Jordan is a GREAT preacher/teacher
I am so proud of you Jordan!
For about the last year I have been teaching Sierra the piano. She has caught on so quickly. Well, this past Sunday morning she and her friend sang a song during the offering at church. Sierra played the piano and sang.
The church is HUGE!
It seemed to go on forever!
The inside was amazing too!
There are 8000 that attend this church . . they have three services each Sunday.
After the service Dale ran into a couple of young people he use to work with his American Kids.
We had such a nice visit in Branson with everyone! It was wonderful meeting Kathy's fiance! 
Thanks Kathy for EVERYTHING! The hotel was awesome and we had a blast at Silver Dollar City and all the shows (Thanks Heleena for the tickets) It was wonderful spending time and catching up with you all!
Sunday morning was our last service with Cory, Anna, David and Jordan before they had to head home to Kansas City. They all lead worship for the service again and then Carlos brought forth the Word.
After he preached he minstered to the people. Our new friends from Ft. Myers who came out for the Awaken The Bride service on Friday stayed for today's service. Carlos ended up having a word for them.
Then PG, one of our associate pastors had a word for them.
Then Anna let Carlos know that she had a word for them too.
She had a powerful word for both of them.
What an amazing prophetic woman! I loved getting to know her this trip. She has such a sweet humble spirit!
Many people were ministered to that morning including our friends Brenda and John.
It was great to see God move so greatly in the people.
At the very end of the service Carlos spoke a word over Cory and Anna!
We didn't want them all to leave but they had to catch a flight out at 3 pm. Our kids just adored Cory and Anna. Thanks for being so sweet to our kids!
Please come back soon!
About two weeks ago a homeless man name Lionel walked into our prayer room and he was drunk as can be. He spoke with Ken and told him he wanted to get help for his drinking. Ken told him he would help him but that he needed to spend time in the prayer room each day. For the first week he was faithful everyday spending hours upon hours in the prayer room . . .sometimes even with alchohol on his breath.
By the second week you could see a change in his face and he came to church last Sunday. Monday night during the 6-8 pm prayer watch he was there and was face down on the floor crying out to God. It was so beautiful to see the change. For the last week he has worked as a volunteer in our food pantry every day that it was open. He has been "alchohol free" for the last 6 days. Ken is now working on finding him a rehab center where he can totally be rid of his addiction.
Today in church Carlos had Ken come up on stage with the pantry staff.
Ken shared Lionel's testimony and also shared how he is homeless and living in the woods but volunteers every day at the pantry and is in the prayer room several hours a week. Pastor Keith also shared how he has been praying for and talking with Lionel over the last few weeks. 
Lisa as many of you know is the Worship Director for OHOP. She is also the main worship leader for our church . . .though we are in the process of starting to build teams up with a different person leading each team. By doing this, Lisa will be able to take some breaks. She has been the only worship leader since Jordan left in September to go to Bible and Music School so she is having to lead virtually every Sunday except for once a month when Jordan comes back in town. By building separate teams no one will get burned out plus it gives the other teams a chance to play on a Sunday morning to help out.
She has about three musician/singers who she is currently raising up as worship leaders JoAnne- who currently leads worship for the youth and a few prayer watches, Edwin - who leads a few prayer sets and Natalie - who leads one prayer set . .plus she helps out on our Encounter weekends and leads worship for them when needed. Theses new worship leaders will eventually create their own full teams and take turns leading worship for our church . They will also continue to do a few prayer sets throughout the week in our prayer room.
This morning it was Edwin's first time to lead on a Sunday morning. Edwin has been worship leader for the "Hollywood" Prayer Watch for some time now, the Global Bridegroom prayer set and a few others. He asked me back in March to start playing keys with his band for the Hollywood watch . . .and that is something I LOVE. Edwin is so easy to flow with and he is very talented too.
He did a GREAT job this morning. Carlos and I were so proud of him and we heard great comments about how he did.
Edwin . . . congratulations on doing an awesome job! You should be very proud of yourself. And to all the other musicians and singers . . .. way to go!!!
PS: I am sure you all are wondering what is a "Hollywood" Prayer Watch. Well, every Saturday night from 10 - 12 midnight Edwin and our team lead worship for this watch. Esther who was singing today is the Prayer Watch Leader. We end up taking those two hours and praying for different celebrities. Esther usually comes up with who we are praying for and then we bombard the heavens for their souls! I have always felt lead to pray for the celebrities so when Edwin ask me to play keys for his team . . . I gladly accepted . .. it was right up my alley!
I never would have thought a year ago I would be playing keys and singing right next to my son.
It was a night I will never forget!
The singers and the other band members sounded GREAT!
Since there weren't that many in attendance we moved the service over to our youth building instead of holding it in the main sanctuary.
I had a blast!
I am truly amazed at the talent that Jordan has not only with playing keys but also in leading worship. I could sense God's presence on Him the whole time he was leading.
Funny picture with my mouth wide open singing!
Mother and Son praising the Lord together.
Thanks Lisa for surprising me and taking these pictures!
My sweet KK
Luis and Eric . . they are both FSM students (our Bible School at our missions base)
The praise dancers
Amazing AVA
Thanks Lisa for giving me the opportunity to play and sing with Jordan. I will never forget it! I look forward to the next time!
