This past week has been an amazing time. Although it hasn't gone without difficulties, God has worked it all out every time just like He promised. He really has been teaching us to wait on the leading of the Holy Spirit in everything we do. In doing this, the team has become very unified and in tune with what God is saying. Insecurities, fears and all the things the enemy has been throwing in our faces are all being dealt with as we have yielded to the Spirit. The Lord has taken us to established churches, new church plants, house churches, individual homes, the Pottawatomie Indian Reservation, various cities and to the top of one of the highest points in southern Wisconsin to declare that He is the King and to establish a throne of worship and praise in these high places. It has been a very prophetic and rewarding journey so far and I believe there is so much more to come. It journey began in Seminole, OK and from there we traveled to Ardmore and then on to Little Rock and Chicago. We headed to the Northwoods of Wisconsin after that and have been up here for five days. Our hosts, Bear and Amy Wheeler, have allowed us to use their home as a refuge and a base from which we launched out to various places throughout the state. The Northwoods has experienced drought like conditions for the past several years but these past few weeks, the rains have began to fall and are saturating the ground again. I keep hearing the the Lord say the words Release, and Restoration. In the 1940's, Smith Wigglesworth traveled these Northwoods along with several others spreading the fires of revival throughout the land. Since that time things have seemed to dry up and the Northwoods and it's inhabitants seem to have been overlooked and forgotten but Wigglesworth prophesied during his time here that a great river of fire would be ignited in the North again and would flow southward and begin to cover the nation. There are many Native American tribes and reservations in this area. The Pottawatomie being one of them. After spending some time with an elder in the Pottawatomie tribe back home in Shawnee, we have learned that the tribe entered the nation through the Northwoods and traveled south through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and many came to rest in Oklahoma. They were the first tribe to purchase and receive a deed from the U.S. government and they also have a 300 hundred year history with Christianity. We've also learned that at the changing of the seasons they ignite a fire that stays going 24 hours a day as they worship and pray to the Creator. It's called the Pottawatomie prayer circle and the tribe's name means "keepers (or people) of the fire". The journey that they took from the north, southward into Oklahoma was known as the "Trail of Death" because of the many people that died along the way. The Lord led us to the place in the Northwoods where much of their history began in order to declare life and blessings to His people. In my heart I believe the First Nations people are going to be a major part of the next great move of the Holy Spirit in this nation.

During this trip, we have not only been able to minister to others including a significant healing which lead a teenager to the point of salvation and an understanding of who Jesus is, but we have been greatly ministered to as well. Most of our team has received prophetic words which have blessed them greatly. I just wanted to thank each of you for the parts you have played in giving and in prayer for the team. I can honestly say that the Lord has made ways where there seemed to be no way and this trip has been more fruitful than I could have imagined. We probably won't see all that God has done in the spirit for many years to come but the seeds have been sown and the words have been released. I strongly believe a great harvest is coming and each of you will be rewarded for the part you have played in sending and praying for the team. Thank You! There will be more updates still to come.