Heavenly Encounters?
SOooo..I've been hanging out in Fredericton with my school all weekend on a little mission trip. Everything has been going well. God has really been touching people's lives and I believe God is rekindling some flames. Even yesterday one young guy who had just re-committed his life to the Lord was walking up and down the streets looking for a church that was open. He said he prayed to the "Holy one in the sky" and now his life was changed and his thoughts were different and he just didn't know what to do with himself. Our team was gathered in the basement praying for the evening program when this guy wandered in so full of joy and excitement to find a church building open and to talk to people about the thoughts he was experiencing. I believe he experienced a deliverance and that he is going to be experiencing a lot more freedom. We prayed for him. Thanks God that we were in the right place at the right time... it was crazy and exciting.
We've been doing a lot of pushing through the past couple of days. I've really enjoyed the times of prayer and intercession that we've had as a school and community. If any fruit has come from this mission it's that God is really changing our school into one of formation instead of just academics and I really saw how God developed that the past couple of days. I really struggled with some of the program type things we did- they were good and they were fun but I'm just not used to programming- I'll adapt. The weekend was a good experience. Tonight to kinda finish of the weekend Jess and I decided to go for a walk downtown. We've been going to a school of Mission and Evangelism for a year and it's so frustrating that sometimes we feel like we don't get to use what we've learned. It's hard too sometimes when you feel like there's expectation- evangelize for a good grade, or use a certain formula (haha.. we don't have to do this)... but tonight was just one of those nights where we wanted to go for a walk, and where there were no time limitations, there were no expectations from others, we weren't leading, we didn't have to get stats for school- we were just a couple of girls going for a walk. As we were walking we starting to pray, we asked God to speak, we asked God to lead us to the one, we asked God for a sign (hahah). We walked around a couple of blocks... for a Saturday night, downtown seemed pretty dead, it was freezing out. We headed towards the bridge then turned up Queen Street. The city hall clock struck ten o'clock and as I was still praying I felt like this was an important hour but I didn't understand why???? Ten O'Clock... what happens at ten o'clock? The news? haha.. we kept walking.. kept praying, kept singing. Downtown was silent. We continued along Queen street and suddenly Jess noticed this new nightclub called "Boom"... we stopped and read the poster on the window "BOOM nightclub, Tonight Saturday, Open 8-2, Happy Hour 8-11, HEAVEN 10-2, blazing house tracks taking you to the next level" ... haha... so this caught us a little off guard... a nightclub claiming to take the people that visit their facility into the heavens.. "into the next level".. Was this the sign (literally) we had been praying for? Jess and I pulled up a park bench outside "Boom".. I remembered the city hall clock and how it had rang at ten and how something had gone off in my spirit- was this a declaration to the city- that a shift is coming- that the heavens are being opened up and that the people of Fredericton are going to the next level? The hour has come! We sat on the bench and continued to pray.. haha... I really wanted the sign that hung in the window "Heaven, blazing house tracks taking you to the next level." I really did not want to go in. I had never been into a club into my life and I didn't feel released to go.. and what was I supposed to say, "Hi, can I have the nice sign hanging in your window?" I really knew it was a prophetic sign though- I wanted it.. and God knew it. Two seconds later one of the gentlemen that works at "Boom" comes out with clipboard in hand and starts to circle Jess and I while he surveys the store front. I say, "Excuse me, do you work here?" He of course says yes. Me: "Do you have any of those signs that I could have?" The man (who's name turns out to be George) goes back into the club and comes out with a colored one for me. He asks me why I want it which made for a wonderful plug for the gospel... but it was nuts.. because I know that God specifically wanted him (George) to meet with us tonight. He's a "backslidden" Christian who professes be Spirit filled and pray in tongues. He was so interested, he didn't want to go back to work....and I don't want to go to bed.. but I'm wiped...but the last thing I must add is that right before we got up to leave we found out that "Boom" was a gay club and I just found it really interesting cuz we hung out on a park bench outside that club for two hours and chatted to people- Fredericton statisically per capita has the second most lesbians and gays in north america and I think God is doing something in that area over this city. Anyways, it was a good night, even the world recognizes what God is doing! ahah.. one man that we were chatting with outside began to open up and he called Jess a fortune teller..oh well... :) We just laughed. I think I might wander back to this park bench more often-- I think it's anointed.
