We were on this trip in late June and early July, and we started in the desert, experiencing temperatures as high as 110 degrees Fahrenheit. It was more pleasant in Jerusalem and the Galilee.

Abraham’s well has seen four thousand years of history. This is where I realized that all of Bible History is true and still speaks today. Here I realized that Abraham is still alive for as Jesus said, “God is God of the living, not the dead” Mark 12:27

This is a huge canyon in the desert of far southern Israel. It was caused by several forces - the erosion by water of softer rock, the sinking of the land as part of the Great Rift, and volcanic activity leaving behind basaltic rock. It reminds you of the entire history of the earth including the creation and the flood.

Among the dwellers of the southern desert were the Nabateans. Some of the wise men probably were Nabateans, and the Nabateans were likely among the first to hear the Gospel. A number of sites show Christian altars among the Nabateans.

Masada is a spectacular cliffside fortress overlooking the Dead Sea. Jewish rebels took over the fortress around 66 AD and then the Roman siege in 73 AD overwhelmed the occupiers. They died in a legendary suicide pact though many scholars believe that was fictional. This was the end of the First Jewish-Roman War.

Though Ein Gedi was occupied long before and also after King David’s time (1000 BC), David and his men hid here from King Saul. 1 Samuel 24 tells the story of how David snuck up on Saul when he went to relieve himself in the cave at Ein Gedi, cut off the corner of his robe, and spared Saul’s life.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered between 1946 and 1956 in 12 caves near the Dead Sea at Qumran. Almost a thousand fragments of manuscripts have been found that date from 200 BC to 100 AD and include both Old Testament books and other writings not canonized as scripture. Most of the fragments are kept at the Shrine of the Book in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and others are owned by the state of Jordan. These writings are so significant because the Biblical fragments and scrolls are a thousand years older than previously discovered manuscripts.

This town is significant because it was a hiding place for Jews during the War of Independence (1948) but it is right at the Jordan River, the boundary of Israel and Jordan. The several bridges over the Jordan at this site include an ancient Roman bridge.

This castle is from the Crusade era and was completed around 1200 AD. It was also called the Jordan Star as it overlooks the Jordan River from its spot 1600 feet above sea level.

This hotel is operated by a kibbutz which was founded just after the war of independence. It has a beautiful property of small villas on the southeastern shore of the Sea of Galilee

The Sea of Galilee is like a bowl surrounded by high hills. The Golan Heights is a disputed area occupied by Israel on the border with Syria. Israel took possession of it in the 6-Day War of 1967. When this area was still part of Syria, it commanded the surrounding area because of its heights, which is also why Israel had considered it necessary to retain for security reasons.

Mt Hermon, at just over 9,000 feet, straddles the Syria-Lebanon border, and a portion of the mountain cluster falls with Israel, within the Hermon Nature Preserve, which is the source of the Jordan River and the far northeastern corner of Israel and part of the Golan Heights.

The Druze are an Arab minority population ruled under a variation of Islam. There are many such towns in the region where Lebanon, Syria, and Israel come together. The towns of Masadeh and Majdal Sharms are in the shadow of Mount Hermon and on the shores of Lake Ram, a volcanic lake. These towns cater to the tourists that come to this scenic area of Israel.

This area contains the Roman town of Banias, which was also the Hebrew town of Dan, and which includes a shrine to the god Pan in a cave located on a stream that feeds the Jordan River. It was near this location that the town of Caesarea Philippi was built and that Peter made the confession that Jesus was the Messiah and Son of God in Matthew 16:16.

The nature reserve contains streams, springs, and waterfalls and also the Temple of Pan.

This church was built to commemorate the hill where Jesus delivered the Beatitudes and Sermon on the Mount. It overlooks the northwestern corner of the Sea of Galilee. Since the lake is below sea level, the “mount” is just under sea level though two hundred meters above the lake.

The ancient town of Capernaum has been excavated and includes both the house where the apostle Peter was believed to live and the synagogue attended by Jesus and his disciples. This site is open to the public and is also near the Mount of Beatitudes and Tabgha, the location of the feeding of the five thousand.

Tiberias, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, is where tourists can book excursions on the lake. In nearby Kibbutz Ginosaur, it is possible to see the remains of a first century Galilean fishing boat.

Nazareth is the hometown of Jesus and his parents Mary and Joseph. It was here that the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would become pregnant and give birth to God’s son and give him the name Jesus. The Church of the Annunciation commemorates this event and houses the very location where the event was believed to take place.

Modern Nazareth is the largest Arab city in Israel (over 200,000 in its metro area). It is majority Muslim but also has the largest Arab Christian population in the nation.

Mt Carmel is most well known as being the location where Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal and where God himself burned the sacrifice which proved he was God. The Carmelite order built a monastery here. This is where God spoke to me he would give me an assignment for a later prayer assignment.

Caesarea was named after the Roman Ruler in this town on the Mediterranean Sea. This is where Rome ruled Israel during the time of Jesus.

The Roman aqueducts brought water to the city from sources north of the city. The first one was built by Herod the Great and the later one by the Emperor Hadrian. The aqueducts supplied water for over 1200 years.

The Tower of David, also known as the Citadel, had been one of the most recognizable features of the Old City of Jerusalem for almost 2500 years. However, there have been many versions of the tower, depending on who was ruling Jerusalem. The tower has been destroyed an different versions rebuilt for all of these years. It was named after David since his palace was reputed to lay here. The tower is just inside the Jaffa Gate of the Old City. The Tower of David Museum is located here and it is the introduction to the city for many.

This church was built by Constantine in the 300s and includes both Golgotha - the site of the crucifixion of Jesus and the tomb where he was buried. It is considered by many the holiest pilgrimage site in Christianity. The church is jointly run though a very complex set of rules by the Roman Catholic Church, the Greek Orthodox, the Armenian Apostolic, the Coptic, Syriac, and Ethiopian Orthodox Churches.

It is known as the Western Wall, or the Wailing Wall. It is in fact the retaining wall for the Temple Mount and at one time provided the wall upon which was one side of the Jewish Temple built first by Solomon and then rebuilt by Herod. On the Temple Mount, in place of the Temple is the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque.

It is known as the Wailing Wall because here Jews mourn the destruction of the Temple. It is a pilgrimage and prayer site for Jews and Christians. Pilgrims come to weep and pray, often places folded paper with their prayers into the crevices of the wall.

The Temple Mount has few vestiges of the Jewish Temple, but is also holy to Muslims and is regarded as where the Prophet Mohammed ascended to heave. The Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque are two of the most holy pilgrimage and religious sites for Muslims.

Vad Yashem is the Holocaust Remembrance Museum and contains many archives related to the Holocaust. It is located in West Jerusalem on the slope of Mount Hertzl.

The first three prayer stops were all related:

Elijah’s Cave - Our team spent it’s first night in Israel in the city of Haifa on the slopes of Mount Carmel, at the Carmelite Monastery called Stella Maris. We felt the next day we were to go to Elijah’s Cave which basically was just down the street. This required us to navigate a rather steep hill, so we had to cooperate with each other to get there, and we had a rather beautiful view of the Mediterranean as we climbed. However, when we got to the cave, we found a very commercial and non-holy place. This caused us to recognize that even though we were in the Holy Land, we needed to be aware that we would might see many “unholy” or deceptive things.

Baha’i Shrine - Not far away, and still on the slopes of Mount Carmel, we visited the beautiful garden refuge of the Baha’i faith. Baha’i originated in Iran in the mid 1800s as a universal integrative religion. Eventually it was transplanted to Israel, where it’s world headquarters in the town of Acre just north of Haifa, and this garden shrine was an inspired place of meditation for this religion. The area around Haifa is well known for many different religious offshoots and cults. Likely, these ultimately result from the idolatrous devotion to Baal and Asherah of the ancient Canaanites. It was at this garden that we spoke prayers to divorce ourselves and Israel from devotion to Baal and all such distractions from the one true God.

Muhraka - We then visited the Carmelite monastery where Elijah in 1 Kings 18 defeated the prophets of Baal and showed that the invisible God Yahweh was the true God and not Baal who required carved images to worship him. “Muhraka” means “the place of burning”, because God consumed the sacrifice and showed that he was real and that Baal and other graven images were counterfeit. It was in the garden of the monastery built at this location that I first heard that God had a further assignment for me. And it was at the location in the US named after Mount Carmel that James Nesbit received the commission to break the power of false prophecy and belief all around Israel. It’s amazing that from this mountain top, you can see a sizable portion of Israel including the plains of Armageddon where the final battle is to be fought at the time of the return of the Lord Jesus, as recorded in Zechariah 12:11.

In addition our Northern Israel and Galilee stops (coved in more detail below) were:

• Nazareth/Mt Precipice

• Rosh HaNikra - the northwest border with Lebanon

• Metula - on the border with Lebanon

• Caesarea-Philippi - where the disciples expressed faith in Jesus

• Mt Bental - on the border with Syria

• Ejn Gev - Sea of Galilee Kibbutz Hotel

• Kursi - Site of the Demoniac

• Eremos Cave - overlooking Sea of Galileee

• Old Gesher - on the border with Jordan

Rosh HaNikra is at the northwest boundary of Israel with Lebanon - We drove north to the boundary with Lebanon at Rosh HaNikra (“Head of the Grottos”) - Even though this was never planned to be the northern boundary of Israel and is nowhere specified so by god, Israel has never occupied by Israel. The boundary falls along a line of limestone cliffs, and at the time of the War of Independence there were tunnels and even a railroad, but these are all closed today. The grottos are spectacular caves along the sea. We did not see them because we had a different order of business. We declared the erasing of the border between Israel and Lebanon since God never specified such a boundary. There may be a future time where Lebanon will become part of Israel. Meanwhile, we blessed Lebanon and prayed for peace between Israel and Lebanon.

Nazareth/Mount Precipice - We felt it was important for us to visit the hometown of Jesus in Nazareth. We had not realized that Nazareth is 75% Muslim today even though it was so important to Jesus’ life. We felt we were to visit the area above Nazareth where, after Jesus claimed to be the anointed one in his sermon at the Nazareth Synagogue, the leaders threatened to through him off the cliff here. Marie and Andre our guides had a friend of theirs named Ronnie meet us here. Ronnie became a Christian when Jesus appeared to him in a dream, and he is very committed to seeing the Muslims of Narareth saved. We prayed very powerfully here for the Christians to take courage in Nazareth as Jesus did on this hill, believing that the church would be protected and make a comeback.

Metulah is the northern most Israeli town on the Lebanon border. There is an Israeli military outpost nearby. This area is called “Israel’s Little Switzerland” - the weather is more moderate and it seems a very pleasant place to live. We prayed here at the DaDo Outlook, and while we here, Israeli soldiers came and ate their lunch. Some of them were friendly to us. We prayed that the Lord would touch people on both sides of the border, defuse hostility, and actually change the boundary so that Lebanon would fall within Israel as it does in the Biblical description of the boundaries in Numbers 34.

Just to the east of Metulah is the ancient town of Dan, which in Roman times was renamed Caesarea Philippi. This town seemed dominated spiritually by the Temple of Pan, which still defiles the area. But it is also the town where Jesus asked the disciples who they believed he was (Matthew 16:15-20), and Peter confessed that Jesus was the Messiah, the son of the living God. And Jesus said this confession gave birth to his church, so that the church would have the keys of the kingdom and prevail over even the gates of hell.

At this location, as we prayed among the ruins of Caesarea Philippi, one of our group confessed that she had had an abortion when she was much younger, and now the Lord - the Messiah - was setting her free. This led to a time of praise and dancing. Truly we were the church and the Lord was allowing us to prevail over hell, even in our own lives.

This is part of the occupied territory that Israel will never give up because it provides security to Israel. Prior to 1967 this was part of Syria and was used as high ground to launch missiles into Israel. Since the 6-Days War in 1967, one strip of the Golan Heights is occupied by Israel and a second strip is a demilitarized zone occupied by the UN. From this location we prayed both for Israel and Syria. We are as close here to Damascus as Jerusalem.

During our time in Norther Israel and Galilee, we stayed in small apartments as part of the Ein Gev Kibbutz Holiday Resort, on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. The kibbutz operates several businesses, including the tourist resort, a banana plantation, and a restaurant. After our time at the restaurant the second night, we were able to borrow a guitar from the restaurant owner’s son and spend an hour in spontaneous worship.

We had told Andre, our guide, that we didn’t want to go to the tourist places but instead to places that had a strong spiritual significance. Eremos means “a lonely place”. Thus, this cave and the hill it is in are thought to be the places that Jesus went away to in order to commune with the Father. Eremos Cave is located about 70 feet up the hill. At the top of the hill is the Church of the Beatitudes, and this is thought to be the location where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount. At the bottom of the hill in one direction is Tabgha, where Jesus fed the five thousand, and the other direction Capernaum, where he lived and performed many miracles. Tabgha is also located on the lake, where seven springs feed the lake. Many of the Gospel stories on the lake likely took place near hear.

We had to climb up to the cave from the road level. Again, the team worked very well to help one another on this fairly strenuous, though not long, climb. The cave is very impressive, in the shape of an eye, and large enough to hold most of our team, or Jesus and most of his disciples. There is a tree rooted inside the cave, which slants along the roof of the cave before straightening when it reaches the outside. From the cave, almost all of Lake Galilee is visible. It is easy to imagine Jesus looking out from here after the feeding of the five thousand, seeing the disciples rowing against the wind in the distance, before he walked across the water.

Upon entering the cave, we believed that this was indeed a place inhabited by our Lord, for many of us strongly felt the presence of God hear. This was a place the fostered great intimacy, both with the Lord and one another. As a result, much of our prayer here was silent or very quiet. It felt like a place where a Father ministered to His Son. It was a place of healing and acceptance by God and each other. Some of us felt broken open here – broken and transparent. It felt like God brought us there to sit where he protected his Son. He was giving us strength, rest and grace.

Kursi is just a short drive north of Kibbutz Ein Gev, and just back up the hill from the shoreline of Lake Galilee. While other sites have been proposed as being the location for Jesus’ encounter with the demoniac(s), this is the traditional site. At this site is the largest Byzantine church in Israel. However, next to the cave believed to be the hang-out location of the demoniac(s), is a very small church that dates back to the first century. The entire Eastern side of Lake Galilee, where Kursi is located, was under Roman rule in Jesus time. This was the region of the Decapolis – ten cities under Roman rule and not under Jewish law.

Andre, our tour guide, felt that the first location we needed to pray was a defiled place near the Byzantine church. He explained that scientists have verified that this location, marked by a stone in front of a bench, is one of the most magnetic locations on the earth. He told us that many different New Age cultists come to this location to meditate and attempt to channel false worship. He believed that this cultic site represented the same territorial spirit that ruled this area and took possession of the demoniacs.

We arrived at this defiled location and started worshipping with “We Exalt Thee”. We dismantled all false worship in this location. We spent much time worshipping the Lord and praising him for Israel.

As part of our group headed towards the cave of the demoniac, we noticed unusual insect life. There were long lines of ants in this area, and there were also giant millipedes all around. We could not help feeling that there was a relationship between the magnetic field, the cultic worship, and the presence of these insects.

We proceeded up the hill to the cave of the demoniac. The cave was somewhat disappointing in that it was hardly a cave at all, but this was because much of it had fallen centuries ago due to an earthquake, which also destroyed any churches remaining at this site. Next to the cave was a first century church no larger than a typical modern living room. We were aware that this church was founded as a result of Jesus’ encounter with the demoniac which resulted in his deliverance, and therefore that there was much faith and light here as a result. We prayed that the light of the Lord would penetrate all the surrounding region and bring deliverance. As we were leaving, Dwayne spoke a word of inspiration, “Maybe the first pastor of this church was the man who had been delivered from the demons.” That made sense to us.

The previous day, when we were driving from Caesarea-Philippi to Mt Bental, we had passed a flock of sheep and goats led by a donkey. We took it as a sign that, like the tribe of Issachar, which according to the blessing of Jacob in Gen 49 is represented by a donkey, we were to be aware of the significance of the times we were living in. Seeing this caused James to ask Andre to find us a location the next day within the territory of Issachar on the Jordan River. As it turned out, Andre our guide had already thought that Gesher, within Issachar, would be our prayer location along the Jordan River, across from the nation of Jordan.

Gesher has been a “crossing over” place for many centuries. There is a Roman bridge here almost 2000 years old, as well as a 1906 Turkish-built railroad bridge and a British bridge built in the 1920s. Just up from the crossing is the first hydroelectric power plant, the Naharayim, which was built at the confluence of the Yarmuk and Jordan rivers. It was also at this location, during the War of Independence in 1948, where 120 settlers holed up during an attack from the Arab Legion and later escaped by night.

We were allowed in to a small park overlooking the Jordan, where there is a commemorative plaque and recording dedicated to a woman who sacrifices her life for the settlers. This area is protected by a gate that is normally kept locked but was opened for us.

At this location, we made many declarations. We saw that there is a struggle between people groups not for power and control but for the presence of the Lord. People are so hungry for the presence they just don’t realize what they are hungry for. To symbolize this, we poured oil out on the rock.

At this point, Patricia had a vision of a baby going up and down the river. We sang, “Jesus Loves Me This I Know.”

We noticed the several bridges over the Jordan at this location and prayed for there to be bridges in the spirit between Israel and Jordan.

We made declarations th=at prayers for Obama and the US would not be falling through the cracks. We realized there is much anger and resentment towards Obama. Obama was His man for this hour. Our intercession must be passionate for him. We must continue to pray that he would seek the Lord’s heart. We will be vigilant in prayers for our leaders. We must guard our hearts that our prayers are aligned with what God would have us to pray. We believed that God was re-setting the time so that we can get in alignment with Him.

We were in Jerusalem for 2 days and prayed at the following locations:

• Western Wall inside the Old City of Jerusalem

• Temple Mount

• City of David House of Prayer twice

• Ramparts Walk on the Old City Wall

• Zedekiah’s Cave

• Three Arches YMCA Hotel

• Gethsemane Garden

• Ascension Mount (not covered here)

• Mount of Olives Overlook

• Separation Wall in East Jerusalem

• Lazarus’ Tomb

Though our target was Vancouver Island, we also visited Seattle and the Puget Sound area.  Our prayer locations were:

- Alki Point, Seattle - the first landing place of Europeans
- Indianola WA - on Puget sound next to an Indian reservation
- Sequim Bay State Park - just off the Strait of Juan de Fuca
- East Sooke - Southeastern point of Vancouver Island
- Oceanside Church Nanaimo
- Petroglyph Provincial Park Nanaimo - Eastern point of Vancouver Island
- Port Hardy - Northwestern point of Vancouver Island
- Port Albierni - Central poing of Vancouver Island
- Tofino - Western point of Vancouver Island
 

We prayed for Seattle both at Alki Point and while on the ferry crossing Puget Sound.  At Alki Point we added our repentance to those of many for the European grasping of Indian land.

We stayed with my cousin Steve Wald in Indianola.  They have a lovely home on the water next to the Port Madison Indian Reservation.  From the southside if Indianola you can see Mt Ranier on a clear day.

We went shroom hunting with my cousin Steve and his wife Joan.  Here is Joan showing off a few of the lobster mushrooms we found.  After praying, we found 20 pounds of mushrooms, about $400 worth.

The Lord told us to claim the island for our Lord and King Jesus Christ.  We were to go to the southeast, east, northwest, west, and center points of the island.  As we arrived at our first destination, East Sooke, we felt an earthquake.  One of the purposes of our prayers was to slow down the movement of the tectonic plate that cause earthquakes and tsunamis in this region. 
 

Nanaimo and nearby Gabriola Island have more rock etchings than any other locations in the world.  They seem to represent sorcery and appeasement of deities that the ancient tribes believed to inhabit the waters.  We prayed at Petroglyph Provincial Park but did not notice any great defilement here.

However, as we attended nearby Oceanside Church, we heard from the Lord that there is a coven of witches that rules over the cities of Vancouver Island from the mountains near each city.  Indeed at the base of Mt Benson which overlooks Nanaimo is Witchcraft Lake.  We prayed for the light to come over each of these witches.

When we traveled to the northwesternmost point of the island by road, we heard about a church experiencing revival, and then we were able to meet the pastor and see the church.  It's Port Hard Christian Fellowship Church.  They've acquired a motel, Providence Place Inn, which enables them to minister to the poor, homeless, drug addicted and even prostitutes.  Furthermore, the Holy Spirit has broken out among them and for many months they held multiple revival meetings each week and experienced many healings and miracles.  We were actually able to help spread the word about them around Vancouver Island

We traveled through the center of Vancouver Island.  At Port Albierni, we were able to pray at the site of a First Nations community.  We also prayed along the lakes and streams of the interior of the island.

We prayed at the southern midpoint of the island near Tofino, at a place called Tonquin Park right on the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Our prayer guides helped us to pray in Taichung, Lugang, Guanyin, Yamingshan National Park, Fu-Chi, Danshui, and several locations in Kaohsiung.  Our conference was in Kaohsiung.

Our guides, Yonnie and Patricia, picked us up at the Taipei Taoyuan International Airport right at midnight after a 16 hour flight over the North Pole.  They took us to Patricia's aunt's house in Taichung where we spent the night.  The next day we were treated to the aunt's gourmet cooking, the first family meal of Chinese New Year.  It was delicious.

Patricia drove us to the old city of Lugang, known for its many temples to different gods and goddesses.  This is a picture of an altar for burning money for good fortune.  Actually, you exchange money for paper script, which is burned at the altar.  In turn, the gods and goddesses are supposed to provide good luck.  This is a faint parody of what Christians do when they bring their offerings before God for the church and the poor, and we know that our God will provide for our needs.  We prayed hear for the eyes of those spiritually blind to be opened. 

We prayed at this northwestern point on Taiwan's coast.  All around here are fish farms, and wind farms with hundreds of windmills generating energy.  There were also marks in the roads indicating frequent earthquakes.  We prayed the Lord would bless the Taiwanese people, and especially protect them from being overrun from the Chinese mainland.

Patricia's house is high in the hills on the way to Yamingshan National Park.  She housed us for to nights in her beautiful bed & breakfast.  She invites people here to help them gain breakthrough through intensive inner healing ministry. 

We had the opportunity to pray for Patricia Chen's mother who was suffering from Parkinson's.  While we did not see her healed of the illness, she received the peace of God, and was willing to receive the Lord Jesus into her heart.   She was deeply grateful for her new-found peace, and was very helpful to Darlene and I for getting to our next location - Kaohsiung.

All around Yamingshan National Park, which overlooks Taipei, are monasteries devoted to various gods.  From this location we were able to pray and declare the sovereignty of Jesus over all gods and that his name would one day rule over this mountain and all of Taiwan.

Patricia and Yonnie drove us to the northernmost section of Taiwan where we were able to pray.  We also experienced a great treat.  We picked out the live seafood we wanted, carried it to a local restaurant, which then prepared it for us to eat.

Danshui is where Europeans first landed near what became modern Taipei.  Danshui is a university town, but it's also where most new things appear in Taiwan.  And it's where evangelical Christianity has been taking root.

Near the Lotus Pond in Kaohsiung, we watched as this procession filed up the street, with drums pounded, horns blaring, and cymbals crashing.  They were carrying the deity worshipped in the local temple.  We prayed that, just as with the Philistines when they possessed the Ark of the Covenant, that the lack of power in Taiwanese folk deities would be replaced by the power and love of the one true God and his son Jesus Christ.

This was an amazing conference.  The speakers were Heidi Baker, Bill Johnson, Randy Clark and Philip Mantufo from Indonesia.  Randy also invited a team of 60 from around the world to serve as his ministry team, and we were part of that team.  So we prayed for people to heal sicknesses and to receive impartation throughout the conference.

At its fullest, the arena seats around 15,000.  At one point, we prayed for people throughout the stadium - it was amazing as people shook, bounced, and fell all around the stadium.  At other times, we were able to pray for the blind, deaf, lame, and deranged.  On the last night, all 60 on the ministry team each gave one "word of knowledge" apiece, and as Randy released these words over the crowd, in less than a minute over 2,000 received healings, including some where metal disappeared from their bodies!  This included one of the doctors who was there to examine people who said they were healed - he no longer could find evidence of pins in his leg.

After the conference, Darlene and Richard and their new Australian friend Jacquie went to pray on Cijin Island, the oldest part of Kaohsiung.  The Lord had told Richard he would meet a man who also wanted to pray there.  When we were in line for the ferry, several men began to talk to us.  Their leader, Tim Chen, said he had always wanted to pray there.  They recognized us from the conference.  He was the founder of an information technology consulting company, SkySource, which was Taiwanese but operated out of Australia.  All of his employees came to the conference at his expense!
 

As we took the ferry to Cijin island, Richard and Tim got to know each other.  When we got to the island, one of Tim's employees brought this man forward who had listened to us on the ferry.  He had just read the Bible for the first time two days earlier, and hearing us talking, he wanted us to help him receive Jesus, which we were happy to do.

Afterwards we all went into a local seafood restaurant.  It was Sunday so we shared the Word with each other, sang songs, and celebrated communion around the table.  Then we ate!  It was wonderful.
 

The Lord had one more surprise for us! The first leg of our return home to New Jersey was a short flight to Hong Kong. On that flight was a group of friends who had attended the conference together in Kaohsiung, and they recognized us from Randy Clark’s ministry team. They invited us to pray for them on the flight, and they even invited others on the plane to receive prayer. After we all got off around midnight in Hong Kong, we prayed for the entire group at one of the gates in the airport, and they received the Holy Spirit powerfully!

We went to 14 cities in 11 countries in 24 days.

We visited Holy Trinity Brompton - one of the most influential churches in the world - the originator of the Alpha course.  We met with pastor Tim Mathews who allowed us to prophesy over the church inside the sanctuary.  We believe that HTB will be used in the future with an even greater evangelistic outreach tool than Alpha.

In London, we also visited and prayed at Westminister Cathedral, Parliament, and Trafalgar Square.

Paris is an amazing and beautiful city physically, but spiritually it is very dirty.  Place de la Concorde is one of the bloodiest squares in Europe and requires much repentance and worship.  At this location, we called forth fiery evangelists to preach across the city.

In addition, we prayed at Notre Dame Cathedral and French Parliament.

Brussels was an important stop for us.  Carol Britton, an intercessor who runs the House of Prayer for All Nations, accompanied us for an entire day.  Carol is able to pray weekly inside the Parliament building with other intercessors for the nations of the European Union.  From this location, we felt we had a direct line to pray and prophesy over every member nation.

In Brussels, we were also able to pray at the Belgian Parliament, the Cathedral of St Michael and St Gudule, Grand Place, and the Brussels Vineyard Church.

The Cathedral was very interesting in that it felt like a spiritually dark place.  We found out later that it has a section dedicated to the Miracle of the Bleeding Sacrament, which in fact was an anti-Semitic  ruse to blame Jews for steeling sacramental wafers from the cathedral where the Jews were discovered when the wafers supposedly bled during their mock communion.
 

In this largest public square that is many hundreds of years old, we felt the cry of the blood of martyrs from beneath the bricks.  We felt that our prayers here bore much fruit to cleanse this location and to call Belgium to its redemptive purpose as the peacemaker of Europe.

Evangelist (and former professor) Peter Heyderhoff guided us all around Bonn. The Bonnmunster cathedral church was the most interesting place in Bonn.  Bonn was the capital of West Germany when the country was divided.  The cathedral felt alive as soon as we entered.  It turns out that there are people silently praying in the crypt (basement) 24 hours a day.  We declared that this prayer is a fountain that cleanses all the city.

Within Bonn, we also visited and prayed at the City Government building, the United Nations building, and the War History building. 

We were able to attend one night of an evangelistic conference.  This picture shows the Breakout Band leading worship - they are one of the most popular Christian groups in Germany.

We were on our own in Leipzig.  Leipzig is one of the primary cities of East Germany, and is really the location from which sprang the movement to topple the Berlin Wall.  It began with years of Monday evening prayers for peace in the church of St Nicholas.  This movement became so powerful that eventually it spread to the nearby Augustusplatz square, and then the peaceful protests and prayers caught fire across Germany.  This is certainly one of the most beautiful churches in the world - it feels like a living organism.  We were here on Palm Sunday and walked with the procession with musicians and a donkey that marched around an entire city block.  By the way, this was one of 3 churches in Leipzig where Johann Sebastian Bach led worship for many years.

In Leipzig, we also prayed at Augustusplatz and St Thomas' church. Augustusplatz still bears many of the marks of communism.  St Thomas is another of the churches where Bach led worship, but is much less pleasing spiritually than St Nicholas' - it felt like where the ruling class went to church.

We were on our own again in Prague, and it is both an elegant and dreary city at the same time.  It is also a city that preys on tourists - where Richard's wallet was picked which required much wasted time to be able to continue the trip.  However, the people at the hotel were very kind and hospitable to help us.

In this picture, on the castle grounds where the Czech government meets, it is also the site of the Prague Cathedral.  There was a feeling of the state and church vying for domination of each other.  Though there is also much active faith within the nation.

The Reichstag was the original meeting place of the Third Reich which elected Hitler to power.  To our amazement it is once again the seat of German government.  Though it is a much more righteous government, we were concerned because the spirits of domination, hatred, and fear are still in the plaza surrounding the building.  We felt that it was important for there to be much continuing prayer in this location.

We were accompanied around Berlin by Rosemarie Stresemann who co-leads the Berlin prayer network and leads the national Watchmen network.  We were able to pray at the Holocaust Memorial, the Brandenburg Gate, Humboldt University, the Berliner Dom, and Alexanderplatz.

We found this to be a very moving place.  It was hear that Rosemarie explained to us just how deeply repentance has gone among German Christians.  She explained that they have even been finding out the family secrets that have been hidden for generations, and allowing the Lord to cleanse them thoroughly.

Pastor Ari Puonti and elder Hanna Kiviniemi accompanied us around the city of Helsinki.  Finland has worked hard for freedom from both Sweden and Russia, and you can feel that desire for spiritual freedom in the capital city of Helsinki.  Here we are on the steps of the Finnish Parliament where we prayed powerful prayers and made declarations over the nation.

We also visited and prayed at Helsinki Cathedral, the Senate Square, Tempelliaukion Church (the stone church), and the Helsinki Vineyard Church.

This church was built entirely by removing blocks of stone, so it is partially in the earth.  The acoustics and decor are beautiful in this church.  It is a safe place for people of any faith or denomination to meet, and is filled with peace.

Even though this space is rented from another church, this is a powerful place of worship and freedom.  Pastor Ari has done a great job, and based on this one evening of unity and worship, a great unity has been forged among many churches to pursue God's kingdom for their city and nation.

We were guided in Warsaw by Barbara Rogowski and 4 other intercessors.  They were a dynamic team with much experience praying around their city.  Warsaw is till an elegant city though once much more so.  And though Poland is dominated by Catholicism, Pope John Paul II brought a resurgence of faith across the nation.

We were able pray at the Building of Science and History (which recalls Communist domination to the Polish people), at a Blue Skyscraper - a new office building on the site of the former Grand Synagogue, Pilsudski Square, the Presidential Palace, and at Dom Bozy church. At the church, led by Bishop Andzrej Nedzusiak, we were able to join them for a night of repentance and worship.

This is the location where in 1979, Pope John Paul II declared, "Let your Spirit descend.  Let your Spirit descend and renew the face of the Earth, the face of this land."  That's a powerful prayer!

Krakow was the only location where we were invited to stay in our hosts' home - Mark and Cathy Warwick.  They had quite a story to tell us about how they became intercessors and how they were called to Poland.

They have found they have a particular call to Krakow and to the Jews.  The Jewish ghetto of Krakow is the location where Shindler's List took place.  Beyond that, the Warwicks believe they are called to create a house of prayer at Auschwitz, the worst of the Nazi deathcamps.

We spent Easter with them and went to their church - New Covenant that meets in a hotel in the old city of Krakow.  We also were able to go and pray with them in the Jewish Ghetto Kasmierz, the Rynek old market square, St Mary's Basilica, and Wawel Castle and Cathedral.

This castle was the headquarters for Hitler's planned extermination of the Jews of Poland and central Europe.  When we came into the courtyard, I was transported in time and felt as though the ghosts of armed Nazi soldiers came out to murder me, descended from Polish Jews.  As I shared this with Darlene, Mark, and Cathy - Mark began to share how he is descended from a German bloodline.  So he a German, repented to me, a Polish Jew and I forgave him, to break the spirits of murder and victimization in this place.

We were in Budapest without a guide but enjoyed being by ourselves.  One thing that struck us was the strong sense of protection over the city - it seemed as though the saints who brought Christianity here were still looking after the city.  This was evident at Hero's Square, where St Stephen is in the middle of the statues and the angel Gabriel overlooks everything.

We also prayed at St Stephen's Cathedral and the Hungarian Parliament.

Sarajevo and the Bosnian mountains are both beautiful.  At this location we prayed that war and strife between peoples would cease and the spirits would never have a stronghold in this nation again.

We spent a day with Ana Trklja, wife of Pastor Ranko Trklja.  These two embodied for us the city of Sarajevo and the nation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  Ranko is a Serbian Christian and Ana was a Bosnian Muslim until she had an amazing encounter with the Lord Jesus who came to her when she tried to take her own life.  Their love story represents what God wants to happen for this war-torn land.

Ana took us to an overlook in the mountains near Sarajevo where we could see where she fought in the war.  We prayed at a memorial to Jews who were killed.  Later with Ranko she took us to the source of the Bosna River which is within the city.  She took us to the Bascarjilja square at the center of the city, the Grand Mosque, and the Bosnian Parliament.  She also took us to a home group to study scripture with friends from the Roma Sarajevo Vineyard church.

This was the only mosque we prayed at in our journey.  The Muslim people of Sarajevo were the most hospitable of all Europe.  We prayed and declared here that even the Muslims that were leaders of this mosque would have visions and experiences of Jesus and come to know him.

We were hosted in Athens by the Shalom House of Prayer, whose leader George Markakis unfortunately was out of town.  But a trio of Niko, Donna, and Nathaniel escorted us around.

Here we were at an ancient Orthodox church.  We prayed and declared that there would be a renewal thoughout Greece.  We also prayed at the Greek Parliament, Syntagma Square, and the ancient Agora.

We went to pray at the ancient marketplace - the Agora.  While we were there, we began to preach as though we were there in the days of Paul.  We actually had the experience of the spirits of the people of that day listening and receiving salvation.  As we began to sing, "Let It Rain," raindrops began to fall.

Anglican candidate for priesthood, Mary Styles, invited us to join with two home cell churches in the suburbs of Rome, to meet a unique group of Christians and explain what we were doing in Rome.  We were able to explain the principles of addressing the spirits over a city, and were able to get good input on what this group of people experience spiritually in their own city.

Over our four days in Rome, we visited a number of churches and public squares, in addition to the Italian Parliament.  We found the same thing almost every place - beautiful churches and squares - Rome is one of the most beautiful cities in the world - but spiritually dull.  We felt that one of the elements contributing to the dullness was the nearly ubiquitous Egyptian obelisks which still seem to echo the spiritual darkness of the past.

One of a number of churches from the fourth century AD in Rome, this is actually the highest ranking church in Catholicism, outranking even St Peter's.  It also is one of the few with no obelisk outside of it.  As a result this remains a powerful and holy place, a place where we could pray effectively for the Catholics of Rome and all Italy.

St Peter's is amazing and filled with beauty, but it is not especially holy.

With Mary Styles, we prayed powerful and effective prayers for the Vatican and for the worldwide Catholic church.  We prayed for widespread reformation.  We were amazed when we saw a pope resign and a new pope take on the name and mantle of Francis, the greatest reformer in Catholic history.

The seminary served as our home for two days as we trained and activated the combined two churches in listening to God, speaking prophetic words to others, and ministering to one another.  We went out from here to conduct Treasure Hunts in areas near each church.  The Hope Vineyard is more suburban and the Kingdom Vineyard is in the downtown area.

Treasure Hunts are conducted by teams praying for clues and then looking for people who satisfy the clues - these people are the treasures of God.  We found a wide variety of people to pray for who met our clues in an area of arts and crafts in an outdoor plaza.

The Home for Precious Little Ones was a long time vision of Kristin Hoffman, wife of Paul, who leads the Hope Vineyard.  This is a ministry of light in a dark land.  Children who otherwise would be discarded are nursed to health, so they can receive surgeries for cleft palates and other treatments, and then hopefully be adopted.

On our prayer tour of Santa Cruz we stopped at the statue of Madre India, or Indian Mother.  It represents the indigenous Indian people, which are a sizable portion of the Bolivian population and culture.  There is much antagonism between the European-rooted culture that is primarily Catholic, and the Indian culture which has it's own animistic religion.  Therefore, we prayed that the two would become one, and that while Indian culture would be valued, that Christ would be over all.

We stopped at a location outside Santa Cruz to pray for the RIver Pirai that flows through Santa Cruz.  This is a popular bathing spot.  We repented for the sins of the city of Santa Cruz and asked that the city would fulfill its redemptive purpose.  Arturo and Fabiola are pastors of the Kingdom Vineyard in downtown Santa Cruz.

At the conclusion of our prayers at the River Pirai outside Santa Cruz, Ann blew the shofar.  There were hundreds of bathers, and many of them applauded and shouted at the blowing of the shofar to signify their approval.  As we returned toward the car, Keli who had been with us on the Treasure Hunts, saw a woman in a wheelchair and felt that we should pray for her.  Keli prayed powerfully and the woman was able to move her leg better than before.  Praise God for his power and love!

Shore Vineyard Church sent a team of 9 to Rescue Mission Church in Lagos Nigeria where we held an all-week conference.  We've been friends with Pastor Ignatius Umunna for more than 15 years.   The focus of the conference was that ministry is for all the people - the job of the pastors is to equip the people.  Some were healed or touched by simply inviting the Holy Spirit.  These people then prayed for others.  It was powerful!

This particular picture was taken after a time of repentance and reconciliation, when whites repented to Africans for treating them as slaves and as inferior, and Africans repented for treating themselves as inferior.  Great love was released!  Pastor Brett is shown hugging a member of Rescue Mission Church.

It is well understood that the two rivers - the Niger and the Benue both unite and divide Nigeria.  They form a Y that splits the country into the three primary tribes - Yoruba in the southwest, Igbo in the southeast, and Hausa-Fulani in the north.  Most of the violence and many of the problems in the nation result from tribal problems between these major tribal divisions.

In this picture, pastors representing the tribal divisions of repented to one another for hatred and prejudice, and now all are repenting for idolatry and lack of love across all peoples.  The Holy Spirit came powerfully upon us.  Pastor Ignatius is shown in the center of the circle.

Two of the pastors are also chaplains for the state government, which has decided to continue to sponsor these reconciliation and worship gatherings.
 

We visited the Igbo tribal village where Pastor Ignatius was born, where we were able to pray with the elders and give presents to a widow from that village.  Then we walked to the spring where the tribe gets water.  Here Pastor RIchard is asking all those gathered to bless the waters of the village that the River of God will flow.

Near Ignatius' village is the local crusade ground.  All day long the pastors and the widows from the local churches waiting for us, since our airplane was delayed.  We were able to bless the widows with the gift of cloth for clothing.  The local pastors promised to care for all the widows, and Pastor Ignatius will help them with finances.

We asked Ignatius that we would be able to visit prisoners, widows, and orphans, and he helped us to do each.  In this picture, we are visiting the some of the smaller children at the SOS Children's Village in Isolo, Lagos.  This is a beautifully fun orphanage, an oasis within Lagos, where the children all live in homes run by loving widows.  Shown in the picture are Rod Conover, Lozie Umunna, Bill Maciunski, Ignatius Umunna, Suzie Rapp, and Darlene Tittle.