Healing Rooms - God Still Heals

God is doing so much in the Healing Rooms it's hard to even keep track of all the testimonies, but here's a cool one we witnessed. One of the things I love about IHOP are the Healing Rooms and how God uses weak vessels to heal. I get the privilege of praying for pregnant woman on Thursday mornings. Once a month there is a Healing Rooms meeting where all the team members get extra teaching and we hear testimonies. During the meeting people were sharing their experiences about the Sign and Wonders Conference where Bill Johnson (author of When Heaven Invades Earth) spoke. A young man was sharing how he had been praying for a man without a kidney and God had given him a picture of new kidney in heaven and it was as if all he had to do was reach up and take one for this man....as he was sharing this story an elderly man who serves in the healing rooms let out a cry and fell to the floor. The people around him said he was scheduled for surgery to have his kidney removed. Allen Hood (vice pres. of IHOP) had that young man sharing the story pray for him. While he was praying other people with kidney problems stood up to receive prayer also. There was a definite release of healing anointing in that room. Sarah was with me because she had dance lessons afterwards. She was amazed at what was happening. In the meantime, we know of a pregnant woman who went through Into with us who had a kidney infection 2 yrs ago in Haiti that left her kidney half the normal size. Someone had ran and gotten her and brought her back to be prayed for too. That evening she had an ultrasound scheduled for her baby. They looked at her kidney and it was growing. How cool is that! It has been an honor and privilege to be a part of God's work here and to see HE STILL HEALS.

Embarrassing Moment

I just have to share this embarrassing moment. Last night Zach, our 16 yr old, and I volunteered to run cameras during the EGS service. Zach was in the booth running the remote camera that's on the stage. (Looks like a fun job if you like to people watch.) During the warm-up for the second teaching the worship was really good so I was humming along to myself-so I thought. There was a lot of energy on the worship. I was going in for a zoom on the stage with Mike at the podium and Mike goes into that big smiling thing he like to do so I started laughing. Which is when I discovered I was on the headset mics so everybody on camera and in the Master Control Room could hear me, this then caused me to stop my live moving shot of Mike to turn my mic off causing the director to switch off that horrible shot quickly. (Sorry Angel) After the service Zach was telling me about his experience and how much fun he had in the MCR, then he starts laughing about this women singing on the headset mic and how everyone was laughing. He thought it was the other woman camera operator (but she's way too cool to do anything that stupid). He had a real good laugh when I told him it was me! They will probably never let me on a camera again (or just take my mic away). This was funny and humbling to me because last year I was the Director of a large theatre production our church was doing and we had 8 stage crew, camera operators, lighting director, and sound people on headsets and I was furious whenever anybody left their mic on because they weren't paying attention. Ha! It was payback for me!

Sarah's Golden Birthday

Sarah turned 12 on the 12th and had a party yesterday. She planned and organized the day. Some of us mothers were marveling at how 9 girls can have a gathering and it's so civil. They all had a great time! OOPS, Brianne is hiding behind Christie, sorry sweetie! Someday I'll learn how to take a good picture.

A Trip to the Middle Ages

We have been deep into home school studies since December. John is doing 2 weeks in 1. We are using WinterPromise, a history literature based curriculum. I don't know who enjoys it more, John or the kids. Part of the curriculum is doing extra projects about the Middle Ages. Rachel choose to replicate a castle kitchen, food and all. Check out the pig on the spicket. She didn't miss a detail. There's bread in the oven, a goose on the table, and a big fish on the floor. (Good thing they didn't have health department inspections then) It's quite impressive. She used junk and real food from the spice cupboard. Zach made a castle out of Legos. Inside are the horse stalls and all the MAN THINGS. Nice job! When I suggested we have a middle ages meal they all asked if we could go to MacDonalds afterwards.