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July 28, 2010
What an incredible service we are having. A thunderstorm has come in over the rice fields. It thunders and lightnings and brings rain with a fresh cool breeze. Here we sit in almost darkness in a little tiny church service with only six members, our team out numbers the people here. There are two candles lit up front, no power. We sing worship songs and praises to God with only our voices, the room is filled with the presence of God. The atmosphere is so different from anything I have ever experienced, but God is here in our midst!

. . . Kevin is speaking on spiritual hunger and tying it into the testimonies Ashley and I gave. This message is so powerful.

  . . . After Kevin spoke; we had everyone come up to the front so that we could pray for them, and for the church. The pastor wanted us to pray for a revival in the church. All six members plus the pastor and his wife stood across the front and we laid hands on them and earnestly began to seek God. Something so incredible took place tonight there are no words. The presence of God and the Holy Spirit were so strong, the strongest most evident presence that any of us had ever experienced in a room/setting before. We had stopped by the church earlier that day and I remember joking and saying that we were going to the upper room to have service, but looking back on what I said, we had a crazy encounter with the Holy Spirit. We were all praying out loud and I remember praying, “Holy Spirit come and sweep across this place and these hearts right now” and as soon as I had spoke that, a young many down on the end started speaking loudly in tongues, the whole room erupted into tongues and the whole room was boldly proclaiming the name of Jesus. It sounded like there were hundreds of people in the room when there were only a few less than twenty people. Our team has been praying for boldness and I definitely had received boldness. I stepped back from the lady I was praying for and the words would not stop coming out of my mouth. I was almost yelling the words and praying with such a passion and boldness. I have never had an experience where the Holy Spirit overwhelms and overtakes in such a way as what happened tonight.

The absolute passion and hunger for God has filled this place. God has brought a fresh anointing on all of our hearts, The Holy Spirit was in our presence as we all cried out as people of different nationalities, but as a people hungry and thirsty of God. I love seeing the face and the heart of God because when He shows up, you know it and you cannot hide what He is doing in your heart. He swept across this place like a wild fire, everyone was touched and filled! What an incredible night. God’s presence is amazing, we were all broken, undone vessels seeking all that God had, we bowed down before Him and He met us right where we all were. What an amazing heavenly Father we serve. If we seek, pray, and run hard after the heart of God, He will not disappoint, but comes with fervency. He overwhelms, brings abundant joy, and love more passionate than I have ever known. The peace and presence of God is the secret place, My Father’s love is deep, His arms strong, He is what we should always desire to seek day after day!