I have finished four days here in the city of Voronezh and am moving to the city of Uzlovaya which is a little over 3 hours from here. My work with the leaders of the union I work with extensively here in Russia has ended. It was a good three days of planning, dreaming, thinking, praying and fellowship as we looked into what God has in store for this network of churches, looked at what an apostolic-prophetic network and local church would look like, and even prophesied over half of the leaders present for the meeting.

Each night I preached to a full house and then prophesied over a number of young people. The prophetic anointing was extremely powerful and many people were seriously touched by the power of God and the words that God spoke over peoples’ lives. I am always amazed at what the Lord says and does. It was fun training some new people – two young brothers from a Pentecostal church where the gifts are not flowing and not welcome; a man from Moscow who is an elder; a man from Voronezh who will soon be an elder in his church. All four made serious steps forward in the use of the gift of prophecy.

Today I relocate to Uzlovaya, a city 3+ hours from Voronezh where I will share some fellowship, talk to a few people and catch up on their news (my third or fourth visit to this church), and minister to the pastor and his wife in whose apartment I will be staying. Then Sunday I will preach and minister at a morning service (4 hours) and then a leaders meeting in the afternoon. I head to Moscow (4 hour drive) after the meetings as I have a 4:00a arrival time at the airport to begin the journey home on Monday morning so always arrive late the night before due to traffic issues in this city of 20+ million.

Your prayers for the Sunday service would be greatly appreciated. As the trip winds down I am tired and although the anointing is strong sometimes the flesh is tiring of constant 18+ hour days. Your prayers for refreshing and the lifting of weariness would be greatly appreciated.

My apologies for several blogs missed this week – time has been seriously short and in great demand. And, there is no picture with this post as my administrator who posts them is away for 24 hours for family reasons.

It is Wednesday in Russia and I have had two great days – seriously great days. The Lord has been gracious and powerfully present and touched many lives.

On Monday – after having a number of lengthy meetings planning future and current work in Armenia – I spent time touring the memorial to those who died in the early 1900’s when Turkey invaded Armenia and murdered millions. Then in the evening I met with the Timothy School at the local church where I was working.

The Timothy School (picture) is a group of 25 young men who study one night a week with the pastor and are being discipled and trained by him. A powerful group of young men hungry for God. I shared briefly what the Lord is doing in the nations of the world and what He is emphasizing and then prophesied over 8 of them. The rest the Lord had already graciously pointed out to me over the previous days during the Leaders School and Sunday services. These are the leaders-in-training and this church has a great future. What a night.

Three hours sleep and I was on my way to the airport. Three hours plus and I was in Moscow and 7 hours plus I had been driven to Voronezh – a city in Russia I have ministered in a number of times. There I had my initial meeting with 12 of an eventual 17 leaders who will be here to discuss the future of their union and what is needed to bring change and new life to their union of 107 churches. A long but a good day.

Wednesday – today here already – I meet all day with the leaders casting vision and seeing how we can address issues that exist in the union. Then in the evening at 6:00p a public service. I will do the three + hour service while the leaders stay here and work on details for several events upcoming that I don’t need to be involved in. I have been asked to speak into the discussion after they hash out some of the working details. I have become the “father” of this union’s changes and entrance into the 21st century as an apostolic-prophetic force God can and will use.

Please pray for the public service – people have been encouraged to invite unsaved friends. Your prayers are greatly appreciated.