Great Britain Trip Report - Oct 30, 2006

Great Britain Trip Report

Loved, Praying Friends~

First, let me express my utmost gratitude for all of you who prayed for us while we were in Great Britain. The Lord amazed us over and over again as He gave us great favor with all the people, in all of our meetings and in the land. Below is a very brief summary of some of the things that the Lord did (there is so much that happened, it would take a book to write it all).

NORTH IRELAND - (Oct 14-19)
We landed into Dublin somewhat tired from a long flight and bus ride up to Northern Ireland. I came down with a major cold and was drugged for 4 days to prevent coughing over everyone. Our school was from Mon-Wed where we were honored to hear awesome stories regarding reconciliation between generations, Catholic-Protestant and Jewish-Gentile. It was humbling to be with others who are really walking out reconciliation in a land full of strife. We had awesome prayer times and our team bonded well in these first 5 days together. We saw the Lord birth and issue a major call for the worshipping youth to come forth and sing/dance over the land. We were honored to be at a retreat center that is living out community life daily .

ENGLAND - (Oct 19-22)
We flew into southern England where we received wonderful hospitality with a European prayer leader (the team stayed in various homes). Our host gave us a car tour of the land where we learned more about the region. We met some wonderful people and had some intense prophetic encounters and prayer times with those in the land. Our day meeting was based on generations and we met some wonderful youth that love God wholeheartedly. England was a brief stay but the Lord seemed to cram a lot into every part of our days.

WALES (Oct 22-24)
Our trip to Wales was the most meaningful to me. We were only there a brief time but the Lord privileged us to meet with the most humble leaders that are walking out depths of reconciliation that I have rarely seen. We heard stories that connected me to the land in a unique way (plus I have strong roots in Wales, which made it even more meaningful). We heard the story of the land and experienced ancient songs and dances that are being revived by the Lord for this present day. We received a prayer of blessing from the leaders and prayed for them in return. The prayer time reminded me of the word in Malachi 4 where the Fathers were blessing the children and the children were blessing the Fathers. The land is beautiful and we got to hear stories that melted my heart. We prayed and sang over the land and the sea (it is a coastal town). I hope the Lord allows me to return some day and see the continuing work that He is doing.

SCOTLAND(Oct 24-28)
We arrived in Edinburgh at night and stayed at a wonderful B & B. Edinburgh is a very large and ancient city with a lot of destiny and destruction going on. We were warmly received by others and had wonderful prayer times and prophetic prayers. We joined a group who were praying for the parliament and visited the parliament later that day. We toured the castle and gleaned some history of the land. During the last night, the Lord blessed us to go deeper and pray with other leaders for their city as the spiritual climate has various depths of darkness that needed prayer.

Overall, the Lord graced us with divine appointments and great grace and unity in the team and with others. The Lord gave us understanding that we were to enter the land as great great grandchildren that were coming to honor our forefathers and that we were to bless the people and the land by hearing their story and mostly staying quiet (very opposite for what Americans are known for). HONOR and LISTENING/PRAYING were our main assignments.....and we saw the Lord do amazing things as we simply obeyed His leading.

We had a lot of times of debriefing on our flight home. Plese continue to pray for the Lord to protect the team and their families as we all try to readjust to family and work schedules. I return to work tomorrow and will need grace to get back into a full time work mode.

The trip was amazing every day. It felt like we were gone for 2 months as the Lord compacted our days with so many spiritual things that happened. Most of it seems to holy to talk about. We all felt the effect of those who were praying for us....thank you so much for your faithful prayers.

It is good to be home....thank you for your partnership in prayer.
Lynn