July 2, 2016

Date: July 2,  2016 
Destination: The French Quarter & McEnery Home 


When thinking of today, "hot" is the best word to describe physical conditions. Same could go for the spiritual conditions -- it was on fire today! If you're a faithful subscriber to this blog, then you've probably already seen some of the previous posts from today concerning the free prayer ministry and the heat so we need not emphasize too much..

After the legendary and traditional beignet stop at Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter, three groups split off downtown with two groups with free prayer signs and one group simply doing a powerful prayer walk over the city. Several team members were experiencing this impactful yet unusual ministry for the first time and ended up experiencing some divine appointments of sorts. Brooks had an army veteran with a hip problem get down on his knees and pray over Brooks for about ten full minutes. Surina was able to pray with a deaf woman who was rallying support for the Deaf Olympics. Destini's prayers gave a new meaning to the phrase "powerful spiritual warfare prayers". These are just some of the events that happened. Prayers for the people the team members were privileged enough to have in their lives for a brief time would be so, so appreciated as some of their situations are extremely hard right now and they're in desperate need of a good dose of God's love and faithfulness on them.

In no time at all, we were due back at the cars. From there, the Wes Mobile + company (Wes, Kent, Karen, Surina, and Brooks) went straight to the McEnery residence where they were soon joined by the rest. From there, home repairs were made. Some tackled the attic (where significant progress was made and a cockroach corpse may or may not have been found) and others decided to continue pursuing the hallway picture-hanging path. Step by step, organization and progress are becoming more visible.

Desperate Reality show was a success, but so much more emotion went on behind the scenes. Four people chose to find refuge in the New Orleans Mission for a safe recovery and help for addictions and things similar to that. Many team members were struck with the revelations that this kind of thing is real and that stories of addictions and homelessness on the streets aren't just stories on a Facebook feed. They were dealing with several people with, as mentioned before, serious addictions and things even worse. It caused a lot of strong, spiritual confliction in hearts, so continued prayer support is greatly appreciated. However, the best quotable description was, "It was off the charts intense, but I loved every second of it."

Sorry this is up a little later, but better late than never! Prayers for our big Feed the Multitudes rally would be greatly appreciated!!