge rock that is formed into the shape of a bridge that you can walk under and on. It was a beautiful day for hiking, blue skies and a nice breeze. Those who couldn’t hike even got to see the view by taking the Sky lift up to the top. Many people from the church joined us and it was a great time to get to know them better and for the three from this area, spend time with their families. After hiking all morning we worked up our appetite and ate at Miguel’s pizza, a little mom and pop shop place near natural bridge with incredible pizza. After a fun filled day we went to the worship night they have once a month. A few of us even got to jam with them after the worship time. Again Saturday night Pastor Dwight had the opportunity to jam with three generations of Marlowe’s! being in Winchester for five days gave us plenty of much needed time to just have fun and enjoy getting to know people in the church better.

Saturday morning we shared with them the three workshops we had prepared to do. Larissa shared her prophetic art workshop. She asked them to ask the Lord for an encouraging picture for someone in the group and then draw it. John did a rhythm workshop with a group of people. They played around with the different instruments and really enjoyed getting to learn some basic rhythms. Jordan and Hannah shared about treasure hunting, a tool we use for finding people the Lord wants us to minister to. After explaining how to do it, we had them ask the Lord for clues and after lunch some of us were able to go and try it. We found some people on our maps and were able to pray and encourage them. Many people in the church are excited to put into practice what they learned.

Saturday night we went to Forest grove Church and ministered to their congregation. The Lord poured out his grace and blessings on us in spite of having a very small stage and a different crowd then we were used to. Coming in to it, we were all experiencing different levels of negativity and depression. John called us together to share with one another where we were at and what we were feeling. We were all able to open up and share with each other some of the things we were facing. It was neat to see how once we humbled and opened ourselves up the Lord came and met us. We were able to pray for a new spirit of joy and love and just give everything over to Him. The Lord really met us and was able to then use us to bless the congregation is ways that were so beyond us all. We saw the Lord encourage many people through words about being noticed, loved, seeing light at the end of a tunnel of darkness, and the Lord removing clouds of shame. We even got confirmation about some of our words being right on from a man who had grown up in the church and knew the people we spoke to. The Lord really turned around the darkness we were facing into good. He turned our eyes off us and to him and bringing glory to him.

Sunday morning we got to be at Pastor Steve’s “Winchester Covenant Church.” We came into this morning with joy and entered into their service that seemed more like a family atmosphere then we experienced before. Many hearts were very tender for what the Lord was saying and doing. The Lord was really calling up the young men and giving them words about activating their spiritual gifts, being warriors, encouraging them to keep dreaming and not stop where they are, and that the lord is proud of them. The Lord was also calling the next generation of men to come into a place of fathering the younger ones, and that they were full of wisdom to give them. He was speaking joy, confidence, and father’s love into the young girls and the Lord was cleansing them and drawing them closer to him. For the next generation of women he was healing things from their past and releasing anger and pain. He was also encouraging them as mothers that they were doing a good job with their children and are good enough for it. It was very easy to connect with them, and we even found it hard to say goodbye. There was a family feeling there that greatly impacted us.

(If you would like to see more pictures from tour, they are on the MCOKC face book page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/mcokc?ref=ts )

Win Winchester part 1 - the hidden treasure

2010-05-08T13:08:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday we traveled from Louisville to Winchester Kentucky, the home of Melissa Camenisch, Jordan Marlowe and Levi Lamy who is from near Winchester. Before heading to the church we took the time to ask the Lord for clues about people he wanted us to talk to and then went treasure hunting. Pastor Dwight had McDonald's, red sign, and light shirt and the verse in Hebrews about the Lord strengthening the ankles on his map. He found a guy sitting in McDonald's with a light shirt on and who had a prosthetic leg. The man said the doctors had told him he would be in a wheelchair in a few years because of his diabetes. Pastor Dwight got to pray for him and give him the verse. Levi had the name Conner, red shirt and in need of encouragement/affirmation on his map. Levi found a guy with a red shirt on and who’s last name was Conner. Even though he said he didn’t need prayer for anything, Levi was able to encourage him and pray for him. Before tour, Melissa had heard the name Jenny. While at the park she saw a lady she felt like she needed to pray for and found out her name was Jennifer. After explaining how she had been looking for her all of tour, the lady really opened up and shared about some struggles she was going through. Also on Melissa’s map was “family problems” and that was one thing she wanted prayer for. Jordan had the statue in College park on his map and got to talk with a guy near the statue. Showing him his map, he asked if anything else on his map fit him. The man said he had been trying to get off drugs, which was on Jordan’s map. Jordan got to pray with him about that and also in finding a job. Other then praying for people, we also did some praying over the park and planting scriptures of peace and joy. The Lord is really touching this city and doing amazing things in it.

NEWPORT KY!!!

2010-05-06T20:08:00.001-07:00

Newport Kentucky, May 2-4 2010.

Sunday night we ministered at “Life gate Church” in Newport at their Sunday night service. We received many words of knowledge for people and many were for their Church. Angela and Ryan had words for the Church about the building they are hoping to build and that the Lord still had that in his plan and that he was wiping away the unneeded things to make room for the new life that he’s bringing. Joe got a word of knowledge for a young man he was talking with about being depressed and got to minister to him and encourage him to lay down the many responsibilities that he was holding on to that he didn’t need to anymore. Laura got to pray with a lady who said she wanted Laura’s anointing of dance and to press through her knee problems and also got a word of knowledge for her about sleeping all night and was able to pray for her and encourage her in that. Sarah got a word for a young girl about her name being Sarah because she was a princess, even though it wasn’t her name and got to pray for her and it really touched her. Hannah had gotten a name before tour and then found her here and told her the Lord wanted her to know she is beautiful and that others had told her different but what God says is all that matters. It really meant a lot to her and Hannah got to pray with her about it. Jordan shared that he struggled with pushing past a horrible back ache and the grace the Lord had given him in that and then was able to pray for several people with back pain, all of them said they felt significantly better and believed the Lord was going to heal them all the way.

We had the privilege of giving our testimonies, rhythms and dramas for a public middle school for children who had been kicked out of all other schools. All the MC’s shared about their own experience of rejection, shame, abandonment, feelings of worthlessness and how their lives changed thanks to unconditional love and truth received through positive relationships, and a “special friend” (We were not aloud to speak the name of Jesus, but we definitely still brought the kingdom). We were able to speak value, worth, hope and purpose in the kids and they really received it.

Also on Monday we were able to serve one of the elders in their Church who is battling cancer. We did some mowing, planting flowers, weeding and other jobs around their home. Along with working we really were able to minister to them by praying over their home and over them and the Lord really touched them.

Monday night we got to hang out with the youth and young adults at a party which consisted of some hard core basketball, a bonfire, hamburgers and getting to know them better. We had a great time and made some good relationships with the youth and young adults.

Thank you to Pastor Dennis Cole for sharing his heart with us, that he has learned that the spiritual life is a journey with the Father rather then a series of conclusions which lead us into pride. He and his wife Sheila invested time in us by asking our discernment of how we saw the Lord at work in their congregation. This was a precious time because we were able to ask them questions and see more of their heart for their Church. This is the first time in three years a pastor has asked the MC’s for their discernment and feedback.

Louisville!!

2010-05-04T14:04:00.000-07:00

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.

Tour 2010!!!! First stops

2010-05-02T06:35:00.000-07:00

Vinita Oklahoma- Wednesday, April 28, 2010

We have been on the road for three days and already the Lord has used us to bring his kingdom through healings, signs and wonders. Wednesday night we were at New Life Church in Vinita Oklahoma and as soon as we walked in the building the presence of the Lord was there and the sense of his joy and glory was there.

Laura received a word for a man about the Lord bringing restoration to his family and later found out he had recently gone through a divorce and was living with his parents who were getting ready to go over seas for missions. Hannah felt like she needed to speak her testimony of not being alone or forsaken by God over a girl who we then found out name was also Hannah. Angela got the name Cat and a lady came up to her and said her mother went by Cat and was having major back problems and was really struggling with depression. Larissa prayed for a man who came in with a knee brace on and in a lot of pain and after being prayed for felt like there was a heating pad on his knee and was pain free. Ryan and Sarah were able to minister to a young girl who had dealt with cutting and while praying for her, Ryan got a word of knowledge about her father and she told him she didn’t have one. They prayed for her and felt like the Lord had broken holds off her from the enemy about not having a father.

Many more people encountered the Lord that night, and were set free from bondage and encouraged. We had the opportunity to pray over the pastor and received many words for him confirming him doing something new and encouraging him in the steps he’s taking to get there.

Alton, Illinois- Thursday, May 1, 2010
We worked with Tim Stark’s Juvenile Diversion program. that helps youth who have gotten in trouble with the law turn around and make better choices. We got to share testimonies, drama’s and dances, and had a time to just talk and pray with them one on one. Some of the kids really opened up to us and shared what was going on in there life while others remained walls. Jordan got to talk to some guys about who Jesus is to him and they really opened up and asked many questions and expressed a great hunger for a God who cares about them. Levi asked some guys what God was to them and was able to share with them the reality of who God is as a father. Melissa got to minister to a girl who had felt like no one had been there for her since her mom died years ago and was really able to be a friend to her and listen to her.

Even though this was a stretching experience for many of us, we saw the Lord use us to plant many seeds and begin to pour into these lives by showing that we care for them and showing them how much their father cares for them. Continue to pray that God use us to penetrate walls in people with the love of Father.

Class of 09/10- And so it begins...

2010-04-29T12:04:00.000-07:00

Today the MCOKC class of 2010 is leaving for a little over three week tour. In a just a few hours we will leave Oklahoma and head to our first stop in Vinita Oklahoma. This past weekend we had Gary and Sandy Cake from California here with us and we were greatly blessed and encouraged by the prophetic words they spoke over us. On Saturday night, they commissioned us by praying for us, and by leading us in prophesying over people from the church who were there.

On Sunday night, we were involved in the youth banquet for the youth here at the church. We were encouraged to be asking the lord for prophetic words to give the youth. Levi got a word for a young man about the Lord wanting to have a father/son relationship with him. After Levi had given him the word, Jordan heard the same word about the Lord wanting a relationship with him, and without asking Levi about the word he gave the man, he gave it to him. Jordan asked the young man if he wanted to have that relationship with God and he said yes. Jordan was able to pray with him and talking with him found out he had a pretty rough relationship with his earthly father and didn't really know what it was like to have that. The Lord really showed him how much he loved him and the desire he had to have a relationship with him.

We would greatly appreciate your prayers for us! Here is a list of our stops and the prayer focus for each place:

General Prayer Requests. That God will send us his number of students for next year, recruiting while we are on tour. Wisdom for PDwight and staff to know who should intern next year.
Grace, peace and God's care and presence on our families and host families as we travel then re-enter.

These prayer requests for each stop. We leave April 28th and return May 21st.
Wednesday-first tour presentation Vinita Foursquare, MC's be humble and filled with Spirit and faith and peace; that they remember dance/rhythm/dramas and speak without fear.
Thursday- safe travel to Impact Juvenile offenders east side of ST. Louis.
Friday- Safe Travel to Louisville, KY (Ryan Ellis' home).
Saturday- Good weather and God's love for homeless outreach Louisville
Sunday- Anoint dances, dramas,testimonies and prophetic prayers to save and heal in our first time doing two complete services in one day-both in Louisville and Newport Covenant Churches.
Monday- Give hope and faith for change to youth and staff in alternative public school (for troubled youth kicked out of regular school)
Tuesday- intercessory prayer walk in Louisville
Wednesday- safe travel to Winchester, KY (Melissa Camenisch , Levi Lamy and Jordan Marlowe's home.)
Thursday-Sunday-Winchester, KY -impact in school, strength for workday and effective proclaiming of the kingdom of God in our outreach in the park and the service Sunday AM.
Sunday – Mothers day, safe travel to Columbus and good connection with youth /families that night.
Monday- Safe travel to Ithaca NY.
Tuesday-Wed refresh and strengthen staff and students in their school for the church.
Thursday- safe travel to Middlefield OH. (Sarah Sundberg's home.)
Friday- Impact Kids in public school.
Saturday- Connect with youth and people in the church and outreach and release of the prophetic ministry
Sunday- anointing and miraculous and prophetic impartation in the congregation. Then safe travel to Lansing, MI. (Hannah Hall's home.)
Monday-Wednesday, Lansing-Strength and good health on our busiest stop. We work each day and do outreach into their neighborhood, including one public school ministry, and anointing on prophetic arts and a possible workshop for the church. Wednesday is a school assembly in their Christian K-12 school, plus work outreaches and a service that night
Thursday- Safe travel home. Probably have to stop overnight in St Louis.
Friday- Home safely for Tim Cunkle's graduation and grace for other re-entry activities.
Saturday- rest and re-connection with host families.
Sunday- tour testimonies at CLC and good connections with youth from CCF and CLC (graduation of youth Sunday as well.)

Little Rock!

2009-07-09T19:23:00.001-07:00

We had an incredible time in Little Rock with the people at Victory Fellowship, pastored by Paul Doherty. We arrived on Saturday night and did their Sunday service the next morning. We all received words of knowledge for people that were right on. The pastors and elders kept telling us how blown away they were by how accurate the words were for specific people.
While Genesis was giving a young girl a prophetic word, the Lord showed her something else about the girl, and she was right. This girl received many words and encouragements throughout our time there and was very blessed.
Jordan had a word for someone named Charles about going around in circles and that the Lord had a destination for him. A lady with a name similar to Charles spoke with Jordan and he got to pray for her and her husband.
John gave a word to a guy about being called to lead. He didn't mean leading in a pastoral way, but maybe something else. The man told John that he was going to be a coach. They were both surprised by how practical God's word was. :)
Kristen had the opportunity to talk to a girl for a while. They had a good deep conversation, which I'm sure helped her a lot in having someone to listen to what she's going through.
Denica had a word for a lady towards the back of the room. She found out later that this was only her second time coming to the church, even though her husband had been coming longer. The pastors said what happened was a miracle, because this lady was not used to the practice of the gifts of the spirit and was pretty skeptical. But when Denica singled her out, she was blown away by how it lined up with her. She said that if it had come from anyone else besides some young person who didn't know anything about her, she would not have received it. God changed her life that day, and her husband testified to it!
Before church Larissa and Laura taught their Sunday School class. They talked about prophetic art and treasure hunting. During Larissa's workshop, Laura gave a prophetic drawing and word to a young girl, and she and her mom were very touched by it.
It was awesome to see how many children were there and how excited they were about Master's Commission! Several of them are already planning on coming to MCOKC when they are old enough.
On Sunday evening we had the opportunity to pray for and release words over all the elders. They were extremely blessed by this.
On Monday and Tuesday we did some work projects at the church and the pastor's house and had some time to hang out with our host families and each other. Altogether it was a wonderful time of building relationships, and they already can't wait until MC's come again next year!
We are now in New Orleans and have started working the Microsoft show. Thank you all so much for your prayers. We love you!!

How Tour Impacted Each of us

2009-06-03T13:56:00.001-07:00

This year on tour I was really impacted by the way God “entrusted” people to me. He showed me how people are gifts, and that we should handle them just as the Father does. He also showed me that the only reason we had success every time we ministered is because He is the one who called us to do what we do. There were so many times when all I felt was my own weakness or I couldn’t get my mind off my problems. But because God has called me to touch people’s lives, He spoke through me and used me to love people every single day. I’m seeing more and more how God uses the weak things of this world (that would be me) to confound the wise or the strong, and I am so grateful. He also revealed to me more of my destiny and who I am on this trip—that I am called to carry God’s heart as an intercessor, and also that there is a special place for me in speaking to the hearts of young girls and even those who struggle with thoughts of suicide. I will never forget the gifts God put in my path, and I’m going to keep looking for those people who think that no one cares or are forgotten in order to expose this deadly lie and set hearts free!
-Denica McCall

Going on tour this year was something I will never forget! It amazed me to see the way the Lord used us as we stepped out in faith. The Lord really gave me an ability to connect with people, especially the teenage girls. I can’t tell you how many broken girls there were who wanted to know that they were loved and cared about. I had the opportunity to minister to several young girls who just cried when I hugged them and spoke the truth of their identity over them. One girl that I was praying with received a lot of inner healing from the Lord. She felt the Lord tell her that she was beautiful. It was a precious moment to experience that with her. When we were done, she looked up at me and asked if she could call me her sister. That touched me so deeply because of the way the Lord connected us together in such a short time of maybe ten minutes. It really was the Lord that connected me with those girls, and I am so thankful that He used me as His vessel on this tour.
-Laura Swanson

On tour I met a lot of incredible people. Getting to meet so many amazing people was something I enjoyed and was really blessed by.
On various occasions I could see birds soaring. One memory that particularly sticks out to me is when we did our dance “Freedom” in the park. In front of me I could see a bird soaring in the open space between the trees. I saw other birds later, too, and I felt blessed to see them.
At one of the stops, I was really touched by meeting a girl whose story was similar to what I’ve been through. I’m also keeping in contact with another girl whose friend recently passed away. I knew that the Lord brought us together. Hopefully I can continue to be a part of these people’s lives through prayer and allow them to be a part of mine.
-Genesis Burgess

I was very impacted by our tour and all the things the Lord accomplished through it. When we were ministering in Newport, Kentucky, God showed me how awesome and creative He is. We were doing a treasure hunt, and I had the words walker and scoliosis on my map, but I couldn’t seem to find my person. But I found a guy with a broken foot and asked if I could pray for him. He said, “Sure, but I would rather you pray for my mom who has scoliosis.” This was very encouraging to me.
When we were in Lansing, Michigan, I got to wave a pink banner, which was a vision I had at the beginning of the MC year. The Lord told me this would be a sign of the change coming in my life. I was able to give a testimony to the people there of how the Lord has changed me: my pride, fear of trusting others because of hurts, and a few other things. I also shared about the Lord’s care and love for me.
-Jordan Marlowe

Before coming into MC’s I was in a relationship with a guy, whom I broke up with to come to Master’s Commission. But for the first six months I secretly kept in contact with him. The Lord convicted me of it, so I went to the group and told them what had been happening and they willingly forgave me. But I was still harboring a lot of hurt from the relationship.
While we were in Louisville, Kentucky, the pastor of the church gave me a word from the Lord. He said, “strong heart; healed heart.” That word meant so much to me. When he told me that, I had a vision of Jesus kneeling in front of me, picking up the million pieces of my heart that had been destroyed, and making it new. Instead of sticking some band-aids on it so it would stay together, He completely reconstructed it and added pieces of His heart!
-Kristen Milar

On tour I got to do a Prophetic Art Workshop at a couple of the churches we stopped at. It was so cool to see how the Lord used it because I did not expect people's lives to get impacted through just a workshop. So many people came up to me after I did the workshops and told me how incredible it was for them. One mother told me her son had said he felt like he finally had a place in the church.
Only the Lord can transform someone's heart like that. It gave me greater faith to trust that He can do big things with something little. It wasn't that I had a low expectation or a negative idea of how the workshop would go; it was that I didn't have an expectation for Him to do something great. Why wouldn't I always expect greatness to happen when the Greatness Himself is in charge? I think I would have to say my favorite thing that
happened was when a 3 year old boy brought me a drawing he had done during my workshop and said, "It’s for you! It's a grasshopper in the grass!" How good it is to be a grasshopper if you are in your source!
-Larissa Cunkle

One of the most impacting experiences I had giving a word of knowledge was in Louisville, Kentucky. I gave a word to a young man about being an overcomer; God has made him a victor over situations in his life. This was really impacting to him because we had talked the night before about how his brother had really hurt him over the years. He wanted restoration in the relationship and to be able to forgive him.
After praying for a while, I felt the Holy Spirit prompt me to ask if I could stand in the place of his brother and apologize for all the things he had done. We both began to weep and he experienced a great level of freedom from the pain his brother had caused him.
In keeping in touch with him, I have found out that his brother has come back into his life! He feels like God is still working in helping him love and forgive him completely.
I’m so glad God used me to speak into this young man’s life and that he will never be the same!
-John Port

We're Back!

2009-05-25T13:12:00.001-07:00

It has been a few days since we arrived back in Oklahoma City, but I’ll update you on our visit to Ithaca and the end of tour.
We arrived in Ithaca, New York last Tuesday afternoon. Faith, Pastor Ken’s wife met us and took us to a nearby waterfall. It was so beautiful! We felt like God wanted to come to us and to this church just like a waterfall.
Wednesday morning we ministered at their school, Covenant Love School. The kids absolutely loved having us there, and we got to meet some of them and pray after our dances. John got to pray over an entire class for their relationships, and Laura prayed for two girls who were nervous about their transition into high school. Covenant Love only goes though eighth grade.
After the kids went to their classes, we prayed over the principal as well as a special education teacher from the district who was there. The two women were blown away by the presence of the Lord they felt as we prayed, and they were very blessed.
In the afternoon we worked on re-staining their playground. We got to go to our host homes for a couple hours and then come back for an evening youth service. God really used us in the service, and we were excited about how many youth were there!
Kristen gave a word to a girl about God’s love and prayed for her about her relationship with her boyfriend.
Laura gave a word to a girl about God wanting to increase her joy, only to find out later that Joy was her middle name! She also prayed for several other girls, one of which really struggles with shame. She prayed God would release her from that. A lady also came up to Laura and said she was really inspired by her treasure hunting workshop because she has all these ideas and has needed an outlet for them.
Larissa prophesied over a girl who is about to graduate from high school about her desires to serve the Lord. The word touched her really deeply as she has been considering possible MC programs or college. She felt connected with Larissa immediately, like she was her sister.
Genesis sang and danced over a girl and also was really touched by getting to meet another girl.
John gave a word to a young man about being a son in the house. He came up for prayer and really opened up to him about some deep things. John also prayed for other guys about similar struggles.
Jordan had a word of knowledge for a young man about being in business and found out that he was majoring in business in college. He released destiny over him. Jordan also prayed for a boy who received some deep healing concerning circumstances surrounding the funeral of his uncle.
Denica prayed for two sisters who were really touched by our ministry. One of them is going to move to New York City to be an actress and the other said that Laura’s testimony related to her senior year in high school and she is still working through some of those things. Denica also spoke to a girl about her age who struggles with not being seen and being “shy.” Denica shared her testimony and encouraged her.
After the meeting, one of the pastors, his wife, and a couple other people began to prophesy over people in our group and pray over us. It was such a time of refreshing. We felt like everything we poured out was being poured back out on us.
We left Ithaca the next morning and headed to Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. It was an awesome time of fun and relating with one another. We headed home that night and arrived Saturday afternoon! We are glad to be back and are so grateful for how God used us on this tour!

Seven Ducks Down, Two to go

2009-05-20T14:13:00.000-07:00

Hello! We are in Ithaca, New York now, our last tour stop on this trip! From here we'll be heading off for a day at Cedar Point and heading home Friday evening. I'll just update you a bit about what took place in Middelfield, our last stop.
We arrived on Sunday night and had a service with some of the people from the church. We were able to bless them with some prophetic paintings, drawings, and words, and a couple dances. Kristen gave her painting to a lady about her heart "singing with joy," and it ended up hitting her right on the spot. She was very grateful for the word. Denica then gave a drawing to that lady and her husband about the Father being their home. That was also right on because they haven't been able to settle into a permanent home yet.
Mike Southern is the pastor in training there, and he will soon take over the job of senior pastor. Laura had a word for his wife without even knowing who she was, and she told her afterwards that she knew Laura was going to have a word for her!
On Monday morning we got to be with some high school kids from Cardinal High School, which is a public school. It was their "Christian Club." We spoke some words to them afterwards and invited them to come to our evening service at the church.
When we got back to the church, the Lord had us pray and prophesy over Pastor Mike. It was amazing how the spirit was flowing, and he was extremely encouraged by what God apoke through us. There was so much confirmation and breakthrough for him--he was blown away! We can see that God is making him strong, and making him a warrior who won't back down.
As Middlefield is known for having a significant Amish community, we had lunch at the famous Mary Yoder's Amish Kitchen. It was delicious! Just to explain the title a bit, there was a gift shop at the restaurant. We have been on the lookout for a duck for each person on our team, because a duck is our "mascot." So we found several there, and we only have two more to get. :)
In the afternoon we went to Cardinal Middle School and connected with some of the kids there from the after school Christian Club. There were two guys there with hurt leg or foot. One of them prayed for the other, and his own leg started feeling better! Then the one who was prayed for felt better too! We also invited the kids here to the evening service.
We were so pleasantly surprised by how many of the highschoolers and middle schoolers came to the meeting that night, plus others from the church! There was so much hunger and life in them, and we knew God was using us to touch their hearts. Larissa and Laura did the prophetic arts and treasure hunting workshops, and the kids there just ate it up! Even one young man who is an artist himself was really inspired to start doing prophetic painting. He has felt that his art hasn't had a place, but now he knows what his place is. We did a few human videos after the workshops and then released prophetic words. We could tell everyone was very blessed and that God touched them that night. One girl that Laura connected with was thanking God because He knew that talking to Laura was what she needed that night.
There is a girl from this church that wants to do MCOKC next year, and some of the girls got to stay with her.
Well, we had a good time ministering at Covenant Love School this morning and then staining their playground, and we are going to head off to our final service tonight!
See you soon!

Lansing!

2009-05-18T14:15:00.001-07:00

We had a great time in Lansing last week! From the time we arrived on Thursday afternoon, we knew we were welcome, and there was much anticipation in the air. We had the opportunity to talk with Pastor Fred McGlone and Ron Burns before heading to our host homes for the night. Pastor Ron asked each one of us to share what we felt God was going to do in our time there. Several of us had words of joy, celebration, or new life for the church and the area of Lansing. A few others felt that God wanted to bring increase of His Word, His anointing, and His Presence. Pastor Fred summed it all up to be a time of refreshing, joy, and empowerment. We definitely saw these things take action in the church while we were there. The people are so hungry for God’s Presence and full of life.
On Friday afternoon we got to be a part of an after school elementary program that some people from New Covenant put on called “Fire Up Friday.” It was their last time for this school year, so they talked a lot about Jesus and salvation. Almost all of the kids stood up to receive Christ at the end! To show them how Heaven celebrates when people decide to live for Christ, we did our dance “Rejoice” at the end. There was such a sense of joy in the place and it was cool to see how God is using this program to speak to kids’ hearts.
That night we had a service with the church; it’s something they have once a month on Fridays called “Encounter Night.” God really showed up in the worship time, and everyone responded to His Presence. Larissa was planning on sharing her prophetic arts workshop, so before she taught, each of the MC’s shared a piece of their own prophetic art. Kristen prophetically danced over the church for her first time, and a lot of people were very touched by it! Jordan and Laura drew pictures; Jordan’s was for the church and Laura gave hers to specific people. Denica shared a prophetic poem and gave it to a girl, and John played and sang prophetically on the guitar. Genesis had some breakthrough in dance during the worship time. Our goal was to show them all the different ways we can express worship or prophecy in the arts and to release the body even more into that, whether they have the specific gift or not. Larissa then did her teaching, which was incredible and produced a lot of excitement in people. She then had everyone practice drawing a “prophetic sketch” for someone. So everyone got a partner and they exchanged pictures. Many people got up to share what they drew or what was drawn for them and how it encouraged them. The girl that Denica drew a picture for was amazed by how accurate the word was and how it confirmed everything that has been spoken over her before. We also got to pray for people at the end. Laura really connected with a girl about her age and got to speak a word over her which she had gotten herself that she is not going to be alone.
That night Jordan had a pretty huge breakthrough in worship. At the beginning of the MC year, God gave him a picture of him waving a pink banner. Now, Jordan hates the color pink, so this was pretty improbable for him. But God told him that the color pink was going to symbolize change for him. So, to his surprise, there was a huge pink flag at New Covenant, and Jordan had the wonderful opportunity to wave it during worship! And on Sunday, two people gave him pink shirts; he said he would never wear a pink shirt! But he did. We all see this as a major turning point for him.
On Saturday we watched some videos on Communication by Dann Farrelly from Bethel church in Redding, California. It was actually very timely and helpful in knowing how to relate with one another and be clear in our intentions. We then had some “team time” where we got to connect as a group and pray for each other, which was needed. The rest of the day we worked outside at the church and then hung out at Laura’s house. Genesis went on her first canoe trip and loved it!
Sunday morning we did our dances and testimonies for the service. During worship, we had two guys from the church do prophetic paintings along with Denica. It’s awesome to be able to release people into that when they probably never thought they’d be able to do it. We prayed and prophesied over people at the end of the service. God released many words and touched a lot of people’s hearts. He also brought some physical healing to people! We were so blessed by the way this church opened up their hearts to us and pulled out of us what God has given, and we are excited for where God is taking them. It was also a blessing for Laura to be home and even have the opportunity to invite some people that wouldn’t normally come to church. Overall, it was an incredible time of seeing God move once again!
Well, we are in Middlefield, Ohio now and will tell you more about what God is doing here in a day or two! God bless you all, and we can’t wait to see you when we get back, all of you in OKC!

Toledo

2009-05-13T12:54:00.000-07:00

Monday night was our first day in Toledo, Ohio! That night we had a prayer and worship time. Laura drew a picture of a butterfly and had the scripture from Ezekiel 36 about the land changing from something ugly to something beautiful; the Lord is going to tear down the old to build something new.
On Tuesday morning the MC’s went to Toledo Christian School to do two chapel services. This was an exciting time for us! The kids were full of life and joy and were so excited to have us there. They were from K-5 through 6th grade. They were our most participating crowd yet! The scripture a teacher spoke to them at the beginning of the service was, “This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.” Kristen’s prayer for the kids were that after they saw us, that they would have a new perspective of what it looks like to rejoice and to have joy all the time. At the end of the service, there were several kids who told us they would do Master’s Commission when they were old enough to do it. Oh, and anyone want our autograph? We are pretty much famous now! The kids stood in line with Bibles or spare paper having us autograph them as they left!
Tuesday afternoon, the MC’s went to the YMCA to minister to young kids, and also a group of teens from the neighborhood. Genesis got to lead a young girl to the Lord for the first time! You should have seen Gen’s excitement! Kristen and Denica also led a young girl to the Lord! John prophesied over one of the girls that she was beautiful and spoke the Lord’s love over her.
Tuesday night we had a service with the church. Pastor Dwight and his family had lived in Toledo, and Toledo is the church where his brother-in-law pastors! There were at least 12 people including Pastor Dwight related to each other at the service that night! It was a small family reunion! Kendra and Larissa both did prophetic paintings. Kendra painted trees that represented oaks of righteousness from Isaiah 61. Larissa painted an eagle that overshadowed Toledo and had the scripture from Hosea 2—that Toledo would represent a valley of trouble turned into an opportunity for hope! John also had a confirming word after seeing Larissa’s painting that Pastor James and his wife are where they are supposed to be, and that there is hope, and they can bring change to the city. Pastor Dwight also had a word for the Mann’s (Pastor James and Sue). He gave them Jeremiah 29:11 and said that they have felt like exiles, but they are seeking the welfare of this devastated city. Kristen felt the Lord tell her that He is changing the name of the city from Toledo to the City of the Redeemed. These words went along with what Pastor James and other pastors have been crying out for. They have been crying out for restoration. There is a high unemployment rate and a lot of policemen being laid off.
Detroit then Toledo are the top 2 economically oppressed cities; you can feel the oppression and depression, so the words we gave brought hope to Pastor James, and to the congregation.
There were also a few words specific to members in the congregation. Laura gave a picture of a flower to a lady in the church with the scripture, “Those who look to Him are radiant. Their faces are never covered with shame.” (Her husband said he could see light coming out of our team and many young people’s lives being affected from our lives.) Kristen gave a young girl a picture that represented the Lord’s love. She prayed that the girl’s heart would be broken for the Lord. The girl decided to start being discipled now, and has interest in doing MC’s in a year. Genesis prayed in tongues over the congregation, and a lady came to her with an interpretation that sunlight was breaking through, that there would be breakthrough in the city.
After the meeting was over, the youth and young adults came over to The Pastor’s house for pizza. Pastor Dwight talked to an exchange student from Kurgyzstan who is Agnostic. Pastor Dwight got a word of knowledge that he came to America to find the truth and bring it back to his family. He was very impacted by that word.
Wednesday morning we went over to a senior center and did some dances and shared our testimonies with the senior citizens. We had some time to spend talking with them. It was a pleasant time, and they all wanted us to come back again someday.

Winchester

2009-05-12T07:58:00.000-07:00

At RACE on Friday night, after doing our dances and testimonies, there was more worship and a speaker. The speaker asked our team as well as the other adults who were there to just begin ministering to the youth and releasing more prophetic words. Laura felt prompted to speak to a girl and ask what was going on inside her. It turned out she needed some inner healing, and Laura was able to lead her in that. The girl said she heard Jesus tell her she was beautiful. Afterwards, she felt so loved that she asked Laura if she could call her her sister. Others also gave some prophetic words and prayed for the youth. As was mentioned before, Denica had the opportunity to lead someone to the Lord. She ended up talking to her the next day through texting because she was having a hard time and having thoughts of killing herself. Denica gave her some scriptures to read and encouraged her while everyone else on the team prayed where they were at. After a while, the young lady told her that she was reading the scriptures. Denica invited her to come to the park on Sunday night because we were going to be there performing. She wasn’t able to go because her parents wouldn’t let her, but Denica found out later that she went to church that night and brought her unsaved parents. She said she “got the Holy Ghost” and her parents were saved!

Saturday we had a day off to go spend time at the Marlowe’s house. The guys were shooting guns, and the girl decided they would too. So we girls each had a turn to shoot a gun! Later that day we went to Melissa Camenisch and Joel Marlowe’s graduation party. Melissa is planning on coming to Master’s Commission next year, so it was good to connect with her.

Sunday morning we ministered at Steve Humble’s church. We released several words over the church and the people. John called them up to a new level of warfare before we did our dance “Soldier’s Cry.” Kristen got to publicly encourage her host family, which blessed them. Genesis spoke a word of blessing to all the moms as it was Mother’s Day and drew a picture to go along with it. Laura had a word for the Marlowes, which was very timely, and Jordan released a word over his own church, which they were really encouraged by. Denica had a word of knowledge for one young girl. She ended up being right on and the girl’s dad especially was very touched and blessed by the word.

That night we ministered at College Park. A lot of people from the church came plus some that just happened to be there. We were able to encourage a lot of people in talking to them afterwards.

Earlier that afternoon we did some dances at a nursing home. They all expressed that they were blessed by us being there. Genesis connected with a lady who was having a hard time having faith in God because of losing her mom when she was young. Gen encouraged her that God was ready for her when she was.

We are in Toledo now, having the opportunity to minister to children today and do the church service tonight. Please pray for health and continued energy. Thank you so much!

Loo-e-vul

2009-05-09T11:00:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday while in Louisville, we had the opportunity to go prayer walking with Pastor Ted and another local pastor named Pastor Milton, whose church is set right in the “bad” part of town. We went to a couple areas that had ungodly businesses and sang worship songs and proclaimed scriptures in order to shift the atmosphere. While we were in one of the parking lots, there was a man who drove by and was smiling. He asked Pastor Dwight what we were doing. The man drove all the way back around, parked, and got out of his car because he was so blessed by what we were doing and he wanted prayer. His name was Milton, which was funny because that was the pastor’s name! I think Milton showing up was a gift from God to us as if to say, “Keep going. I’m proud of you.” Plus, it really blessed him, too.
That night we did our ministry service for the church. Here are some of the ways God used us that night:
-John talked and prayed with a young man who is having some difficult family issues. People that knew him were amazed by how much he opened up to John, because that is not common for him. The young man was holding a lot of anger, but he wanted to forgive his brother. John was able to stand in for his brother to ask forgiveness, and that brought a huge release, and he was able to forgive him. John and Jordan prayed for him to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and gave him some scriptures to help him.
-Jordan did a prophetic painting that applied to a word he later gave to a man named Job, who is actually an MC graduate. He also gave a word to a family whose dad is starting up a ministry. The word applied directly to where his ministry is going.
-Laura prayed for a few people. One girl really opened up to her about feeling alone, and she got her facebook so they can stay connected. Another girl is going on a mission trip soon and really has a heart for the nations. Laura connected with her because of that and was able to encourage her. Laura also had a word of knowledge about hands needing healing, and three people came up to her for prayer for their hands!
-Kristen had a word for a young girl. She came up to her afterwards for prayer and told her about some of her struggles with rejection. She really needed to hear Kristen’s word.
-Larissa also prophesied over a couple people. One of the young men came to find her later, which apparently was rare for him to do. He told her he really needed to hear what she said.
-A lady came up to Genesis and told her that her testimony really blessed her because she can relate with the warfare and the struggles. Genesis gave her Psalm 27 to help encourage her.
-Denica also prophesied to the same girl as Kristen. Her word was also right on and she was able to pray with her and also find out that she almost didn’t come that night! She gave a word to another girl that God has not forgotten her. She went to pray for her and the girl was crying and said, “I guess I didn’t know I needed to hear that.” Denica gave her painting to the girl who Laura talked to who has a heart for the nations, because it was about being backed up by the prayers of the saints.
We had an incredible time in Louisville. We are now in Jordan’s hometown of Winchester, where God has already used us greatly to minister at Winchester Christian Academy and a once-a-month youth event called RACE. At the school that we went to, there were a lot of kids who struggle with rejection or depression. They were so hungry to talk to us after we did our dances and testimonies. A lot of them really opened up and we were able to get info to stay connected with them.
We also got to pray for a few of the young people at RACE. One young lady actually asked Denica to pray with her to receive Christ! God is so good!

Newport Continued

2009-05-05T10:44:00.000-07:00

Saturday morning and afternoon Larissa and Laura taught on prophetic painting and treasure hunting. Although not many people from the congregation showed up, the few who did and the MC’s took the opportunity to ask God for clues and venture out to the nearby Levee where there was plenty of treasure to discover. Probably the story that stands out the most is when Laura had the clues “yellow shoes” and “green hair.” After a while Denica spotted a clown that fit that description and also had striped socks (stripes were one of Denica’s clues). Laura got very excited and we proceeded to go talk to her and pray for her. The lady was very surprised that our clues matched and she was more than happy to receive prayer for her and her husband’s health. Also, Jordan had “scoliosis” on his list, and he saw a man with a broken foot. He figured he might as well pray for him because he obviously needed healing. When he asked him if he could pray, the man said, “Actually I’d like you to pray for my mom who has scoliosis.” One of the young men from the church, Joe, came with us too, and he found a guy that matched four of his clues. Joe prayed for the man’s loneliness because he is not with his family at the time.

While in Newport, we had the opportunity to pray for healing for Pastor Cole’s shoulder, Mrs. Milar’s knee, and Ryan’s foot, as mentioned before. While praying for Mrs. Milar, she said she could feel heat in her knee, and I believe some of the pain was diminished. When we saw Ryan again, he was almost putting full weight on his foot. He confirmed that it was feeling much better!

Sunday night service!

-Kristen prophesied over a family in the church, and when they came up to her for prayer, they confirmed that everything she said was right on!

-Kendra gave a word to a young lady about increasing her creative gift and again, the word was confirmed and matched with something that was in her heart to do.

-Jordan prayed for a couple young guys who were very encouraged. He was able to speak into their lives because of the things he had in common with them. Also, Jordan went to a new level in sharing his testimony. He was vulnerable and it was very impacting.

-John Clark prayed and prophesied over four young men. One of them said he was seriously considering not coming to the service until God told him directly he needed to go and ask John to pray for him!

-Laura really connected with a girl about her age and was very encouraged by her excitement and openness. The girl even deliberately went to stand by Laura during worship.

-Denica painted prophetically during worship, and when she was finished sharing what it meant, one of the young men in the church got up and said that while he was wondering to himself what was being painted, he pictured something extremely similar to what Denica painted! He said he was floored when he saw the painting! God released over him through that a vision to step into more prophetic art. He used to be into drawing but hasn’t done it in about 5 years.

-Genesis was able to personally share her testimony with a lady who could relate a lot with what Gen had gone through.

-All of the MC’s got up after the dramas and dances and prophesied either over specific people or the church. Most of the words were confirmed and people were very encouraged!

-There was a lady who was at the prophetic painting workshop earlier that day whom Larissa thought should do a painting that night. She was actually really excited about it even though she formerly doubted her artistic abilities. She ended up doing an incredible job and hearing clearly from the Lord. It was cool to be able to release her into one of her gifts!

Jordan was pleasantly surprised by a visit from his family on Sunday! He will see them again when we go to Winchester.

We have been so blessed by the offering taken for Master’s Commission at the different churches. And we are blessed by the offering taken at Covenant Life while we have been gone too! God has provided in ways we never expected!

Yesterday, on Monday, we had the opportunity to clean up the Coles’ yard because they are getting ready to sell their house. After our time with them, we drove to Louisville, where we are now with Pastor Ted and Dawn Sandquist. We get to work at the church today, and tomorrow we will do a prayer walk in the city and do an evening service. Thank you everyone for your prayers and your support! We love you!!!

Ketchup!

2009-05-02T07:56:00.000-07:00

Yes, it’s true. We saw the largest ketchup bottle in the world in Collinsville, Illinois. We arrived in St. Louis, just outside of Collinsville, on Thursday night. We had some time to go see the famous arch and take a quick tour of the museum beneath it.

Later that night we went to Pastor Tim Stark’s church (who is a former MC director) to have dinner. There we had an unexpected encounter! Tim runs a juvenile intervention program called Diversion designed for youth who get caught in illegal acts to have a way to divert the effects of a ticket or a fine. They serve the church and the community and take some classes. Thursday night is usually Diversion night, but it was cancelled because Master’s Commission was going to be there. However, there were about six young men who didn’t realize this and showed up anyway! It was awesome how God set this up! Tim had them each share their stories about how they got into the program, and the MC students as well as a couple of interns had the opportunity to share their testimonies with the boys. We could tell right away that God was at work in their hearts. These boys come from a lot of different religious and family backgrounds, and most are not Christians even though they might know about the Lord. We could see their hearts softening as we spoke what God put on our hearts and shared our stories. When we were finished, we asked if we could pray for them, and they each told us something specifically they wanted to ask God for. One young man wanted prayer for his friend who was in a car accident and in the hospital, and it was apparent that he was really touched by our prayer for him. Before they left, some of them gave us hugs and they all expressed gratefulness to us. There was a such a connection between us and what we were realizing was that we all have struggles and we all do “bad” things, but we are in this together, and God wanted to show these boys that He wanted relationship with them.

We arrived in Newport, Kentucky, near Kristen’s home, last night, Friday. A few days earlier Laura had a word of knowledge that God wanted to release the miraculous, and she sensed that there was a young man or boy that had a broken leg or foot. When we arrived at Lifegate Church last night, a young boy named Ryan came in with a foot brace on. We prayed for him and he said there was a lot of improvement!

Pastor Dwight also had a prophetic word for Kristen’s brother, Nick, and his girlfriend, Ashley, about the threefold cord that cannot be easily broken. We felt led to look up Ashley’s name and it means “harmony,” which totally goes along with this word. We are so excited about everything else God wants to do here. God is helping us to come together as a team and break through the “membranes” that hold us back from becoming all we were meant to be.

"I Will"

2009-04-29T20:04:00.000-07:00

And we're off!
Today we have officially left for tour and had our first stop in Vinita! We were welcomed with a lot of enthusiasm and excitement. On our way here, God spoke to several of us about what He wanted to release to the people here as well as what He wanted to do to build our confidence. One of the things He said was that we don't have to worry about our effectiveness, because God will! He will do the things He said He would do, and He will use us, and we will see miracles. A couple people told us after the service that even though we might not have seen a lot of response tonight, they knew that there would be lasting change in people out of what we imparted.
Kendra and Denica did prophetic paintings, releasing the words "revolution" (specifically a revolution of love) and "explosion" to the church. The paintings really spoke to two young kids, and so we gave them to them.
Also, in giving her testimony tonight, Genesis in particular stepped into a whole new level of freedom in her openness, and much power was released as a result! We know God touched the church here, and we are so blessed to have been a blessing.

Kristen's Picture at Ponca

2009-04-25T08:01:00.000-07:00

While we were ministering at Ponca City, the Lord gave Kristen a picture of a bright red heart in the midst of everything around it being black and white. He said to her: "Your tour will be awsome but don't leave people remembering you and your dances. Leave them with the image of me and the embrace of my love surrounding them." May we carry this perspective with us as we go!

Itinerary!

2009-04-22T13:43:00.000-07:00

April 29: Vinita, OK New Life Foursquare Church
April 30: Collinsville, IL Son Life Church
May 1-4: Newport, KY Lifegate Church
May 4-7: Louisville, KY Louisville Covenant Church
May 7-11: Winchester, KY Winchester Covenant Fellowship
May 11-14: Toledo, OH Northgate Community Church
May 14-17: Lansing, MI New Covenant Christian Church
May 17-19: Middlefield, OH Christ Covenant Fellowship
May 19-21: Freeville, NY Covenant Love Church
May 21: Begin heading back to OKC, arrive May 23
May 27: Tulsa, OK Tulsa Foursquare Church

Ponca Love

2009-04-22T13:11:00.000-07:00

Last night, April 21, 2009, was our first official tour stop in Ponca City, where we had the opportunity to minister to the youth group of Foursquare Gospel Church. God showed us a piece of what we can expect for the rest of our tour and is giving us more of his heart. More than anything, we felt that God just wanted us to love on the kids there, and we had the opportunity to do that! Several came up for prayer, some of which were really hurting from relational issues or people in their lives recently dying. We prayed for them and God spoke through us. We believe He will continue to set these youth free and also to set them on fire to be "trendsetters" in their world. We are very grateful that God used our dances and dramas and our prayers and words to touch these youth, and we can't wait to see what else he will do on the remainder of tour! Last night raised our level of expectation and passion!