| May 2012 |
Last month...
Well, another month is trying to get the best of me in getting this out. ![]()
So, I'll cut to the chase…
…well, just a quick report on the amazing worship time in Switzerland.
It's difficult to put into words how significant this felt and how great these 3 days were. 10 of us from our church went with a simple/vague agenda to worship the Lord for 3 days. We were a group of 5 French, 4 Americans and 1 Welsh girl. We ranged in age from early 60's to 17. The location was Christian retreat center named Laebeshuus (they're redoing their site at the moment) that is situated high on a hillside overlooking Lake Thun near the town of Thun, Switzerland with an absolutely stunning panorama of the snow-capped Swiss Alps in front of us. There is a desire, in addition to being a retreat center, that this center become a place of constant prayer and worship. It was in this context that our friends Rusty and Janet Richards organized this trip. Laebeshuus was looking for worshippers and we were happy to oblige.
There was also a desire that as many worship team participants at our church could participate as well. Since some of those are young folks still in school, the trip was planned during the spring break here. We had 3 youth with us and were extremely blessed to be able to share the time with them. Their participation was key and there were also some strong times of impartation into their lives. The detail level of planning was not done intentionally in order to give the Holy Spirit as much room as possible to guide us. Our time was mostly spent in a small room (formerly a garage!) that is becoming their "worship center". We were able to set up a few instruments in there, a table for painting/drawing, and we still had a bit of space to "move" with banners and such.
We also enjoyed getting to know each other around a generous Swiss table with great food in a wonderful facility. We were able to take early morning walks and just stare in awe at the amazing mountain scenery with weather cooperating to give us a varied view of the landscape with mysterious clouds and brilliant sunshine all on offer in these 3 short days.
The Holy Spirit was moving among us and we could feel the flow from one topic of prayer to another and different musical "scenes" taking place, all backed up by prophetic pictures that were simply flowing from the artists among us. We felt used by the Lord as a group in praying for strategic things (different nations in Europe, etc.) as well as for each other and individual growth. I've been involved in many different short-term intercession initiatives and it's always fun to watch the Lord create and bond together a team in a short period of time and it's especially fulfilling to watch that with young people involved as well. I love watching their giftings coming into maturity and bearing fruit. Very satisfying!
This month...
May you be blessed!
David