The Lord emphasized the need of the greater in men’s eyes (Duluth) blessing the lesser (Superior)

This stop was added in accordance with a prophetic decree from Chuck Pierce that if a team would go to the Apostle Islands it would release a spiritual wind to cleanse the Great Lakes. In fact, after that stop was inserted into the journey, the wind blew powerfully for the next several days as Chuck had prophesied

This was a location of breakthrough for Ontario and Canada.

This was the sixth prayer stop of the day with communion. There were 3 swans on the water here that miraculously multiplied into first 5 and then 7. It felt like the Lord emphasized his power to do miracles when we trust him completely in our communion with him.

After several days of strong north winds and very cold temperatures, the wind felt gail force here. The word prophesied by Chuck Pierce was that there would be a strong north wind that would be cleansing over the Great Lakes region. At this location, frogs started emerging from the water and dying which seemed emblematic to us of spirits getting expelled from the region!

The weather and our prayer time here were delightful!

This fountain symbolically depicts all of Lake Michigan

This prayer initiative was led by James Nesbit of Prepare the Way Ministries. It completed the set of prayer initiatives undertaken during the critical year of 2007 in support of The Call - The River Flush USA, the Cumberland River Prayer Journey, and the California Crossing Over Prayer Journey. This one resulted from the request of Ruby Green, then a newly appointed prayer leader for Arkansas. Ruby asked the question, how can I find out what my state needs, who I have in position already to help, and how to move forward. James Nesbit felt the answer was for the prayer network to help jumpstart the process for Ruby, and Ruby was humble enough to received the help.

This led to the Bless Arkansas initiative, which was carried out in October 2007 and it consisted of the following components:

• October 14-19 was reserved for a time of activation, deployment, and debriefing

• An invitation to the known intercessors and prayer leaders within Arkansas to take a key role

• A second invitation to the prayer leaders from the neighboring states and some who were experienced in carrying out large prayer actions

• An identification of prayer targets and issues throughout the state that we wanted to cover in prayer and assess through our action

Around 75 intercessors took part in the overall action with another 15-20 joining some of the intercessory actions. Ruby Green welcomed the people and James Nesbit described the plan and purpose. Apostle Jim Chosa provided the equipping teaching and over authority from the national prayer network. At the end of the seminar, thirteen teams were sent out and given specific locations and issues as their prayer assignments, and a base team was assigned to provide prayer covering. At the conclusion of the prayer assignments, many of the participants gathered for another day and a half to report and debrief.

This was a very powerful prayer initiative because of the bringing together in agreement so many diverse elements both to serve and to be unified together. Some of the statements that came out of the initiative were:

• “As intercessors, we are no longer isolated and alone”

• “Arkansas is important, and the rest of the nation cares about us”

• “We are rich in spiritual gifts”

• “We are a strong cord with many ties”

• “We have a new song and a new sound”

• “We will serve one another and no one will dominate”

• “We are an army and have an effective strategy for victory”

Our instructions were to pray in San Francisco, Denver, Kansas City, and St Louis.  We also visited Fulton Missouri between Kansas City and St Louis.

We prayed primarily in a clockwise direction around San Francisco, beginning near the Bay Briidge:  The stops were:
- Rincon Park - Cupid's Span
- The India Basin near Hunter's Point
- Crocker Amazon Park
- Fort Funstone - a well known hang gliding venue on the coast.
- USS San Francisco Memorial Park - overlooking the Golden Gate
- Crissy Field - on the bay
- The San Francisco Vedanta Temple
- Twin Peaks

We also prayed in Berkeley at:
- Berkeley Hall of Science
- Berkeley Vedanta Temple
 

We felt that God was showing that there was an arrow of revival heading east from the west coast.  Our first prayer location in San Francisco was the Embarcadero.  On approaching it, to our amazement, we saw this huge sculpture of an arrow in the ground.  And it's right at the foot of the Bay Bridge, which the way east from the West Coast.  We prayed here that God's love would be manifest for San Francisco, and that people would receive it, but also that revival would sweep across the nation.

We visited the Vedanta Temple in Berkeley that Richard used to attend in his college years.  Answering the door was a young swami (teacher) who was caring for the aging leader of this temple who is quite ill.  This man allowed us to go into the inner meditation garden, where we had communion.  After we looked through the inside of the temple, the swami allowed us to pray for him and prophecy over him
 

Our final prayer location in San Francisco was at the gate of Chinatown.  Gates are strong spiritual places so we prayed at this one that Jesus himself would enter this gate and become the king over Chinatown.

Our first experience at IHOP in Kansas City was a true pleasure.  Mike Bickle was prayer leader and Misty Edwards was worship leader.  IHOP-KC has been a huge influence on our church and the Shore House of Prayer.
 

Again, we were celebrating the arrow of revival.  However, this statue was honoring the plains Indians relationship with buffalo.  This also right across the street from the grand masonic lodge.  The spiritual atmosphere in Denver was not good, so we prayed for it to change.

An important part of this journey was to pray at locations devoted to other religions.  In each city, we prayed at Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Mormon, Masonic, and cult locations.  In every case, we invited the Holy Spirit to come and lead people from darkness to light, from falsehood to truth, from bondage to freedom.

We prayed here for healing in the depth of the earth.  This has been a location for previous earthquakes, and the site for worship of elemental spirits by the Sheepeater Indians.

Near the source of the Salmon River in the heart of the Sawtooth Wilderness in Idaho, we prayed for the release of the River of Life.

We prayed for the reversal of the curse against the mining communities in the heart of Idaho, which became enclaves of prejudice in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and today are very depressed places to live.

This was the location where by legend the Nez Perce Indians originated.  The legendary character Coyote cut the heart out of a monster, which then became this hill, and the droplets of blood became the tribe.  We prayed that this tribe, which is one of the few who occupies part of the original land, would fulfill their redemptive purpose on the earth.

We stopped at the New Life Revival Center Full Gospel Church on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation which lays in both Idaho and Nevada..  We worshipped, prayed, and repented along with the pastor and his wife and elders at their baptism site on the Owyhee River.

We prayed at the following locations:

1 - Venice Beach
2 - Beverly Hills - Electric Fountain
3 - West Hollywood - Radiance International
4 - Northridge - Porter Ridge Park
5 - Los Angeles - Azusa Street
6 - San Gabriel Mission
7 - El Monte -Gabrielino Tongva Tribal Council
8 - Hollywood Sign
9 - Signal Park - Hilltop Park
10 - Pasadena - Slab at Mott Auditorium
11 - Pasadena International House of Prayer
12 - Burbank - Johnny Carson Park
13 - Angelus Temple
14 - San Bernardino - Future William Seymour College
15 - Arrowhead Springs
16 - San Bernardino- Living Faith Full Gospel Church
 

Venice Beach represents Los Angeles in a raw form.  From one standpoint it is a festival of exhibitionists - from another, it is where people come earnestly showing their talents in order to be noticed and make their way in the world.  This is a real community that God has already been changing in the last ten years!  We prayed here for God to continue the transformation and for the church to learn how to cooperate.  We also prayed repentance and for the healing of the earth at this location!
 

This fountain at the corner of Santa Monica and Wilshire in Beverly Hills is a significant location.  As perhaps the first electrically powered water fountain in the world, it portrays a Gabrielino Tongva man praying for rain.  Restored in 2000 after 20 years of disuse, the fountain has many tiles that portray the early history of California from a Tongva point of view.  So both the original fountain and its restoration represent an honoring of the First Nations people.

We prayed here to set our own prayers for the LA Basin in order, praying for the original occupants of the land to experience the fullness of God's plan and purpose for them, and that they would be restored to a place of honor and prominence in the world.
 

Radiance International, led by Jonathan and Sharon Ngai, is many things to the extended Hollywood entertainment industry - a house of prayer, church, community, and now a recording studio.  It's a place of life and light.  Here we prayed together and the Ngai's prayed for our team to accomplish its purpose in the region.

Northridge is in the heart of the San Fernando valley.  This is the location of two of the larger earthquakes in the last 50 years, the 1971 Sylmar quake and the 1994 Northridge.  It's also the the place where the pornography industry has thrived.  The park where we chose to pray, Porter Ridge, was also famous as the backdrop of the bicycle scene from the movie E.T.

We prayed here for the dismantling of the demonic and human structures which support pornography and human trafficking.  Then, using the Lord's Supper, we prayed for the reconciilation and healing of the land both in the valley and in the whole LA basin.

We were gathered at the site of 312 Azusa Street, where the Pentecostal Outpouring began in 1906.  Now, it's a bricked over plaza, part of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in what is called the Little Tokyo section of downtown Los Angeles.  We were with our friend Tom Grode, who lives at the Rescue Mission in Skid Row in order to be at the gate of Azusa Street for the fulfillment of the 100 year prophecy of the greater outpouring.

And God had already gathered two of his friends to be their two - Mark Smith and Rudy Flowers, both saved from drugs and alcohol in Skid Row, now saving others.  They meet at this plaza to pray twice a week and only fairly recently found out about what happened here in 1906 and about the prophecy, which they now pray to see fulfilled.  And they represent the very communities we believe where God will show up - among African-Americans, Asians, and Hispanic, and all who are willing to say yes to him.
 

This mission church was founded in 1771 and became the key mission church in early California history.  It was also the pivotal place for the Gabrielino Tongva tribe to be introduced to Western life.  Here they became Christians, worked as laborers for the Spanish, and basically changed their way of life.  There is a gravesite at the mission where over 6,000 were buried.

Our experience praying in the mission church was the sense that the Tongva are still somewhat controlled by the colonial introduction to Christianity.  Our prayers were for the Tongva people to be completely free throughout the Los Angeles area.

We had the joy of being invited to a bible study conducted at the Gabrielino Tongva Tribal Council building in El Monte.  This Bible Study is conducted by Julia Bogany, who also works as the tribe's cultural affairs director.  Here she is on the right along with Chief Anthony Morales, Diana Barragan and another woman.

We were treated with great hospitality by the bible study group and the tribe, given Indian Bibles, bead necklaces, and baskets of shells, acorns, and fragrant sage.  In turn, our teammate Jim Spaloss gave the Tongva glass jewelry he had made in the form of an acord, a shell, and a tortoise, which were each meaningful.

We were also able to deliver a prophetic vision for Chief Anthony and another one for Julia.

The picture is of Jim Spaloss praying in front of the Hollywood Sign in the Hollywood Hills.  We prayed here for the complete transformation of the entertainment industry, as well as offering repentance for the poor values that are consistently transmitted from here around the world.  We also prayed for the healing of the earth through the reconciilation of all men to God through Jesus.

We prayed at Signal Hill, a community surrounded by Long Beach.  From this hill there is a great view of the southern areas of Los Angeles County.  We prayed in every direction.

This is a significant gathering place.  One of our team arriving early met two men who both came there to pray on their lunch hour.  Then, while we were praying, we heard girls singing, and met 6 girls from Ethiopia who were singing praise songs.

The Long Beach area is a birthing place within Los Angeles.  One of the things being birthed is prayer.  Tammy Dao leads the Love House of Prayer, and is shown in the photo ministering to the Ethiopian girls.

Pastor Louis Barragan anointed the hill with oil.  The hill itself is signficant in yet another way.  It sits on top of a city reservoir, and it also is dotted with oil wells.  There is a sculpture at the top depicting a rising column of oil and water, which we felt signified spiritual renewal.

Angelus Temple was built by Aimee Semple McPherson in the 1920s as an outgrowth of the Pentecotal Outpouring.  She was the most famous person in America for 20 years, as she carried the Gospel around the nation.  This church, which also housed a Bible School and seated 5,000 people, has since been renovated and is connected with the LA Dream Center, a ministry led by Matthew Barnett.

We prayed here that Christian leaders would fulfill great dreams, and that women leaders would be raised up in today's church.

Our friend Julia has a friend Candace who is friends with the great grand-daughter of William Seymour.  Candace also has a vision to build a 4-year college for Christians to be prepared to spread the Pentecostal Gospel like William Seymour.

Here we are laying our hands on a building in downtown San Bernardino where Bishop Candace felt the Lord had led her for the school.  We are believing that the Lord will release this property for the Lord's use.

We were parked outside the gate of the Arrowhead Springs resort, a property owned by Campus Crusade for Christ.  This picture shows the formation on the mountain that gives it the name.  There is also a hot springs, and the hotels have grown around the spa.  Three previous hotels were built at this location but each burned down.  Campus Crusade is now trying to sell the property, and the city of San Bernardino would like to purchase it.

As we prayed outside the property, we wondered what the root of the curse was.  A local man drove by and suggested that it may have been an Indian curse.  In 1866, Indian raiders killed a few settlers in the area, and then the army systematically wiped out the local Serrano tribe that lived in the mountains.  It seems likely that a curse was placed on the land by the Indians.

Because we had a First Nations person with our team, we enacted a repentance and forgiveness.  On behalf of the Indian people, our friend Julia removed the curse.  After that we were able to pray for an open heaven over San Bernardino and for the Campus Crusade property.  We also celebrated communion and prayed for the healing of the earth using Psalm 60.

Pastor Rachell asked our team to come back and pray at her church, which we did.  We believe that she and her church will be restored to glory as in the former years.

On our final night in LA, we met with Helen Kuehl, Louis and Diana Barragan, and our New Jersey team for dinner and debriefing.  We declared our prayer initiative a success.  Pastor Louis and his wife Diana gave us gifts to recognize our service.  In turn,we recognize with all of the Southern California intercessors the great service they performed for us and for the Lord - especially Helen Kuehl, Louis and Diana Barragan, Tom Grode, Vern and Cheryl Matheson, Jonathan and Sharon Ngai, Tammy Dao, and Bonnie Shaffer.  We will always be grateful.

We placed prayer transmitters at 6 locations:

- Key Largo Florida- Garden Cove
- Brownsville Texas - Sabal Palm Grove Sanctuary
- San Diego California - Border Field Park
- Cape Flattery Washington - Makah Indian Reservation
- Angle Inlet Minnesota - Red Lake Indian Reservation
- Quoddy Head Maine - Quoddy Head State Par
 

The transmitter box for each location had specific contents.  Each held a Bible, communion elements, anointing oil, communion elements, and stones from the Toms River.  Other contents were dependent on the location.

Each transmitter box has a different image drawn or painted.  This one is similar to the Ark of the Covenant.

The first transmitter box was planted in Key Largo within sight of Garden Cove and the John Pennencamp Coral Reef.

The second transmitter was placed in Brownsville Texas overlooking the Rio Grande River in the Sabal Palm Grove Sanctuary

The third prayer transmitter was placed in Border Field State Park in San Diego within sight of the Mexican border.

This transmitter was placed on the farthest west-northwest location in the midst of a rain forest in the Makah Indian Reservation overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

The fifth prayer transmitter was placed in the woods of Angle Inlet as part of the Red Lake Indian Reservation.  Angle Inlet is the farthest north area of the continental United States and you have to travel through Canada to get to it.

The sixth transmitter was placed in Quoddy Head State Park overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Rivers are the source of life, especially in the desert. Generally these rivers are barely flowing, but Hurricane Rosa brought the wettest October on record to this part of Arizona. We prayed at this location because the meridian marked at the point of confluence is where all addresses in Phoenix are measured from. We prayed that these rivers would always be flowing and that they would bring revival to the Southwest and the Indian nations.

We attended Fountain of Life Christian Fellowship on our first night in the area because Apostle Chuck Pierce was visiting. And when Chuck visits an area, he is sure to prophesy what God wants to do in that area to its full capacity. It was important for us to be there because our job was to be like an arrow to help fulfill the words God spoke through Chuck.

This house of prayer is a place for solitude and contemplation near Tucson and adjacent to the Saguaro Cactus National Park. Outside you are surrounded by the silent but embracing desert. Inside you may find others but they are seeking God. In this beautiful environment we shared communion together and with the land.

We really loved what this tribe said about themselves as depicted at the museum. They are lovers of God. They trust him to watch over them. They are peace loving. They did have some spiritual strongholds because of things they worship  - like Mt Bobaquivari. So we celebrated communion again and prayed for God’s blessing over this tribe.

Here we met with Kay Winters, who along with husband Bob, pastors a unique church dedicated to regional and national revival. Kay was uniquely qualified to help us because she understands the Indian history and culture and was on good terms with all of the tribes we would be visiting. Thus, she was able to prepare us for what we would find and help speak into our purpose. This was a very valuable visit.

We drove north to the town of Sedona known both for its red-hued rock nature setting and its occult practices and worship. We headed straight for the Catholic shrine known as the Chapel of the Cross built on a mountainside. In it is a powerful 40 foot high depiction of Jesus crucified on the cross. Because of a word from an intercessor friend, we prayed over all of Sedona from this place, believing that peace would descend over all of the valley and high places. We celebrated communion and shared it with the land.

When we arrived at the south rim of the Grand Canyon, the weather had turned windy and cold. Nonetheless, as always, the canyon was spectacular. We headed east along the canyon and prayed over it and several different places. We prayed for all tribes who came from this place, as many tribes have origin stories that start here. We prayed especially for the Hualapai and the Yavasupai tribes to find a unity as they both make their home in the canyon land and have experienced some division.

We spent the night at the Cameron Trading Post and saw the next morning that we were right on the Little Colorado River, which meets the Colorado in the canyon. We prayed for the entire river system of the southwest for peace and life. We celebrated our Sunday service here. An intercessor friend told us that she heard from the Lord that our intercession at the Grand Canyon the night before had deactivated the spirit responsible for the Las Vegas mass shooting the year before. Wow!

This is a photo from Walpi, the next village over from Sichomovi on First Mesa in the Hopi Nation, the village we visited, which looks very similar. In this village, even though it was a Sunday, we stopped at a house with an "art for sale" sign. We spent about an hour with the family and bought some of their art. They told us about all of the problems their family and their people experienced. Then they showed us artwork depicting the gods they worship (who lead them into these issues). We were able to pray with the family and invite Jesus into their house. The mother of the house used to attend the local Baptist church but had stopped going. After we left this family, we found the Baptist church just after service was over, told the pastor about this woman and her family, and he assured us he would visit them.

The Navajo Nation is the largest Indian reservation in the US. Window Rock is its capital. And the rock wall with a hole in it is the symbol of Window Rock. We were told by Kay Winters that the Spirit is moving powerfully in parts of this tribe, so we prayed for the Lord to move through the whole Navajo Nation.

This was the Washington DC of the ancient Pueblo culture a thousand years ago. It was their ceremonial capital but also had both permanent and transition housing perhaps like a hotel. Religious ceremonies were conducted here. All of the current Pueblo tribes in New Mexico and the Hopis in Arizona trace their roots here. The Navajos also consider it important. So it’s a key place in the network of indigenous people and their worship. Here is what our teammate Aaron prayed in Chaco Canyon:

. God would turn the original purpose of this place to his purposes.

.. The unity of cultures coming together will be used by our God who calls for unity.

.. Though there are no more inhabitants, change the worship and celebration tied to here and from here. Turn it away from false gods and turn it to you, God.

.. The practices, accomplishments, and mistakes would be remembered. The good retained, and the bad shaken off.

. God, we invite you here to establish a staging ground for your armies.

.. Send your armies on the roads that connect this place to the surrounding peoples and tribes

.. Drive off any spirits from here that continue to hold these people in bondage.

Taos is 1000 years old. It’s 1000 years old and the traditions have stayed strong. Parts of the Pueblo are 5 stories high. It’s an extensive village. Most families make their living as artisans, making jewelry, pottery, weaving, dolls, furniture. They have their shops right there in the Pueblo. We enjoyed talking to the artisans. Our prayers here focused on asking Father to give them a broader more satisfying life.

As we prayed for Albuquerque, the balloons came over the horizon. We did not time our trip to see the balloons but we felt that the balloons represented the freeing of the Indian nations that we were praying for and achieving by praying in Arizona and New Mexico.

Acoma Pueblo has a casino but it is famous for its Sky City - the primary place for the pueblo’s ceremonies is on top of a butte 350 feet above the surrounding area. By the time we got to the Cultural Center, Darlene and I were too short of breath and feeling too poorly to go on the tour, but Aaron and Russ were willing to go.  They learned a lot of history and other information about these resilient people. Once the guys had rejoined us we celebrated communion in the parking lot of the Cultural Center, led by Russ. We repented for the injustices done to these people for many years by Spanish conquerors, who murdered many and forced the people to build churches on top of their kivas (native worship structures). Up to 75% of the Pueblo people are Catholic but it’s mixed with native idol worship. We prayed for this people to come to a living faith in a loving God. We love these Acoma people, whose community practices would be a perfect wineskin for the practice of New Testament Christianity. 

Darlene woke from a dream in which I was prophesying that three Indian men would die if not rescued from their drug addiction. We prayed for deliverance for these man. But then we prayed for the entire Acoma tribe, indeed all the Pueblo tribes to be delivered. I said that they need to be lifted free of idolatry, which we had authority to do by virtue of the New Covenant in Jesus’ body and blood which we have been receiving on behalf of the people wherever we’ve gone. It’s like jacking up a car to remove a flat tire - you can change the tire if the weight is born by the jack. You can remove the sin if the weight of idolatry is taken by Jesus. We prayed for all the generational iniquity to be removed. Then we sang Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble right there in McDonalds. 

As we drove down the road we passed the Zuni Pueblo which we had intended to visit after the Hopis but couldn’t because of time. So we prayed for and blessed the Zunis. 

Because two of us had trouble with the altitude we actually headed back towards Phoenix early, which took us through the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest. This area is simply beautiful.

This museum preserves the pueblo way of life from 1000 years earlier and presents an advanced culture. Here we prayed for the healing of the land and the raising up of all of the cultures of the southwest.

I had found out also that the local tribes all consider Camelback Mountain as a sacred place, so this is where we went next. We parked in Echo Canyon on the side of the mountain. We made declarations here that the mountain of the Lord would be above all other mountains and that the Indian Nations will be among the nations drawn to him. (Isaiah 2).  We celebrated communion and Aaron and Russ carried the elements up the side of the mountain and deposited them on the mountainside. We felt this was the high place to conclude our journey.