A Certain Woman in Eastern Europe

This first photo is of the silent march up Church St passing over I40 to enter into Titan Stadium, LP Field, Nashville on 7-7-07. The next shot is inside the stadium. The catalyst of the event, Lou Engle is pictured here leading in a prayer of repentance and Sen Sam Brownback is in the plaid shirt.

The Alamo and the River Walk

Well, I am still on the "Mission America" Summer Tour and I want you to know that God is a great tour director. This is the way the river has been flowing and I am loving the ride!! July 3 to 7-7-07 - Nashville, TN and drove through, Tennessee, Illinois and Iowa to arrive July 8 to 16 - Davenport, Iowa July 16 - St. Louis, MO . Toured the city and had a lovely dinner with a view of the Arch July 16 + 17 - train to San Antonio, TX. Amtrak was fun but shares the tracks so hours late. July 18-20 - Killeen, TX home of Fort Hood, dinner in Austin and back to San Antonio July 25 - train back to Davenport, Iowa August 1 - Phoenix, AZ August 8 - San Francisco, CA August 8-11 Golden Gate Park Final concert, prayer and praise event of the Summer of Real Love Tour August 12 - Anchorage, Ak and I haven't had to sleep in a tent yet! But I have been bitten by mosquitoes, gotten sunburned and slept on the floor (once) .... But most of it has been 5 star!!

The "Call" was an experience of a lifetime. More than 70,000 people gathered to worship and pray at LP field in Nashville om 7-7-07. The event started by 8am with thousands of people on a silent march into the stadium. Worship began spontaniously hours before the 10 am start. Despite the heat, most stayed until late. Many were fasting and lines to the water cooler were blocks long but the facility was really great. Near the end of the evening, 300 shofars were blown and an amazing sound of trumpets and drums and worship broke through the heavenlies. We left feeling sure that God was pleased with all the worship, repentance and prayers that were offered to Him. The prayer meeting on Friday that was held for the prayer meeting on Saturday was also great. Dutch Sheets, Lou Engel, Cindy Jacobs and Mike Bickel were all there but it was the thousands upon thousands of regular folks from all walks of life and from most every state, and every denomination who made the difference. To ...

Launching from Nashville, TN after The Call - July 07.07.07 Nashville, TN July 8-10 Kansas City, MO July 11-13 Wichita, KS July 14-16 Santa Fe, NM July 17-20 Sedona, AZ July 21-25 San Diego, CA July 26-30 Los Angeles, CA July 31-August 4 San Francisco, CA August 5-11 I sincerely covet your prayers for myself, our group and our nation at this time. God bless you!! www.thecauseusa.com

In a very exciting move of the Holy Spirit this week, the Lord encouraged me to respond to the " Call" and go to Nashville for the 7-7-07 solemn assembly . Many people write so eloquently about this, I will refer you to www.thecall.com and www.thecauseusa.com and also down the blog to my May 25 report. I have booked my ticket to Nashville and will also join the " Summer of Real Love" tour marking 40 years since the 1967 summer. Our prayer and worship tour will end in San Francisco on August 11. We will be traveling in buses and tenting in large fields. We are allowed to bring 1 suitcase, 1 bookbag and a sleeping bag and pillow. For sometime, I have been nourishing a little desire to hit the open road for an adventure with God, taking with me as little as possible. Well, here is my chance! I will be online occasionaly and will try to keep you updated often as to all the incredible events and divine appointments of this summer. The "Call" was to 2 genera...

I mentioned to you that Arden and I met a new friend, Dan Chamberlain and he is now like a brother to us. His desire was to help his Atlanta, GA mission department of his church to extend their boundaries. Arden and I took him into 3 different nations looking at many work projects and opened doors for him to return with teams this fall. We were all strengthened and inspired by the great work we were seeing already accomplished both in Ukraine, Hungary and Serbia. We are praying for God's leading for Dan and wisdom to know which projects to help. Please see Arden's blog : www.ceoforthekids.blogspot.com for PICTURES! (AAAAGGGHHH I miss my camera!) The latest news is, it has died a dignified but untimely death with no hope for revival. Guess what I want for my birthday :-).

Dear readers, In sad news my beloved digital camera died and I have been waiting to receive photos from others to update my blog. I know, I know I could have just written but I love having photos seems more inspiring and easier to read. Last Sept when God called me to the work in Ukraine there was a vision of me on a white horse crossing a bridge. In each hand I was holding a flag - one Ukrainian, the other Hungarian. It has been my joy to open the door into Ukraine for my dear friend, Ica. She has long felt called to ministry to women and God truly confirmed and expanded that call. Our first meeting was with Lola who heads up a work for the very poor and needy. Her ladies were in faith for the prophetic and that really flowed. Ica brought a wonderful message about God earing the prayers of a mother's heart and turning teenaged/young adult children back to him. It was very specific for this group of women. From there we went to my good friend's Ivan and Angelika's gypsy chu...

On a number of levels, the following article and "Call" has deeply touched my heart and spirit. At the end of the article are web sites you can check out for more information. May God divinely lead us, guide us and answer us at this pivotal time. God bless you! May 25, 2007 Lou Engle: "REPOST: CALLING ALL MINISTRIES AND INDIVIDUALS--PLEASE PRAY ABOUT JOINING THIS GLOBAL 40 DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING" There are moments in history when a door for massive change opens , and great revolutions, for good or evil, spring up in the vacuum created by these openings. In these divine moments, key men and women and even entire generations risk everything to become the hinge of history --the pivotal point that determines which way the door will swing. The rebellious generation of the 60's seized its moment , and history crashed into the deep abyss of drug addiction, sexual immorality, hatred for authority, and a rejection of the law of God. 1967 was a culminating and defini...

Marte on guitar with some of the girls Karlos and Ruslan I just returned from a trip into Ukraine with my missionary friend Arden and a mission director from a church in Atlanta, GA. It was a "vision" trip for Dan, and Arden and I were opening up some new territories for him. We first met with 2 pastors in Debrecen and discussed ways to enlarge an existing church and then drove on to the Ukraine where we stayed in the guest house of a girl's home. This is a very special ministry, " The Good Samaritan Reformed Church Home for Handicapped Girls" . Besides the house for the 70 girls, there is a guest house, a bakery and a bio-farm, a small lake, a swimming pool, horses, pigs, cows, chickens and a "guard" duck. Marte , the young, anointed "pastor" and Laci-baci the director showed us all around and told us about the wonderful cooperation between the village, the local reform church and the Dutch reform believers who envisioned this place 12...

I was only in Uzhgorod for 2 days but I got invited to a traditional Easter concert held in the former synagouge now the Symphonic Hall. Imagine in that setting singing powerful songs about Jesus being Risen!! The musicians and singers and dancers were all dressed in richly embroidered, traditional Ukrainian costumes. There was beautiful music and festive dancing. Enjoy these photos taken by our dear Alla.

Right after Easter I returned to Ukraine. The assignment - relocate "Hope and Life" to our new office in town center, Uzghorod. After a quick trip by train, I was picked up in Csop by Scottish friend Fred Fox. Before we got out of the parking lot Volodya called to say meet me at the bus stop by the Orthodox Church just as you enter town, we need to get office furniture. In only two days, we located and purchased 10 chairs, 3 desks, bookcase/cabinet and telephone and moved into our new space. The above pictures are Fred and Volodya and the chairs loaded into Fred's van and Pastor Joseph and his mentorees (former street kids) moving the desks and he and the boys. Our new space is smaller but in a great location. It will be a very convenient place for friends to drop in. Within the first 3 days we had a prayer meeting of local church youth leaders, a bible class and various visitors welcoming us.

Easter - He is Risen Indeed!!! Friends, neighbors, egg hunt and fun with heartfelt, grateful worship.

April 3 - Ukrainian Pastors praying for their nation A spontaneous, fervent prayer time happened in Mukachevo, Ukraine during the weekend celebration of The Church of the Living God's 15th anniversary. The overseer of this church network is Pastor Sergey Baluk. He is on his knees in the right front of the photo. My roomate Tammy wrote the following blog about what was happening in Kiev at that very hour. Last night Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko dissolved parliament & called for early elections to keep the country from slipping into further political turmoil. Recent months have seen an erosion of the president's power. Immediately, the response of the opposition (the premier minister) was negative, although it is clearly the president's party that would likely lose position in the parliament when new elections are held. Since the announcement, the prime minister has told the people not to obey the president, & that they'd like to put the president in ...

Tammy's new Chevrolet Aveo Spring, wonderful spring!

Here is a picture of me ministering in Budapest for the Woman of Destiny meeting March 25. Carol and I have also ministered together in Latvia and England and Ukraine. Carol says I am the door opener for her as I helped set up Hungary and Ukraine for WOD. This was a special weekend as I celebrated my 15th anniversary on the mission field.

In front of the large Symphony Hall (formerly the Synagoge) Uzghorod. Rozsa, MJ, Monika & Vilma This was a very special for me as it was the first time I have brought Hungarians to the mission field of Ukraine. Remember in September when I was called to the work in Ukraine there was a vision of me on a white horse, crossing a bridge and carrying 2 flags, in one hand the Ukrainian flag and in the other the Hungarian flag. I felt that meant I was to be the bridge and help bring Hungarians into Ukraine. Carol Maiden has been based in Budapest for 3 years and has raised up a team of mighty Women of Destiny, so Rosza, Vilma and Monika joined us (Carol, me and Christy from England) and what a great time we had!! Volodya had done a wonderful job in getting the word out. He had printed up some posters to send to various churches and he had made smaller leaflets to hand out. We had the meeting at the small symphony hall downtown Uzghorod with great results. More than 250 ladies and two men ...

I take this train so often, I have learned where to stand to get into the only car of this loooong train) that goes over the border into Ukraine. Not only is it important to know which car to get into, it is important to know how to quickly and easily get onto the train. Here in Eastern Europe it is very important to know the train/bus/trolley/tram etiquette. You need to approach the door from the side so that the disembarking passengers than have room to get off. In a group, we would send the spryest person up first, and then toss (if at all possible) all the luggage to then. Then the rest would quickly get on. Quickly being the key here, as the train leaves again after only 2-4 minutes! To prepare to disembark, everyone heads for the exit with their coats on and their bags at the ready when the train/bus/tralley/tram has left the stop before your intended stop. The above is a picture of Christy (American in England) and Carol as we wait for the train to Csop, Ukraine. Notice how ligh...