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Entry for April 21, 2008

Hey Everyone, Andy's doing Great, and having a wonderful time and finding favor with the Lord and with the people. Im going to paste our Yahoo Messenger dialogue, well I should say, monologue, here for you to read. I missed him online this morning but he chatted with our daughter Ruth and said that he had a great time with university students this morning and is scheduled to meet some parliament members tomorrow or Wednesday at a prayer breakfast. Awesome, huh? Continue to pray for Favor and open doors. He will be traveling to a town near the Congo border and continue to have meetings with businessmen and in churches, which is what he talked about yesterday. Pray for Stephen, who continues to have a chest cough and is scheduled to go back to Kenya. And pray for a young businessman named Alberic, whom you'll read about below. God is is just so in this, for many purposes, seen and unseen.

My prayer today is for Revelation-needs of individuals, unresolved issues and problems in the government, and so much more. I sense that the Atmospheres are ready to burst and the rain about to pour, just like the natural rain that has been falling. The dam will break and overflow. Andy has been sensing an outpouring and I can almost feel it, reach out and touch it so in faith I do that very thing. We speak to the atmospheres to give up this nation into the hand of the Lord Jesus Christ, unbind the bonds that have held it captive; we break those ties, chains, unseen bonds over these people, government, finance and the yield of the land. Thank you Father, for restoring the nation of Burundi and fulfilling You purpose and destiny in and through the intertwining fibers of the land and people.

Thank you for continued favor and blessing, health and protection for everyone involved. Heal Stephen even at this moment. All things are possible with You. Till tomorrow, Amy

It Starts Here: Have fun!

efaxkenn:...had an awesome day to day in the little church.

efaxkenn: they have several little open tabernacle type churches scattered throught the greater buja area

efaxkenn: they being the a/g (Assemblies of God denomination)

efaxkenn: the little one i was at today i forgot the name of it but will find out again tomorrow.

efaxkenn: the pastor was real cute and the people were precious

efaxkenn: i preached to a crowd of about 60 men women and kids

efaxkenn: i preached on Good Morning Burundi;

efaxkenn: Good is their destiny and blessing of the lord

efaxkenn: morning was renewed blessing every day for them because he loves them

efaxkenn: and Burundi because he knows who they are and wants to bless them

efaxkenn: the pastor, stephen and olivier said they repsonded very well. There were visitors in the church that day

efaxkenn: i think about 8 people came forward for salvation

efaxkenn: one woman really wept and stephen said that it is a bit unusual for the Burundians to weep.

efaxkenn: about 6 -8 came forward for healing

efaxkenn: one young woman could barely walk and here hand was crippled and painful from some kind of strange'thing'

efaxkenn: olivier and i prayed for her and god touched her and took away a great deal of thepain. She left with a little bit of a limp in her foot, but was much better and left the church weeping over the goodness of the lord.

efaxkenn: the lady had a cane and was truly in a lot of pain. it was odd though

AmyK: demonized?

efaxkenn: stephen and i both felt her ailment was associated to something demonic

AmyK: yeah

efaxkenn: she is a believer and very physically tormented. in fact her arm had nothing wrong with it the day before and it was hurting her like it was broken

efaxkenn: stephen and i agreed that some persons were casting witchcraft against her

efaxkenn: so we bound that and broke it off of her and that was when she started to get some relief from the pain.

AmyK: i hope so

efaxkenn: she went home with a bit of a limp but was much better and was not walking with the cane

AmyK: ptl

efaxkenn: she was confessing her healing and trusting that it was broken off of her

efaxkenn: we prayed for several others for healing, but no obvious results.

efaxkenn: then the lord gave me word of knowledge for two more

AmyK: we'll pray for you tonight for MORE

efaxkenn: one was a young boy about the age of 10-13

efaxkenn: amen to the more!

efaxkenn: the lord showed me that the boy had a calling on his life and that he should be ready to be used of the lord in his generation to be a voice among his friends

AmyK: amen

efaxkenn: and that god was speaking to him about being in the ministry

efaxkenn: yes a voice amen

efaxkenn: it turns out the boy was the pastors son

AmyK: neat

efaxkenn: imagine the pastors joy

AmyK: yes

efaxkenn: he stood up to testify that he had been encouraging his son to join in the adult prayer meetings

efaxkenn: but the boy was reluctant

AmyK: is he still?

efaxkenn: he then rejoiced with the congregation and his son that god would send someone from the far off US to tell his son what he had been encouraging him to do

efaxkenn: so the father was happy and the son and congregation rejoiced.

efaxkenn: no, the boy really received the word of the lord and was encouraged

AmyK: i woke up 3x last night to pray 4 u

efaxkenn: then the lord led me to another young man maybe 20-30

efaxkenn: the lord showed many many sources of trouble that had surrounded him and that he was not to fear these troubling things/persons and that the lord would deliver him. I felt that he was being very negatively influenced by others/family

efaxkenn: after we prayed for him he said that he felt better and I asked if this word confirmed what was in truth going on in his life and he said yes

efaxkenn: we then prayed for the pastor and left. Stephen got a lot of pictures but i tried to load them via yahoo today but the wifi was not working ..

efaxkenn: so i would say that the lord heard your prayers. There is truly a spirit of expectancy here.

efaxkenn: stephen feels it, i do and olivier also

AmyK: in general?

efaxkenn: yes and no

efaxkenn: they sense that god is doing something here in burundi

efaxkenn: but they also sense that he is doing something thru my coming

AmyK: i see!

efaxkenn: stephen is truly called of the lord to be here

efaxkenn: the lord uses him thru relationships, it is very obvious

efaxkenn: the people love him

efaxkenn: he has mastered a great deal of their language kirundi

AmyK: that's cool

efaxkenn: and what is amazing is that he only started to learn french when he came to burundi

efaxkenn: Olivier is his coach. He speaks english and french as well as his native kirundi.

efaxkenn: stephen and olivier and i had lunch

AmyK: r u having fun?

efaxkenn: they told me that kirundi is a tonal langujage which makes it very hard to learn

efaxkenn: i am havng a load of fun

AmyK: so we need an impartation

efaxkenn: i felt like i really belonged in that little bamboo church today

AmyK: aw-w-w, sweet

efaxkenn: yes we need an impartation of french and kirundi

AmyK: i agree

efaxkenn: we rested for the afternoon. stephen did. and i tried to upload pics

AmyK: so what about the city, is it modern in some places?

efaxkenn: then i worked on some ideas for sharing with the college students i am speaking at their univ chapel service tomorrow morning

efaxkenn: when you are in the hotel it looks fine. very well furnished.

AmyK: we'll pray about that tonight. what are you going to say

efaxkenn: some of the shops are okay too

efaxkenn: but the vast majority of the city is poor

efaxkenn: the roads are beyond awful.

AmyK: shack type, you mean

efaxkenn: some shacks but also poor block houses. pics will give you a better idea later

AmyK: i'm trying to get a mental picture and i've seen pictures of african cities before

AmyK: like in rwanda. similar?

efaxkenn: well it is run down in many parts, yet they are bulding houses that are mansions in other areas. burundians that live out of the country and have money and are building houses for expatriates to rent

efaxkenn: what an idea

efaxkenn: yes like rw

efaxkenn: now about tonite

AmyK: ??

efaxkenn: this evening stephen and i

efaxkenn: our evening not yours

efaxkenn: stephen took me to meet this young businessman about 25-26

efaxkenn: he is univ finishing his education but also runs businesses in burundi

AmyK: ok, that's cool, is the businessmen a believer.

efaxkenn: on tuesday stephen will go to kenya until sat to see a doctor about the cough in his chest. keep praying for him

AmyK: we'll pray for him too

efaxkenn: while he is gone olivier and i will preach in churches meet businemen and speak at prayer meetings and bible groups

efaxkenn: so oli and i, and hopefully stephen if he returns in time are going up to the north country they call it. up north of burundi along the congo borderlook on the map. I forget the city name

efaxkenn: we are to spend two days there ministering

efaxkenn: oli has many contacts

efaxkenn: god is using this young man in great ways

AmyK: sounds like it. is the city where the vbi school was?

efaxkenn: his fiance is also connected with many influential people in the country

efaxkenn: i do not think so

AmyK: interesting

efaxkenn: I will look on the map in a moment and see if i can see the city name again

AmyK: ok

efaxkenn: the vbi was in the congo

AmyK: i'll look for a map online

efaxkenn: we are not going to the congo, just along the border

AmyK: ok

AmyK: good idea probably. r the roads safe?

efaxkenn: yes oli knows what he is doing

AmyK: okay

efaxkenn: but you can still pray

efaxkenn: pray for safety and an outpouring of the spirit

AmyK: oh, i and we will! when r u going again?

AmyK: is this muyinga?

AmyK: or rutovu?

efaxkenn: i am hearing 'outpouring' again from the lord

AmyK: rutovu was the source of the nile

AmyK: yes, let it rain! has it rained there?

efaxkenn: no another city

AmyK: i mean for real

efaxkenn: we will go to muyinga and rotuvo later

AmyK: ok

efaxkenn: it did rain today

efaxkenn: soft rain while in chruch and later this eveing

efaxkenn: but let me get to the businessman we met with tonight

efaxkenn: by the way, i stood on the shore of lake tanganyika yesterday and watched a big rain storm blow in over the mountains. It was beauriful and i did not have the camera. But as i watched it i felt the lord saying. the rain is coming!

efaxkenn: tonite the businessman

AmyK: amen

efaxkenn: he is around 25

efaxkenn: his father was a businesman

efaxkenn: he is the oldest of about 8 kids his father married 2x

efaxkenn: he has all the responsibility now and helps his extended family

efaxkenn: god has really blessed this young man

AmyK: wow, a lot of kids!

efaxkenn: he talked about economics and the development of the country

AmyK: he has vision

efaxkenn: he has a real burden to be christian busineman in the country and to employ a lot of people

AmyK: we need to 'converge' on him!

efaxkenn: he wants to start many different kids of businesses and employ lots of people

efaxkenn: yes converge

AmyK: we need investors for him

efaxkenn: after dinner at his home and conversation we decided to pray for him. he is a very fine christian and filled with the spirit

efaxkenn: he attends stephens main ag chruch in town

AmyK: wonderuful

efaxkenn: he is head of youth ministry

AmyK: married?

efaxkenn: we do need investors for him. we need to discuss this point later

efaxkenn: not married

efaxkenn: as stephen and i gathered around him to pray for him the spirit came down on him. I began to speak words of knowledge to him; many things

efaxkenn: here is a list ofall i could remember

efaxkenn: the lord said more

efaxkenn: more blessings

efaxkenn: more visions

efaxkenn: more opprotunities

efaxkenn: more of the spirit to serve him

efaxkenn: as we continued to pray I saw a black smooth polished road and his feet were on it.

AmyK: interesting...

efaxkenn: i also prayed for his ears before the vision and his eyes

efaxkenn: that the lord would open his ears to hear from Him and eyes to see wht the spirit was showing

efaxkenn: about the road

efaxkenn: this road was black like polished stone, smooth

AmyK: onyx

efaxkenn: it shimmered like it had been rained on

efaxkenn: yes like onyx. i could not think of the word

efaxkenn: like polished black slate

efaxkenn: it was so smooth and beautiful and the lord showed me that Alberic's feet were on this road

efaxkenn: then the lord said that he was putting him on a road that was going tomake him full of joy

efaxkenn: that he had been on a difficult roads

efaxkenn: and now the lord was going to put him on a road that would make him laugh

efaxkenn: he would see the goodness of the lord and be full of laughter

efaxkenn: he was gong to be full of such joy

efaxkenn: and this joy would be his strength

efaxkenn: God showed him that he was going to see God and be filled with amazement at what the lord would do.

efaxkenn: Then the lord showed me more

efaxkenn: I saw that Alberic was trying to make some decisions and that he had no peace about these deciisons and that the lord was going to fill him with peace and he would move and operate in his businesses in a way he had not done before and he would know peace in the midst of his decisions.

efaxkenn: he just wept. God just blessed this young guy's socks off

efaxkenn: he has only been a christian for about 4 years but is very mature

efaxkenn: he led his entire family one by one to the lord

efaxkenn: they fill up a big section of the church each sonday

efaxkenn: it was glorious

efaxkenn: we need to pray for Alberic

efaxkenn: he has a very unusual anointing

AmyK: sounds like it

efaxkenn: i told stephen that i believe god is going to use this young man to help change the country

efaxkenn: he agreed.

AmyK: yeah, he's a priest, and is on gods road

efaxkenn: stephen said he is very gifted

AmyK: hm

efaxkenn: but i believe he has not seen the half yet

AmyK: i feel it just from your words

efaxkenn: pray for him tonite

efaxkenn: also pray for tomorrow

AmyK: yes, we will. ok

efaxkenn: i am going to the local univ and speak at the chapel service

efaxkenn: it is a methoidsit sponsored univ

efaxkenn: they offer 2 year degrees from what i could understand and they have chapel at the school. oli got me in there

efaxkenn: i am to speak with businessmen and churches this week all week

efaxkenn: i feel that god has given me a real word for the young people tomorrow

efaxkenn: they are 20-30 years of age. the soul of the nation

efaxkenn: they need a great outpouring and i am going to share with them from i cor ..."

2008-04-21 22:25:37 GMT

Comments (1 total)

Author:jerilynnsy

I agree with you for rain, for the outpouring. Even as I type the word I sense the anointing, for God has has purposed this outpouring. I bless Andy as he takes Burundi. Lord, let the veil between the seen and unseen become so thin that Andy would be more aware of Your reality than of what his natural senses comprehend. Let faith increase and with it let the miracles, signs, and wonders pour forth. Load Your Kingdom with thousands of Burundi souls this week. Amen, according to Your will.
Love,
Jeri Lynn

2008-04-21 22:57:02 GMT

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