We arrived in Cairo and reconnected with Chrissy and Krista who had headed home the week before…these girls are pouring themselves out to obey God in a very difficult land. They were unbelievable hosts setting us up in a 3 bedroom apartment and working out the best schedule possible for us to be introduced to Egypt and begin prayer walking.

We covered much territory in prayer during our week in Egypt. Our first day we went to the Citadel, a Muslim fortress built around 1200 AD. We then went to an ancient mosque that had been built at the gate of the city…there is a very high minaret built on either side of the gate and legend has it that a demon guards that gate. We divided up our team and went up both towers and began to call back and forth quoting scripture and declaring that the ancient gates were being lifted up for the King Of Glory to come in…what a powerful time.

We prayer walked/rode the ancient pyramids of Giza, praying specifically at all 3 pyramids as the area is now used by new age groups to conduct séances and the like. We were able to ride camels in the desert in this area, quite the experience! Also had the opportunity to take a prayer boat ride on the Nile river and later prayed over Tahrir Square, where the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, part of the Arab Spring, took place. In the evening we met with some wonderful friends of Chrissy and Krista and enjoyed a great night of prayer and worship.

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Our second week began with a 3-day stay at a CNI church doing a House of Prayer in the volatile region of Kashmir, with someone “on the wall” for 40 hours straight except for a few meals and tea breaks. The Spirit came on us with waves of His presence showing us what to pray. Praying in accordance with the will of God is always enriching and fulfilling as the Spirit prays through us. To be His vessels for this purpose was a great honor. In the morning members from the church joined us along with some Korean missionaries. Declared I Peter 2:9-10 over the youth of Kashmir.

We rejoiced hearing of increased movement on the streets, more shops open, traffic slowly picking up. Also there were some happenings in the UN between India and Pakistan that may affect infiltration of militant elements across the borders. We prayed long and hard for the borders of our nations! About 3:30am on the second night Shema began to hit it with a great anointing…the Lion of the Tribe of Judah is walking the border shaking his mane of fire. A local woman came to join us and God gave her a strong Spirit of intercession…she prayed all night with a great burden of the Lord. She is the one who suggested the reconciliation service to end our time together on the last day, which was very powerful as Indians and Kashmir’s asked each other’s forgiveness, washed each other’s feet and took communion to-
gether. It was a beautiful time in the presence of the Lord. So powerful and anointed.

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One of our team members, Pat, sums up Week One:

“We have had an amazing week in north India – one day better than another. These are such beautiful people. We have gone into many homes, heard of the situations, joys, & problems and prayed with the people. We have visited many Churches and prayed for revival and the needs of the people. We have participated in a Pastors conference and a Peace Convention and prayed for healing, revival, asking God to come in abundance, bring Peace, and bless these people. We have ministered to the poorest of the poor in the slums of Jammu. We have prayed for Peace over the border of India & Pakistan. We have seen so many people healed. Our God is amazing.”

Highlights from Week One and many more pictures…

Getting ready to leave Sep 9th! God has assembled a great team of 12 people who are coming together from America, Egypt and Delhi to go into North India. Our first week we will be conducting revival conventions, pastor conferences and doing many house visits.  Next we go into an area that is considered a war zone where there is currently much violence and upheaval.  In this place we will be positioned in the church and will conduct 36-48 hours of continual prayer and worship helping to release the Presence of God in this region.  Week three several of us will then head to Cairo, Egypt and beyond, where we will be prayer walking in places of unrest, rioting, violence, & where oppression and fear have had strongholds. One of the highlights will be a sunrise prayer time on Mt. Sinai. 

“How many villages are in these mountains”?

“There are thousands of villages in these mountains, pastor.”

“How many Christians are in those villages”?

“There are no Christians there, pastor.”  “None??”

“No, pastor, there are no Christians there. When we ask them if they know Jesus, they say ‘No, who is he?  We have never met him. He has never come here.’ They have no idea who Jesus is, pastor.”

It took a moment for this to register in my mind, then it began to penetrate my Spirit…thousands of villages…tens of thousands of people who have never once heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ. How could this be?  Then, to think this same picture was duplicated hundreds of times throughout the mountains of North India…I just wanted to weep…and GO!

During the next few days we visited some of these villages.  In one of the homes they invited people to come hear about Jesus. We worshipped, told them about the God who loved them and died for them, and then we prayed. One after another received healing and deliverance.  The joy on their faces when their pain was gone was priceless. One woman kept stretching her arms above her head saying, “I could never do this before,” smiling broadly.

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Our last week was in Leh Ladakh in the far northeastern part of Kashmir. We had the great honor of meeting with Pastor Elijah, the pastor of the Moravian church for the past 26 years.  We sat for more than five hours as this man activated his teacher anointing and told us of the rich Moravian history of Leh Ladakh.  His grandfather was one of the first converts to Christianity in this region.  He was a well educated man and had a burden for the Tibetan people just north of the border where there were only a few Christians.

Pastor Elijah pointed to pictures on the wall of his grandfather and then proceeded to open up a brief case filled with old papers…that just happened to be the original hand written manuscripts of the very first Tibetan Bible.  It was his grandfather that carried this burden for years, painstakingly translating each verse.

It was a great honor to see these historic documents first hand, looking back at the long, difficult path Christians had followed to establish the church in this region. Many people had come here over the years. Many of them suffered tremendously and even died for their faith. We felt like we were standing in their shadows as we looked at these precious pages.

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