Vancouver Story 1A

If you have ever been to a Gathering you will understand that it is next to impossible to describe what goes on, the level of the tangible presence of God, how much is accomplished in the spirit and the remarkable level of natural effect that comes with them as well. It is amazing. This gathering was no different.

For those who are unfamiliar, basically crack open a book about the Welsh Revival or the Azusa Street Revival and you got yourself a very accurate picture of what happens in Gatherings. Remarkable, breathtaking, the reason why we are alive. Worship will go however long it seems the Holy Spirit is leading us. There is a loose worship set, but that usually goes straight out the window by minute two. There is no set speaker and whoever it seems the Holy Spirit is anointing at the time will speak their bit as helped and directed by the core discernment team. You have to be at one to experience one. Nothing compares, and I have been all over many countries in hundreds of revival meetings... nothing compares.

This Gathering, as they have been having lately, had major effect on the natural realm. As usual, when we meet there is generally a great shift in the government. I was at one Gathering where we really focused on Quebec. That night we got a frantic phone call from Quebec about the toppling of the Bloc Quebecois (the seperatist gov't) in their running for election. The election was going to be three days later and they were far expected to win. As this representation from the nation was praying they fell from popularity and the provincial liberal party (which ran on a main point of being federalist) skyrocketed into power and they got elected.

This time in Vancouver we happened to be praying a lot about the sin that Canada committed against the Chinese and how we used their lives to pave our railway. There was a shocking amount of Chinese (born in China) present at the Gathering. I'd say at least 300. That very day in the provincial government there was a huge debate going on about chinese investment and the party in power didn't want it. The debate shifted to the railway and we actually had a member of the Legislative Assembly show up the next day to testify about what happened in the debate time. He said that all the people opposing the Chinese had their mouths shut up and he was able to speak clearly for justice and for the betterment of the province. He also happened to have been a native born chinese person. I don't know if I am describing that correctly, but it was amazing. Also the next day in the newspaper the front lines said that the research had been done and confirmed that British Columbia was discovered and explored by the Chinese long before Columbus set foot on the land.

We did a bunch of incredible stuff, but I will wait to describe that later. Just imagine 300 Chinese people praying as if our very lives depended on it for Canada. All those videos and pictures you see of the persecuted Christian Chinese people and the intensity and fervor they pray with we got in our meeting, for many used to be those people. And we released them to their fullest destiny and freedom for our nation.

They turned and said before us all, "We laid our lives down to build your railway in the natural. Now we will lay our lives down again for revival in our nation and to make Canada a dwelling place of our God. We will become the railway for the Glory of God to spread across our land."

Humbling to say the least.

Words fail to describe the magnitude of what is happening or what has happened....

Anyway, funny story time. When we were driving home we met up with a slight traffic jam. Traffic was moving horribly slow on the freeway and we were bored. So we did what any normal human would do. Crank up the Micheal Jackson, open the van doors and have a dance party on the 1A. It was hilarious. We cranked out at least 5 or 6 amazing tunes, our van was rocking and people were looking in mild shock and horror at the van load of people dancing like rock stars in the van. We got a lot of smiles and laughter, and even a few dirty looks because apparently you are not supposed to have fun on the highway. Ever. Poor people.

We saw the lights of the police and quickly became very well behaved as we passed by the accident, and began our night time sojourn through the mountains back home.

Much happened during that night, but you will have to stay tuned to find out.

Maybe I'll even tell you about the man who is a direct desendant from the Sung dyansty or the time we had coffee with Delirous' youth pastor.