Burning Ones

So we’re back! A huge part of me wants to be back at IHOP because I felt void of problems, but I know I’m supposed to be here.

I am stealing Timmy’s blogging day because he has this big midterm for his computer class that he forgot about over the vacation and it’s due tomorrow :-). Well, truthfully, he gave me his blog day… I didn’t steal it.

We got to Kansas City on Sunday (the 7th) morning and Alex and Jaclyn met us at the airport and we hit up this really cool Chinese restaurant called Bo Lings and they actually had Bubble Iced Tea- which, if you’ve never had, it’s a really neat experience. I’m not one for tea but I did enjoy the tapioca balls :-).

It was nice being able to talk to Alex and Jac about everything in person instead of over a phone. We stayed with them until they kicked us out to make room for Alex’s family, hehe.

During the conference we stayed in an apartment across the street from Alex and Jac and although it was kinda odd sleeping in a bed of a couple you’ve never met before it was definitely a gift from God not having to pay to stay somewhere. And it was SUPER nice of them to let us stay there without knowing us.. at all. The other one-of-many blessings on the trip was that the apartment was right across the street from IHOP so transporting ourselves wasn’t an issue. The only downside of staying there was they have a cat and Tim and I are both allergic. So we just had to make sure we were constantly stocking our bodies up with Claritin :-).

But the conference (well, it was actually called a “Leadership Summit”) was amazing!! It’s really less of a conference and more of an atmosphere to get refreshed and to connect with other leaders. We met people from Africa, Canada, Colorado, Florida, and Louisiana.

The time of the prophetic ministry was probably the coolest though. I’ve never had someone prophetically speak over me before. I was SO nervous… I could feel my pulse in my face! I kept having vivid images of a person sitting next to me and then after a minute of silence be like, “I’m sorry, God isn’t telling me anything” or “Oh, my! Do you have enormous pride!”

They sit you in groups of 20 and place a tape-recorder next to you and when someone from the prophetic team has a word for you, they sit next to you and speak it into the recorder (which I think is a fantastic idea… especially for people like me who don’t have the perfect memory). And every single one of them hit the nail on head! It was so cool! I want to go back just for that. They, thankfully, completely shattered all my misconceptions :-).

So I’m really, really, really excited about what’s coming up… even if everything seems so mundane now.

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