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This is an email from Mark Hendrickson, our summer camp speaker. Really cool, check it out!


Dear Mark and Bob June 7, 2007

I wanted to report on what happened last weekend.

On Saturday night we had our weekly Marveling Place meeting. We had a short time of praise and then we had some ministry time afterwards. There were about 25 - 30 people present.

The ministry time started off slow and I didn't know if we were gonna get a breakthrough or not that night. But then we started praying for Maria (one of our youth girls) and things started happening. My wife fell over as she was praying for Maria and got taken up to heaven. The Lord asked her what she'd like to see, my wife replied, "Show me how you made the stars." The Lord did it. Some other things happened also. He asked her to pray for Darfur. As we started to pray for others they too started to manifest. Lynn (a youth teacher) got taken up to heaven. Others were speaking in tongues uncontrollably. A lot of things happened but it's what happened afterwards that was shocking. I closed the meeting after a couple hours. A few of us headed to my house to debrief because I think of all the nights, that night was the MOST intense I've ever seen it.

Well, something unusual happened on our way to my house. My cousin Sophia (youth group student) had been shaking the entire night but suddenly she started speaking and it was Jesus. Jesus was actually speaking through her. I have never heard of this happening. Others have gone up to heaven and told us what Jesus told them. But this is the first time that Jesus himself was speaking to us through this little girl – 16 years old.

Everyone stayed at my house from 11 pm till 3 am. It was the most beautiful time (by the way it ended up being 12 of us :). I have never met someone more gentle, more kind in my life. Everything changed that evening. He told us He'd answer almost any question we had. We asked about everything. Oh, before I forget, we asked about you two - what the Lord felt about you guys.

For Bob, Jesus said that you were a GREAT, GREAT, GREAT man. We asked him if you were going to be here (in DC area) long term and he said that he was raising up new leaders in this area but Bob would stay and help for the time being.

For Mark, The Lord said that you were one of the most beautiful men on the earth. He said, "I'm going to heal Mark because I love him So much".

We asked him questions about our jobs, our family members. We asked him about the VA tech shootings (He said many people just see it as a massacre but they don't see the purpose behind it. There a great purpose behind what happened). Of course we asked him about upcoming GRACE youth conference. The Lord said not to put a cap on it. We had initially stopped registration at 400 but the Lord said to lift it. More needed to come. The Lord would take care of all the logistics. Don't worry. Right now I think we have 600 or so. Crazy stuff!

But again, that night more than all the information, we were all so blown away by his tenderness. Oh, he's so funny too. When we asked him what he was like when he was still on the earth, he said, "People right now don't know about my sense of humor. I was a real jokester."

My life has been transformed by that night. Suddenly temptations aren't as tempting anymore. I don't want to hurt his heart.

There's a lot more to share about that night but some more things happened the next day when Jesus said goodbye early Sunday morning. We asked him if he would come to Sunday worship. He said he would if we wanted him there. "Be hungry, always be hungry and I'll be there." Sunday was crazy. I remember specifically the offering song, when Bo and Elliott were singing it felt like heaven was breaking open. When Alex (Pun) prayed after the praise portion Jesus (through Sophia) started cheering Pun on. It was amazing. But then when the worship was over and we called people up for ministry so many people got touched. One girl got delivered (it looked like an exorcism). Others fell over. Many people received tongues. Basically the Lord exploded in that room.

This past Wednesday we had almost 40 people show up to prayer meeting (usually only 4-5 of us get together). People are really hungry. A lot of people are scared but a lot of people want more.

I wish I could tell you a lot more but it would take forever to do so.

Please continue to pray for us. The Lord said about me on Saturday night that I haven't been filled yet like the others because it's REALLY important that I not only manage what's going on but I have to train people in this. I feel inadequate but He said he'd help me. I'm jealous for more though.

Please pray that this will continue. In the end the most important thing that he wants from us is for us to spend time with him. He said that's the most important thing for him. Many of us have been meeting at people's homes to pray together. He loves that so much. Please pray for Daniel Kim at Rockville. He's really not doing well. We want him to be set free. If you guys have any questions I'll answer anything. I'm so glad you guys have partnered with us. I love you guys. Take care,

Richard Lee
HOPE Church (House of Prayer for Everyone)

Here’s something Richard told me on the phone the next day:

We asked Jesus about everything. We asked Him about the unsaved. I asked Him about my parents who are unsaved. Jesus began to weep. And then said, “I love him so much, he is so valuable to me! Will you help me win him?” I answered back, “Will you help me win him, Jesus?” He began to laugh. At that my wife began to speak in tongues uncontrollably. Jesus said, “That’s a silly question, SURE I’ll help you. I’ll always help you.” I said, “You must love silly questions.” He said “Yes, they make me laugh.”