A Brief Window of Time

Hey People

Just got a few minutes before bed to update this here blog. I'm in Redding now and will be here for a while. It is so nice to be here. Bryan and I spent a bunch of time at the prayer chapel this evening, which was awesome!! I plan on spending a heck of a lot more time there in the next couple of weeks.

I would write a bunch more, but my brains are shot. You have no idea how unbelievably hot it is out here. Beyond 100 degrees is plain old nasty. Especially when your car does not have air conditioning.

I hope to write more later, but things will have to wait. I have a ton of people to see and a bunch from out of town have come in. Like from all over the nation, whom I have not seen in a long time, so that is incredible!

Massive blessings to you all. Time for bed. I love bed.

Yes. This is my profound entry for the day. More will come.

Hello from Montana!

Hey Everyone!

I'm sitting in the library of the Lakeside, Montana YWAM base. This is quite the place. Basically I love it here. There are hundreds of missionaries being trained up and sent all over the world. The culture here is somewhat different then what most people are accustomed to. Everyone is international and everyone is well travelled. Put a few hundred of those people together and you got quite the mix!

Last night we went to one of the local pubs to watch the final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs. It was a sad result, but the game was good and the Oilers worked hard. But they lost. We were sitting right beside the owner of this little bar who was absolutely roaring drunk and at the end of the game he bought us all a round as consolation. We were thankful and we had a fun time with him. I had an even funner time watching some of the leaders of this base look uncomfortable because how do you refuse something like that? It would be incredibly insulting to the owner. So we all had a consolation pint. So funny. Quite a nice bar though... very steriotyipcal as to what you would expect.

Anyway, so far so good for the trip. I'm finding that I'm sleeping most of the time. I guess I was more tired then I thought. Andy and Bryan are out playing soccer with who knows who else on the base. I stayed in my room to play guitar a bit and then woke up a while later with the guitar in my lap. I hate it when I fall asleep and don't realize it.

And crazy randomness story of all time (these last two weeks have been WILD random meeting people that I know in random places). Yesterday we went into the dining hall for dinner and up runs this girl I know from Quebec and we stood there in shock because how do you expect that to happen? For those of you who know this girl is one of the sisters who have been to Harvest a bunch of times and who stayed with the Careys. Ellen is here! So we had lunch today because she has been missing the feeling of Canada and being "home".

Okay... I'm going to find Andy and Bryan now and try not to fall asleep in the process.

It's My Birthday

It's late and I should be in bed, but I feel like writing a bit on nonsense before I do. Plus, it is one hour and twenty two minutes into my birthday so far, so I think I can do what I want to now that I'm the ripe old age of 25.

So shockingly old. Yeah right.

This last year was astounding to say the least. I saw a lot and did a lot that I never thought I'd do in a life time. I think one of the most impactful things was Ottawa. Never in a million years would I have expected to be walking into the offices of my federal government bringing a message of change, revolution and the Kingdom. Never in a billion years would I have expected such a change to sweep our nation and watch as this fire would go to ignite churches coast to coast. And it keeps going... I'm astonished most of the time.

This last year I also got a cell phone. This is monumental. I did happen to get it three days ago, but still... it was last year. And this is also a sign of the immanent return of Jesus himself.

This last year I had a life changing trip to North Carolina. I think... no... I know it was such a change that it will forever effect the rest of my life and how I see things. I am still amazed at the difference of how I see things around me and in me. Some of it is good and better, some of it isn't. But I did meet God all over again while I was there which helps you to remember that no matter what you see, just as long as you look at Him everything will come out right in the end.

I don't know if I can word this one right, but this year I saw myself come to a place of influence in the nation that I also never expected. I still don't know what to think about it. Things like the Canadian Prophetic Council, just recently the Alberta Regional Prophetic Council, things with Watchmen, of course MyCanada and working more with the business community more. And never have I felt this to be so empty if one makes "ministry" and "position" anything even remotely close to their goal. Never have I seen so clearly, especially in the last few weeks, how off the mark we are in our outworkings and attitudes.

I'm not saying these things are bad, they are incredibly good. I think I'm just having a revelation that I should have gotten deeper many years ago. It's something I've always known in my head, but now that my heart is getting used to the idea I've seen how little I did actually KNOW.

Oh dear... I could write a book about that right now... and I probably will, but not right now.

This year I learned how much I value friends and how important family is.

This year I saw even more how much I want Jesus. The real Jesus. Not the set rules and programs, but the real Jesus. I saw how much I really enjoy being with God and how much I love to help people find Him too. The real Him. Not the make believe "let's talk and pray and do nothing about it" stuff, but the real God who causes people to change in ways they never thought could happen, who causes people to take up the cause and really see the world change for the better, who causes people to love with no strings or conditions and just always long for more...

This year I became more comfortable with myself and learned more not to need people, but authentically enjoy them, love them and be friends with them.

This year I learned that nothing can ever compare with the greatness of really knowing HIM.

This year I got about 75 different hair styles and rocked them all.

This year I made my first ebay purchase.

This year I said goodbye to Remi and regretted not answering those tugs I felt on my heart to connect again with my friend I grew up with. This year I felt what it was like to be too late and have that be a definate end.

This year I learned even more that God is the one who is going to make my dreams come true so I better just move out of the way, focus everything on Him and watch as life unfolds better and more incredible then my dreams could have ever come up with.

This year I learned the real purpose of my life, why I'm here and what to do. I haven't the faintest clue how I'm going to do it, but that is part of the fun. It kind of goes along with a new journal I started half way through the year. As I wrote in the first pages I had such an overwhelming desire to be able to read through the rest of the journal to see what the future would hold. But the only way I would be able to do that was if I really lived because then I could fill in all the blank spaces and I'd see what I needed to see as time went on.

I can't wait to turn the next page.

Better Days

Hello All!

These last few weeks have been really amazing. The next few weeks will prove to be equally incredible if not more so. But my heart is torn. God has been doing a serious number on my heart this last little while and the changes I am seeing are surprising even me.

I don't understand why or how, but it just is. There are certain things I believe. I don't often know how others would see them or think of them, but that's okay. Sometimes I just like to share my heart. People don't have to understand.

Of course the main thing driving me is Jesus and His reality, His spirituality, His presence and just KNOWING that you're with Him. There is nothing like it. No words could ever describe. But sometimes when you tell people that you are instantly thrown into this whole pre-concieved notion of what a "christian" is. Generally that view point is fueld by the mass market Christianity that is shown via Hollywood and by the nut-bars who make it onto TV and freak everyone out, including myself.

There can be a certain stigma attached to that. I do spend a great deal of time in Christian circles and that is good. But there is this whole thing that I see about people being really good at attending Christian services but never doing "the stuff". I also see how there is this thing that I like to call soul scalping rather then going and helping people make a true connection, one that changes their life not because they follow a program but have gotten in touch with the real deal - God himself.

What a bizzare concept. God. Me. Together. Big. Small. Perfection.

Anyway, just as I am about to embark on a rather long trip around the continent I am making connections with so many people who my heart just aches for already. People who I love, who are searching and quite frankly are ready to be with God for real. There is nothing like this. This is my favorite thing on earth to do -- introduce people to the "more" of God because it so has nothing to do with me or the other person, but mostly about watching their minds explode when they come into contact with something so incredible... something they've been searching for all their lives. It's incredible to watch as things finally begin to.... fit.

So in my usual way of thinking, I want to pack up a few people with me and take them with me everywhere I go. But I do realize I have about a week left to pour in as much as I can... and that means be as good a friend as I can, until I'm off for a while on the next great world adventure.

Here's an idea... if you want to stay informed of what happens as I tour about, subscribe to this blog and you'll get notified whenever I post a new update of the lastest crazy escapade I go on. I promise you this one is not going to be boring... well... when are they ever boring. This trip is going to be huge.

So as you subscribe to this blog take a moment and read this next bit if you want. I wrote it while I was spending time with God last night. I couldn't sleep... my heart was awake and thought I'd write a bit.

"I know there's more and I'll spend the rest of my life to find it. Nothing can take the place of this endless journey. I've tasted eternity and now I know that if I'm penniless it won't matter. All I need is Him. If I can just walk with eternity I can be hungry, dirty, outcast and it won't matter for my heart will be happy. This life on earth is just a blink in the entire scheme of things. Life doesn't end. We just move to the endless satisfaction of our soul. I'll give anything to look into the eyes of my Jesus. Nthing else on earth can possibly compare. Only Jesus can fill me. Nothing else beats the reality of Him. And it just keeps getting better. There is always more. Each passing minute, it grows. No matter where we are on the spectrum there is always more. our journey must never cease... it will never cease. Earthly life passes away, but our lives never will... the journey never will. Reality of God, fill me now!"

Signs that make you wonder...

Okay...

God does really strange things. I have come to this conclusion. How strange, I have not yet discovered, for each time I think I've hear it all the stories just get stranger.

A while ago there was a common manifestation of gold dust appearing on people. I have seen this quite a big. I've been in a few meetings where it appears to be raining gold dust. I've seen people get covered with it so much that you cannot see their skin. Why? Who cares? Its God and it's amazing and He doesn't have to make sense.

Then the gold teeth started happening. People were getting gold fillings in their molars. I've seen this lots too. I've seen people who had no gold in their mouth and the next moment it's all there. I've seen people with blue fillings appear too! Often this happens in the shape of a cross. Why? I don't know. It's a sign and a wonder. WONDER... think about that.

Has anyone heard of the angel feathers? Yep. I see this very often. Been in meetings where it literally looked like it was snowing because so many feathers began to fall. I've even seen an "angel hair" for lack of a better term. Who knows what it was. But it sure did start as a normal hair and end up as a think string of gold.

Wonder wonder wonder.

Oil... that has been happening for a long time. So much oil. My hands leak a lot in meetings which I find interesting. I've seen oil come off of people's hands so much that you can hardly pick them up. It's just gushing out of there. It's wacky!! But... it's a sign that makes you wonder.

Back when I was in Argentina I met up with a man who had been seeing gem stones appear and fall as he was praying. He even had a collection of them to show us. It was astonishing. He prayed personally for a few of us that we would get this anointing -- it was honestly a VERY powerful experience. I've heard a lot of gem stones appearing in nations that are in high levels of powerful revival.

Lots of stuff seems to appear and fall from the sky when God's presence is there. Why? I haven't the faintest clue, but for those who have experienced it they have usually also gone on to had a profound time of worship and experience of the fear of the Lord.

And get this... here's the latest I have heard. So we've got gold dust, gem stones, feathers, oil... and... naked witches.

Yes you read that correctly, naked witches. I know a guy who recently moved to Tanzania to start orphanages. He is a really incredible man of God and I should probably dedicate a whole entry just to the stuff I know of him. He was just back in Canada and spent some time with some friends of mine (he was the best man in their wedding). He goes on to tell them some of the things he has been seeing... like naked witches falling from the sky onto the stage of an open air meeting and demanding to know this God that had just knocked them out of the spirit realm as they flew by and onto their stage.

Uhhhhhhh....

I do not know if I would have to constitution to withstand such an event. But you better believe I'd like to give it a shot!

Washing Machines or Bust...

I have been meaning to update my blog here for the past two days. I had something so great to post too. But you know what? I clean forgot what I was going to write. Oh well. Recieve it by faith... take it... take it...

Hahahaha... this is funny... I remember now. Maybe I recieved my own update by faith a second time. Yes. That is it. We'll just believe that.

I lifted not one but two washing machines yesterday. I bet that is not what you were expecting to hear. Not only did I lift them, but I carried one up out of our basement (which is near the molten crust of our earths core), out the front door and into the back of the Mumby Mobile. Of course this is with dad's help. But then we took the new washing machine and brought that baby all the way back to the depths of our basement.

Why is this exciting? Because I have no back pain. I'm sure many of you know of the great car accident of February 2001 which Katieann and I had the pleasure of enduring. It was a pretty wild one complete with many fire trucks, ambulances and me having to pry open Katieann's door to help her get out because the car bent in half. This is what happens when someone else runs a red light and plows into you.

We then had the joy of going to the hospital, getting x-rayed and everything... everything... there are some seriously funny stories that came out of this. And after that we got to eat massive pain killers like cereal and go to the chiropractor endlessly.

Net result for me: nearly 4 years of constant and highly unpleasant back pain. I couldn't stand for a long time, let along help move two freaking washing machines.

But last year something happened. I had the opprotunity to work for a friend of mine who owns a tree business. This is incredibly hard work and very physically demanding. I thought there is no way at all I would be able to do this. But I really felt massive peace in taking the job. So I talked to Craig and we agreed to see what would happen and we all started to pray for healing more then before.

Three days of incredible pain later... suddenly it all went away. Just like that. And I have not had any complications at all since then. I used to have to travel with this special space age pillow so I would be able to walk when I woak up. Now I never take it with me. I used to have to be careful of lifting even the slighest thing. Now I can help my dad carry two washing machines all over our house.

God's good at doing things to you. You just have to follow His presence. Even if He's leading you to the complete opposite thing then what you'd expect to be right.

Then you can be overjoyed at the fact that you can lift washing machines too.

Anatomy of a Random

Yesterday was what we would call random. Let me give you an outline:

- My friend Carolyn who works as a flight attendant gave us a phone call to meet up for lunch. This was a total surprise and really short notice, but off we went anyway. It was great!

- I made it home, but left VERY late to get to Healthworks to pray at the store. I almost didn't go because I was so late, but though I should anyway because I don't want to cop out on my word. So I went, prayed for a little while and when it was time to leave into the store walks in one of my best good friends, Jon.

- I was going to call Jon once I got home, so that saved some time and driving across the city a few more times which isn't the funnest thing in the world. We hang out and go to Whyte Ave so Jon can get some new duds with his hard earned money.

- We successfully get one shirt and decide its time to drink coffee. So we sit down at Starbucks. A few moments later Kandyce walks by! Surprise! And not two seconds later her brother walks up. So now its four of us having coffee.

- I tell them about how I saw Adrian in Saskatoon and RIGHT when I said her name... Adrian walks up. So she joins us for coffee. And she has three guys with her that I have not seen in a long time so it was good to see them.

- Oh yeah, my friend Lana was working at Starbucks too, which was a total surprise.

- Kandyce, Chris, Jon and I decide to hang out for the evening.

- We go see our friend's punk rock show, which... well... I don't feel as if I fit in there, but it was fun nonetheless.

- We get something to drink, Jon goes for a walk to find a bank machine and... runs into our friend Mike Bablitz!! I'm telling you what -- this was one strange evening.

- We move venues to a nice pub on Whyte and the place gets CRAZY. I don't like that all too much, but I was with people I liked so that made it good, plus it should be neccessary for all Christians to get their heads out of their closed pretend worlds and bring it to the places that actually need it. I've had some pretty wild Jesus moments in this pub, and am always looking for more.

-Then we saw a guy who got freaking horns implanted in his head. Chris strikes up a converstian and I can't close my wide open mouth. This guy says, "Oh that's nothing, check out my buddy" who then opens his mouth to show us his forked tongue!!!! I honestly yelled in shock and they all laughed at me. His tongue was cut down the middle and he could move both sides totally independantly of each other. That was freakish.

- We finally leave the pub and when we are leaving in walks my friend Elizabeth....

- By this time the evening is so strange with meeting random people that I know it is time to go home. So I did. Without running into more people that I know which was good. With all of this you'd think I live in a small town. Nope. We've got over a million people wondering around this city. Apparently it was just time for us all to see each other all at once yesterday.