07.20.10
Hello my friends,
As I sit here preparing to write I am amazed that July is more than half over! I trust this finds you and your families well this summer.
I have some news I want to share with you all. It seems I am ending one chapter in my life in order to begin another! After much prayer and wrestling of my soul, I will be returning to the International House of Prayer KC, as I sense the Lord’s leading. While I was in my IHOP internship Fall ’08, there was a day the Lord encountered my heart extending over most of that day. It started with me “just happening” to find the cassette recording of the first prophetic word God spoke to me through Greg DeVries which talked of me pouring myself into a younger generation with the fruit being that they would not only overcome by the word of their testimonies but they would not love their lives unto death (Revelation 12:11). It was at that point that I began to weep at the intensity of the anointing on those words and the witness I had of its truth in my spirit. That particular day in KC unfolded vision for my future days!
As I shared with my mom, it is obvious God has not designed my life in the usual, expected pattern of life and I have known there is purpose in His workmanship. What I saw that day in ’08 was me having a house in which I could board young women from all over the world for the 3 -6 months while they were in their internships at IHOP-KC. I would have opportunity to speak into these young ones and minister to them while they are in their season of going hard after God. There is a burn in me to see a generation rise up who will not shrink back from truth and righteousness, nor from their passion and love for Jesus. My intent is to go on staff with IHOP myself as in intercessory missionary, as I know I am called to the place of intercession for my family, friends, the church, leadership, my nation, yea, the nations of the world, as the fullness of time brings the culmination of the end of this age and sees the return of Jesus Christ and the establishment of His Kingdom. I have heard and I am responding to His call!
What a chapter I have just walked through! I have learned much over this last decade with Expectation Ministries, i.e. Greg, Gretchen, Cara and those connected with EM across the globe, and The Rock Scottsboro. The people God has brought into my life are precious, even becoming family to me. It is with sadness of heart that I prepare to leave Alabama though I know what has been gained here will just be part of the foundation of what God establishes in the days ahead for His kingdom and in my life. I treasure the gifts I have been given here!
I feel a bit like Luke 9:3 where Jesus sent His disciples out and told them to take nothing with them! I am not sure what this is going to look like but I know He is sending me. Just as any missionary heading to foreign soil, I am in need of raising my own support. I covet your prayers as I seek His game plan and provision. I will be pulling out of Woodville on 8/23, as my goal. Please see below my contact information as the Lord may lead you to assist with His plan for my life in this season. Visit the blog.spot I have developed: Bridesmaidinvitation. I will be using this as a “web journal” and you will be able to hear more of my heart, as well as receive updates here. Please know that I am excited to be positioning myself to literally be in the place of night and day prayer because I believe His heart and hands move when we pray. “For such a time as this” I will be in a place to pray for you all individually, your families, your churches and as special needs arise. Grace and peace to you all! Much love in Him.
PO Box 30
Gurley, AL 35748
ecc3hisglory@hotmail.com
His,
Heather
