I had a great trip with my classmates. Everyone was so eager to reach out to the city and bring them into an encounter with God. We were an amazing group of people that God had brought together to work out His purpose in our lives and the lives of those we met.
We were loving the feel of the city right from the start. San Francisco is a very beautiful city full of culture and creativity. We did a lot of walking the first day and night, getting accustomed to each other and hearing from God about what He was up to so we could partner with Him.
We met a few homeless people the first night and after talking to them and getting to know them we began to see the greatness in them. We could see them as God made them to be…. totally awesome! As we would see it we would start calling it out; speaking destiny and purpose into them. It was a pleasure to meet them and see the genuine hearts that were open to receive genuine love. The streets really are strewn with valuable treasure waiting to be found.
Our hosts and leaders were so great, too. They have been serving the lost and broken for over ten years, some of them faithfully bringing hope and love even when little or few others have ever known about it. These guys are my hero’s. These guys really live the power filled christian life and serving along side of them was pure joy. We were shown the ropes on the Streets of San Francisco most nights ministering to the lost and broken with these guys. It was awesome to see the hope restored and the life come back into the eyes of the least of these.
I was amazed at how much the prophetic broke out on our team we spoke life into dead dreams and seemingly hopeless situations all day everyday. It seemed as though we were prophesying machines. Everywhere we would go, we were declaring stuff and speaking life, our joy was full and we were strong and victorious. We cast out demons and healed the sick and proclaimed freedom to the captives.
We held a meeting at a youth group one night. We held another meeting at a ex homeless men’s home, and we started to share and build up and encourage them. We even invades the skate park. It was really great to be there and witness God showing up and touching the lives of all kinds of people in San Francisco. A few of us also got to go out and love on the transvestites (cross dressers) in a club. We also went into another club that had women stripping and gave them white roses and cards that had words of value and promise written on them to encourage and love them right where they are at.
I felt so blessed and loved to be chosen to go and be apart of what God was doing in San Francisco. We saw many people touched deeply by the love of God and with open hearts accept Him into their lives. Thank you so much for your love and prayers. I was at the mercy of the body of Christ to provide for me to go on this trip and had passed all the deadlines to go, but God made a way and people came through with their gifts just in the nick of time for me to go. Others spoke to leadership on my behalf for them to make an exception because they valued what I would bring to the team. I felt so loved and honored. Thank you again for all your love to everyone that has supported me during this time.
