Hello to All who read this blog:
my compter and connection are now working in such a way that i am able to post to the blog; so i thought i would send a short report about an awesome prayer meeting i attend on wed night 4/30. Below is my journal entry.
We went to the home of a man named Francois for an all night prayer meeting. They had a meal. Then some worship. Then Olivier asked me to share from God’s word. I had been meditating on what to share and had some verses that I thought were appropriate; a chosen generation, etc. But the spirit began to show me a vision before I spoke; during the time of worship.
It was of a piece of fruit; like a coconut but not exactly a coconut; it had a hard shell; and this piece of fruit was suspended in the air; and I heard the word "breaking"; and the hard shell of this fruit broke open; and faces began to appear; almost like photographs but not; iimages of faces that pealed out of this open fruit; as the faces appeared I did not know them; but then each face began to transform into faces of people that I seemed to know or my spirit knew them; they were not strangers to me. And I did not know what it meant. So when oli asked me to share; I took my bible and stood before this group and began to tell them what I saw and as I did the holy Spirit began to show me the meaning and I revealed it as I spoke.
The Lord was saying that he is going to bring a great breaking open among this people; that a hard shell had contained the fruit of their lives and God was going to break this hard shell and the fruit was going to be released upon the nation. That the unknown faces represented them; each one; as persons for whom they formerly were; before the breaking. But then God was going to reveal them for who he had truly made them and for the identity that He has ordained for them. The revelation of who they truly are in all their giftings and fruit. That he would use them and reveal them as open fruit. And that they were not to consider them selves as they have formerly known themselves; that God was going to reveal their true self(s).
I tell you the power of God began to settle down on this group; some of the men and women began to shake under the power.
Then the Holy spirit reminded me of the vision of the pregnant women with the big ears; and I shared this vision with them. I tell you the anointing was on me and the power of god was filling the room; it was like a Pentecost.
I told them that God was birthing something in their nation and that it was in the heart and soul of people like them; that God was showing thru the women in the vision that he knows their nation (nations being expressed in the feminine) and so in the vision of the women; and that the big ears represented that God was sending a word to them; and that they had a spirit to hear this word and that it was the word they had been looking for that would be the answer of their hearts cry as they cried out for their unborn child; their unborn divine purpose; and that God was giving them ears to hear of what He was about to do in their country and that a great birthing was about to begin; that these women were very pregnant and ready to give birth and that God was specifically giving birth to those in that meeting;
Wow!
The power of God hit the group; probably about 12-15 young women age 18-30 I would guess and about 10 men ages 20-40 but mostly 20-30. They began to fall down under the power of God. No one was touching them. The power of God just began to hit them and the just collapsed on the floor and shook under the power. It was so holy and glorious. It was beyond description. Not just what I saw but what I was sensinig in the spirit. This is a special group of young people and God is going to use them. One girl just hit the floor and began to shake under the power of God; it looked like deliverance and may have been some; but God was on her and I told them it was okay; we laid hands on her and she just shook so violently. Then the Lord led me to one of the men; a guy between 30-40. I touched him and the power of god went through him; he shook on his feet from head to foot and then began to ‘fight’ like a wild man. Again I sensed a holy fight and the spirit showed me that he was going to be a warrior against the purposes of the devil.
And then I was led to go around with oli and start praying for this group; and as I did heaven broke out on this group; they wept; they laughed; they fell down or collapsed or just shook under the power of God; The lord showed me so many things I do not know if I can remember them all; but the power of God was at work. Then about half way thru the group I reached out and touched Oli and began to pray for him. Oh the power of God hit him and he became like a bag of sand. He shook and fell down and lay on the floor for nearly an hour. Someone else jumped in for translation and we kept going. God was just all over this group. Oh My, I have rarely ever seen anything like it.
There was such an intensity and yet a deep sense of the control of the spirit. I say this because it was not a free for all. They just stood around praying and praising gently in the tounges, etc and God just began to hit them one by one. As the spirit led me I just went from one to the other. It was such a divine moment; and I felt a flow unlike anyting I can remember in a long time.
My heart yearned for you to see these young adult people with such a love and fire for Jesus; unlike so much of what we see now in the US. They are so open and wanting what God wants.
Praying for these men and women was like praying for our kids or Micah and Rachel, or Mark or others we know. There is such a birthing of something here.
This and then some worship went on until almost 3 am in the morning and I was not tired at all. Wow, it was mighty.
Then in true African style, they put on some American and African worshipmusic and began to rejoice and dance; in that very African style and it was great; they were having a ball. Some of them were still on the floor or would just get knocked out again and again; the night and the atmosphere was just full of the presence of the lord. I did take some pics for you to see.
This has to be the hightlight of the trip SO FAR!
Keep expecting! There is a great future and hope of God for this Nation and I feel it with such an anointing of the spirit. It is more than excitement or enthusiam, it is a real expectation in the Spirit. God is going to give us an opportunity to see His divine hand in this nation and to be used to reap and reap and reap the harvest for His Glory!
Andy and I trust that all is well with you. We're making plans to return in the spring to Bujumbura, and we're counting on your prayer support. Andy has been in contact with the missionaries and local people with whom he fellowshipped when he was there last spring, and is looking forward to More. One question is whether I should go with him this time or if he should return to set in motion what God has impressed upon us to fill a need in the city/country. I'm not saying what, only because we'll be making some public announcements soon. 
and ministry projects that I must begin and complete in the next several months (the Time is Now for Pittsburgh and I can't let it go any longer!) that demand my total concentration and focus, and the question is whether it is best for me to do so here, or not. It seems that we are at a crucial juncture, but the Lord told me that it's 'a coming together of all things'. 
We're looking forward to more of His Presence made manifest in this nation for all to see, even as we establish a physical presence there. Recently, there seems to be an influx of people traveling to Burundi to minister, and it seems that it is more in the area of short term missions and local church support. 
Today I pray for the Spiritual Fallout to cover this nation, for a spiritual atomic Blast to break loose the strongholds and to bind and destroy the strong man. I continue to believe for the coming Storm to obliterate all of the 'junk' in the church, and to bring down false prophets and impostors, to burn away the dross with a Holy Fire and to bring the remnant forward, filling each person with the fullness of the Spirit. It's an Ananias-Sapphira season. He has made everything beautiful in its time, and it is Time for Burundi! 
PTL!! 
