Oh the wonderful Nigeria. I must say I NEVER expected to be in Nigeria,
I never expected to feel safe here, I never expected to be served like
a queen. Welp I sure was wrong, we as the new team, Steadfast Terra
Nova Philly’s, we have been blessed beyond words from our lovely hosts.
We have not had to pay for anything, we didn’t pay for the 11 hour bus
trip or any of the snacks we got along the way, we will not be allowed
to pay for our rooms or food, we actually went to a church that took up
an offering for us!!! Anything we need or could want is blessed to us
by generous hearts. That’s how I want to live… just able to bless and
willing to bless anyone I can.
So the past several days since we have been in Okbo, Nigeria, we have
spoken at a few crusades, played some prophetic worship at the crusade,
poured our hearts out to youth who are searching for truth, we prayed
prayed prayed over this town and people group and nation. As for
specific ministry this month, it looks like God will be our guide from
day to day.
Okbo is thirsty for the Spirit of God, many years ago there was a curse
put on the land of Okbo and no house was able to be built without the
builder dying. Yes, curses and evil exist everywhere but God and His
loving power can and did conquer. Not to long ago the curse was broken
by the warriors of God’s mighty Kingdom and new houses are being built
and families are experiencing wonderful peace!
Spiritual warfare is everywhere. Evil is attempting to degrade our
inheritance and identity as the Body of Christ. I have never seen or
felt warfare like this in my life. I have heard stories of demonic
influence but never experienced it like I have here. I am so thankful,
with all of my being that Jesus defeated evil and gives us all we need
to establish freedom everywhere we go! As a new team we are finding new
dynamic and character we never knew we had… we are able to blossom the
areas in which were not tested previously. It is truly a beautiful
thing to be in community with different people with different gifts,
anointing, visions, ideas.
Another thing… the Spirit of God took me over one night during our
debrief worship. As a squad we come together during our debriefs and
just praise God for the past months and what He taught us, showed us,
brought us through and all that wonderful-heavenly stuff. So there is a
point in Scripture when people accuse the disciples of being drunk, it
was the day when the Spirit of God came upon them… well I felt that. As
I was praising my tongue was taken over, my body was taken over and I
fell into a deep deep laugh. I laughed soo hard, I never tried to stop
cause I felt incredible. I laughed for about 15 straight minutes… I was
completely soaking in the joy of the Spirit. Afterwards I layed still
on my back still completely in awe of God and I felt something… first I
got the chills on my body (most of the time when I get chills from the
Spirit of God it is only on my legs) but not this time I was feeling
chills all over, then I felt heat then I felt cold then heat and on and
off like that… so beautiful.. so unnatural. I love that most everything
in God’s Kingdom does not look or feel like things of the earth. Love
it love it, love my Lord and His desire for my heart.
This month God has given me revelations of who He is, revelation of His
word, revelations of love and all sorts of things my mind can’t
understand just yet. This season in my life is full of God teaching me
so that I can pour out what I have been given. I know now that is a
secret to spreading the Kingdom. To take all we have been given and
give it away. “One gives freely, yet grows all the richer, another
withholds what he should give, and only suffers want” Proverbs 11:24.
Is that not the most glorious and wonderful thing. When giving we WILL
receive more. Not necessarily money, but gifts, anointing, heavenly
experiences, revelations, and billions more.
So I might be making you dizzy writing so much so I will keep it
semi-short. But I love love each of you, and thank you for supporting
not just me but my wonderful sister Christina. Yall are awesome.
Some prayer points: no cruise control through the last few months, but
a thirst for more more more. Also my finances are nearly there but I
know the Lord is a provider and my supporters are generous, for our new
team to push each other into deeper intimacy with our Lord, for God’s
Care Missions (the compound we are staying in and the Christian group
we are working with) for the whole staff to have a fresh filling of
God’s perfect love and peace.
I feel like this is a tad bit scattered so I apologize if I wrote a
little confusingly. But know my love for all of you is sooooo huge!
Hugs and kisses
