It brought back so many fun memories of all of our conferences in Tacoma. There were many late nights praying for amazing pastors from all over England, plus some pastors from Germany as well as a group of wonderful pastors from Kenya! I think it would be so fun to visit the Kenyan pastors!! It's just such joy to pray for people and watch them change as they encounter the presence of the Holy Spirit! Jesus is so good. I love how he speaks so clearly to people's hearts. Encountering the love of the Lord for another person is so powerful. I feel like I got to have some amazing power encounters with the Lord during the conference. It's amazing how you really love people just after praying for them. Also, the leaders from the Exeter portion of the youth mission were also at the conference. It was fun to see them again, but also sad to have to say good-bye knowing I will for sure probably not see them again. I think one of the cool things about this week was seeing how Jesus Ministry is being birthed across the nation of England! Christ Church carries a very special banner of Christ and I know that the Lord is going to use this church to spark revival across the nation of England! Praise the Lord!
The other really amazing thing that happened during the last two weeks is Christy and I got to go to Paris. What fun that was. Paris is such a beautiful city. Unfortunately, Christy was sick while we were there. Still we got to see the Mona Lisa - something I had missed while on my first trip to Paris.
We saw it in the evening so that meant there were very few people there. It was perfect. I must admit, everyone is right, she is very small! The next day we went to the top of the Eiffel Tower and it was definitely one of my favorite things to take pictures of. It's just so pretty. Even though it was my second time going to the top, the view was still quite spectacular. I'm glad that Christy did it even though she was not feeling very well.
We also walked along the Seine River to Notre Dame Cathedral.
The view along the river was beautiful. We passed many pretty old buildings...many of which, I must admit, I had no idea what they were. Still, they were very gorgeous. The different types of architecture is very pretty. Christy pointed out a lot of cool details to me. It's was very fun to get to travel with an interior designer who is study the history of interior design. Our long walk was very worth it.
The Cathedral is so breathtaking. The best part was there were a few "renegade worshipers" in Notre Dame. These people just started singing. It was beautiful because of the acoustics of the Cathedral. It was also a little funny because you could tell that the people maintaining the cathedral were not too happy about this spontaneous worship occurring. They were searching the cathedral to find the people. The cathedral was very pretty. Still it felt so empty. We prayed for the spirit of the Lord to fall deeper upon that place. We did a lot of walking and almost missed our train. We were not informed that our ticket had been changed. So, we arrived early, but were actually almost late. Praise the Lord we decided to make sure we were "early". We literally had to run onto the train. I also almost didn't get back into England...Ooops, I didn't have all my paperwork. I thought I had this lovely stamp in my passport meaning I could come back in. Unfortunately, that's not what actually happened. A blessing was that the customs officer was very gracious and technically I could now stay in England for an extra two months...not that I will. I guess it's how people extend their visits to England. Again, praise the Lord for this very gracious man...I think it would have been much worse if we hadn't been about to miss our train. Still, the Lord is good and I sit in my home in London. Praise Jesus. Being back in London, I know that I prefer London to Paris. I think it's prettier and it also feel so much safer! I am currently staying with another family in London because of building work happening at my normal place of residence. I am quite enjoying the couple that I am staying with. They are lovely and their home is very peaceful. It's a blessing to get to stay here for a short visit. Well, that's it for now. I will post more as new adventures come up.
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