Something Like That.........

This is the beginning of my great adventure.  I'm going to be rushing through the beginning parts cause i know how everyone wants to know what I'm up to today and they are less impressed with where i came from and how i got there. Even though the story is one amazing story of restoration and commitment and love.... OK to start with i think it be best for me to describe to those of you who don't know about the house of prayer in Kansas City. The International House of Prayer in KC is a organization that is set up fr 24/7 worship and prayer to the God of our Lord Jesus Christ. In the spirit of the Tabernacle of David in the old testament. They have been going 24/7 for just over 11 years and some amazing things have been happening. There is a bible school that is there that teaches young adults and older adults to study the word to be prophetic missionaries and to be preachers and to be evangelists and a list of others...they also have a music and a media school that teaches all who want to know how to be professional in there fields and have a center on a life of prayer and worship. I did a 6 month internship there at the House of prayer where i took classes from teachers at the bible school and spent 6 hours a day in the prayer room every night. I did what is called Fire In The Night ...which is from 12mid-6am every night it is also called the Nightwatch. It was the greatest time that i can remember in my recent past. I met some people who are after intimacy with God and at the same time realizing that we are becoming a sinful people. We as a group learned how to be as lights in a dark generation so that we will not be swept away with the judgment of God. Needless to say i went from no knowledge to seemingly more then i could handle in just 6 months! ....Then after i was in the internship I just lived around the KC area with family and with some friends. Going to IHOP and praying during the day or night whenever i wanted to. I worked at a clothing store for a while, but during this whole time I was developing a YES in my heart to do whatever the Lord wanted of me! From when i was little like 11 or 12 i have had a heart for Africa ...anywhere in Africa really just the whole continent really. But i never ever thought that I would get to go there cause i have just never really been blessed with money in my life . So i kind of put it in the back of my mind where i would just maybe meet someone from Africa and think "oh that's what God meant, I would just be ministering to Africa from here in the U.S." . but alas God had better planes for me. It was about January 2010. I was feeling that i needed to go to Florida for a season and to just help with a house of prayer there and to see where the Lord was taking me. I had no idea why the Lord was taking me to Florida and then while i was praying one day and the Lord said to me ... " I will use Florida as a stepping stone to Africa". So i was sold on going to Florida ...not to mention that i love the beach and would love to be there even now! But alas I am not. The Lord is amazing first of all because before i even move to Florida I was asked to go on a missions trip to Tanzania , and to Zanzibar for about 3 weeks for planting a house of prayer and doing some street type evangelism. I was invited by a team of missionaries from Florida. So, on May 24 i packed and moved to Florida and on May 28th I was off to Africa!! While i was in Africa we started in Zanzibar an Island right off the coast of Tanzania and we were there for about 2 weeks having information meetings on what Harp and Bowl worship is and how to run a house of prayer (for more information check out IHOP.ORG

 

) So we were there for 14 days and had meeting with pastors and teachers in the area. A little history as best i remember but Zanzibar is 98% Muslim and the other 2% is Christian , Hindu, Atheist and Witch Doctors. So it's a very oppressive land. But the Believers took to it like a fish to water. They are sooo hungry for the Lord that it's amazing. While I was there I slept in a tent and my shower was a bucket and a towel... my toilet was a hole in the ground. Food on the other hand was AMAZING the family that we lived with both the Husband (pastor Khelfan) and his wife (mama Dija) (i'm not sure of the spellings and I'm sorry if they are wrong!) the both went to cooking school for a while ! so we ate like royalty. The landscape was amazingly beautiful and the beaches ...oh dang! beautiful white sand and crystal clear water... we had the privilege  to go to a 5 star resort that was a friend of a friends and spent the day there ... the sad part about the African culture is that there will be a 5 star resort on the beach but 100 yards in there is a mud hut where they don't own a pair of shoes for the whole family!  I fell in love with the African people even more while i was there. We had wonderful times together we had amazing times with the Lord we had amazing teaching and learning experiences all around! then we went to the main land Tanzania where we went into the Morigoro Moutains and lived for about a week. Where we were doing door to door and street evangelism and where around 50 people in one night excepted Jesus into their hearts! it was an amazing time. Praise the Lord. Ok moving on After Africa i went back to Florida because i had given a 3 month commitment to the House of Prayer there called Open Door House Of Prayer. There are amazing people there that are wise and love the lord with all of their heart soul mind and strength even when they have no strength they still love Him! I played and sang on prayer sets there in the HOP and learned a lot .We had a Children s camp called God Camp where we has 6-12 years old come for a week and we taught  them the basics of the Bible from genesis to revelation. It was great children are soooo smart. Then after my 3 moths in Florida were over I was talking with my Parents and they told me that they were feeling that the Lord was calling them out to the nations and feeling the release to go to Israel and to Europe! That is where i am at now. in Europe but I will tell you next time on my Israel experiences and then finish with Europe and then we shall see where the Lord leads this Blog ! I feel that He is going to lead it from an information blog to a blog where i share my thoughts and experiences with Him. ok love you all until next time.......