He has done GREAT things!!!

and we are FILLLED with Joy!!!

Well, What can i say? we have gotten to see some of our dreams for Lebanon really come into being these past 2 weeks. I feel like i have cultivated expectancy and faith for things that could happen, but i can honestly say that i was blown away.

We have documented 74 kingdom encounters. Like...walk up to a stranger...tell them how much God wants to bless them...how much He loves them...How God sees them and wants to meet their deepest needs...we then pray for them...and that is when we see healings....people feeling His presence...His nearness. Wow.

We really are carriers of His presence...bringing blessing wherever we go.

the norman team was such a wave of power. they brought blessing, encouragement, boldness, energy, and every day they stepped out in Faith to bring the blessing of the Father to this desperate people. we are so grateful.

One of the last nights the whole team was here, we were all walking along the Corniche and that night alone we saw 7 healings!!! Rebecca Ulrich and i prayed for a women with diabetes, kindney problems, high cholesterol, back pain, neck pain, and probelms with her discs in her back. After we told her the testimonies that were happening on the cornishe, her husband told her- let them pray for you! As we were praying for her, her neck started twitching and i felt heat in my hands. Afterwards she said she had never felt anything like that and that her pain was “much much better!!!” i asked if it was gone and her husband told her to move around and see. She was in astounishment and she was nodding and saying “ it became better.” isn’t that amazing?!!! God was coming close to the people of Lebanon through us and just loving on them. What a fun, amazing thing to be a part of.

The team left on sunday morning and Drew and i just took a day to re-cover and rest. We were kind of in a state of joy-shock. We could not believe how amazing our time in Lebanon has been. We have been just debriefing and processing ( you know me!!!) of how incredible our times were and even just our worship times together were so thick with the Presence of God. wow.

I was talking with Cathleen about this...but i just have to say that our lives are amazing. i am so humbled by the goodness of God towards me, towards Drew and i and Claire, towards our team. We are finding His Joy and walking in His presence here in the Middle East. We are bringing Kingdom encounters to people that are blowing them away. We are seeing if these encounters produce hearts that are ready and willing to read through the bible with us. So intense and so amazing. My arabic is finally at a place that i can have real spiritual conversations and translate for people different words they have, heck! even intrepret dreams!

So yes, i am filled with Joy. We are celebrating our lives over here and cant believe the amazing gifts the Father is showering down on us!!!