the BeSt TeAcheR eveR

Mirjami expressing God's heart for Finland

Mirjami: "so what do we do now that our teacher for this week could't make it tomorrow?"

Me: "well, let's see.... I don't know"..... SILENCE.....

Mirjami: "we should come together and pray."

Me: "yes, that's a great idea."

the "bedouin" tent as Mirjami called it

Meanwhile in the bathroom, I was making a list of alternative to do, who to call, and so on. I stopped coz I felt I heard the Lord told me that His Spirit will be our teacher but I tried to push it away. Then I got back to my co-staff. We prayed. The same thought came to me, it was even stronger this time that I couldn't ignore. The thought of 24 hour-worship and prayer came to mind also. When we shared to one another, Sarah and I had the same thought - to worship and pray for 24 hours and even longer. Mirjami felt she should leave her own plans to the Lord. We prayed again. This time it was clearer and so we decided to do 48 hours. At the dinner table, we announced the plan and for some it was a great thing, for others, it wasn't so.

The next day, we came together and asked God how He wants us to build His tabernacle. I had a picture in mind (how the tent would look like) when we were praying and just did that with the help of everyone. Who could be the best teacher than the Holy Spirit? The Role of the Holy Spirit in Worship, that was the topic of the week. Everything we did in those 48 hours, we asked God to direct us. We really had a great time receiving fro God including the people around us at the base.

One thing I asked again that God would do - I wanted His manifest Presence in the form of a cloud, so thick and tangible that I could see as a sign of Him dwelling in our praises to Him. I asked for one, He showed more than that. The first night, we were sharing a bit of what God is saying. Then one of us suggested that we pray in tongues for half an hour. As soon as we started, I felt a great stirring in my heart that all I could sense was the Holy Spirit groaning in me, first a sob then weeping. He showed me a few things that He wanted to see in people's lives, and in my life. Then I was prompted to go pray with one of the girls in the team but I realised I could only speak in tongues. So I had to write it down on a paper. In fact, I had to do that for the whole time (24 hours to be exact). I learned a lot from that experience. I knew there was a breakthrough in the spiritual realm when God gave me back my speech. Whew! I thought it was going to last longer. It wasn't easy.

Another incident that happened was, I was looking out the window and up in the sky, I saw some letters written through the clouds. It spelled G O D (with a cross in the last letter). I asked for clouds and I did see it, so big that I could read it in the sky. How cool is that? No, how cool God is? Way too cool!!!

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