This last week has been amazing in so many ways. First of all, one evening Don felt moved to walk and pray on his own around the next door lake (which is something I normally do instead). As he began, he started to pass a man in front of him. They engaged in a brief conversation which led to Don sharing the Word with him as they both walked and talked together. The man could very much see God’s hand upon things. The timing was truly miraculous considering that the day’s events had held up our family from pursuing our other plans, so much so that Don was craving to get out for some fresh air and exercise. Just go with what the Lord puts before you “to-day” and trust that He is orchestrating all things to His glory!

This is so true regarding the following events, too: We discovered that the DMV printed the wrong address on Daniel’s new driver’s license, so Don felt moved to take him into a different office that’s closer to our hotel. It was there that he and Daniel got chatting with a Spiritfilled man that needed some encouragement from God’s Word. Again, the man saw that the entire situation was set up by God!

Then, while I was speaking with the new company we’d hired to help us with some paperwork, I forgot to ask the representative a few questions. So, I had to call back, and this time a different associate answered. At the end of the call, we got chatting about Australia and there was something in her friendliness that made me offer our ChristiansRULE website, for her to look at in her spare time. She was instantly moved, and the more I shared my personal experiences with her, the more she was touched, to the point where she said something like, “If you could only see me now - my face is a mess of tears!” Praise God! If it wasn’t for what was happening in our lives that I needed to call a rep in the first place, and then have to call again, I would never have spoken with her!

Also, a few days ago, a whole family got touched by the Lord’s Word. They suddenly felt the need to get away for a break, especially to help re-set their direction for the Lord’s work. Both parents were already Spiritfilled, as well as their older daughters, but the youngest daughter was yet to receive the Holy Spirit anointing (she’d only been water baptized so far). Our daughter Elisabeth got playing with this gal in the hotel pool, and she learned that the girl’s family were dedicated church goers. Elisabeth came back to our table and told Don that he should go chat with the parents seeing that they seemed to love Jesus. So, Don did so and it turned into a great conversation. It was revealed that the husband was an elder in his church but had been recently feeling very moved to submit his resignation letter.

Over the course of a few days, Don and I kept running into this family, to the point where there was no doubt in their minds and hearts that God was wanting them to accept our invitation to come up for coffee and prayer, etc. The morning they came turned into a beautiful work for the Lord! God used us to confirm things that the Holy Spirit had already been revealing to them, and we also prayed over their daughter who received the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues. She was overjoyed to the point of tears, and then we all prayed many things over one another, for each of our goings-forth in Jesus’ name.

The other amazing thing that happened this week is that Leon called us on Saturday morning while we were just waking up. He is the Spiritfilled man that Don met while taking down some trash to the ground level bins, and Don ended up praying over him late the next night, to help him get praying again in tongues (on a daily basis, fervently and boldly). Well, this Saturday morning, Leon was indeed praying zealously in tongues, sharing that ever since Don had prayed over him that night, he’d felt on fire for the Lord. He had even stood up for Jesus when his apartment manager had confronted him, wanting to evict him for preaching the gospel. He told her that she couldn’t believe because she believed in a dead God. Leon said that his Jesus is alive, and Leon began to pray in tongues. Well, the lady manager was suddenly filled with the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues herself, and she dropped to her knees completely humbled and convicted. Wow, what a miraculous testimony!

We spent the rest of that Saturday “out about in the harvest,” seeking to be used by God according to His will. We got to speak with a number of people at a farmer’s market, inside and outside a coffee shop, and on the streets as we window shopped. One lady in particular was in tears (the one outside of Starbucks). Don had thought she’d overheard him talking with a Spiritfilled family inside, and he approached her on her way out of the store, to give her one of our cards, to help explain what he’d been talking about. She said she hadn’t actually heard what Don and the family were discussing, but Don gave her the card anyway, and as Don shared some more, she started to cry. She said that a number of very prominent things had recently happened in her life that were clearly the hand of God drawing her to Him. Wow yet again! You just never know how God is working in people’s lives until you step out in faith and start a conversation with them!