Las Vegas Mission Trip 2008

ok...so we went to Vegas again.
9 of us, me/Annie/Alice/Jennifer/Shinny/Joy/Aaron/Eric/Andy headed Vegas on Thursday afternoon, we were all hoping to arrive early for the Vegas buffet...hmm...maybe just me.
We arrived and enjoyed the buffet at Paris, which by the way wasn't that great; totally destroyed my expectation. I wanted sushi. :(

Friday morning, 9 of us were worshipping around 9:30 am; Aaron was on the djembe (hand drum) and Andy was playing guitar, totally freestyle. We worshipped for over 1 hour until some young friends from Vegas BOL walked in.
In the afternoon, the Holy Spirit totally changed our schedule, we ended up doing Harp & Bowl for hours. I think our Vegas friends got hooked on that. Taste and see that the Lord is good, eh?
We sang for almost 2 hours of Harp & Bowl with Annie/Aaron/Andy (triple A) and sort of showed them what to do; it's their first time, some were shy but still tried. Good job, Vegas revivalists!

In the evening, more Harp & Bowl style worship (again only guitar and handdrum); by this time, they felt the anointing already (one girl ran out started crying without knowing why). We worshipped a bit more after Aaron shared his testimony; I was going to wrap it up, but that girl who was crying earlier then said "God wants us to go City Invasion at Fashion Show Mall." I was very encouraged by her; so I obeyed. It was around 9:30 pm, we all went to Fashion Show Mall and shouted "Jesus is my best friend!" then we divided into small groups and city invading. First lady whom we talked to wanted us to pray for her co-worker's daughter who is having breast cancer; as we were praying, God gave us the word of knowledge that this lady is suffering from backpain. I asked her if she has any back problem/paiin, she said yes; we prayed for her back and tested out healing. She felt better but refused for more prayer after the second try. God is good and loves her so much. Other groups have cool testimonies too.

So second day, for a hour we sang without any instruments and lyrics cuz we are the instruments and lyrics of God. Just let God play the strings of our hearts!
Alice shared that morning; she did a fantastic job demonstrating the heavenly Father's love.
After lunch, we did Harp & Bowl for another hour with the Triple A team. Eric/Joy/Jennifer taught City Invasion (Healing and Treasure Hunt) - Good job, guys! Very well received!

So we all went out around 4 pm and came back at 5:30 pm. Here are some of the crazy stories.

1. Jennifer and her teammates (forgot who they were...sorry)
They prayed for a lady in a supermarket and she walked out of her wheelchair. That totally shocked her and her husband. They found their treasures too!

2. Andy, Julia of Vegas and oops...forgot the names...
Julia spotted a limping lady trying to walk to the bus stop; she went up and prayed for her, the lady got better then Andy walked over to her and offered more prayers. At the end, she started running and dancing and jumping to the street corner and back; they were all shouting "Hallelujah" at the bus stop under 110 degree weather in Vegas. The lady was going to go to a prayer meeting called "dunamis" hoping to get healed but she was extremely late for the meeting. Little did she know, the "dunamis" came to her at the bus stop. Isn't God good or what?

3. Joy and Sharene
Sharene prayed for a lady at WalMart; the lady was so touched so both the lady and Sharene were crying at WalMart. Isn't that fun?

4. Annie and her teammates found the treasure (treasure means vision/pic or word of knowledge they receive prior to the city invasion) but the treasure didn't want her to pray for him. There are many more testimonies but I can't remember all of them now...>.<

5. In the evening worship, I felt God's presence, angelic visitation/dancing, fire, electricity, etc. Many felt the same things. One young man from Vegas, David felt his spirit left his body and he was taken to heaven and saw angels and the heaven. Isn't that cool? God is soooo good.

6. A word of knowledge (healing miracle for an immediate family member) from the first night got confirmed; God will surely heal Mrs. Chen!

7. Vegas youth shared in front of the adult congregation, some adults cried as the young ppl cried. Young ppl start calling themselves "Revivalists", and they are going out praying for ppl next week. Awesome!!!

8. Me and Aaron, we just had fun praying for ppl and got prophesied over by a lady, Myra, in a electric scooter at WalMart. To give is to receive...upside down Kingdom yo...!

That's what I remember now... God is good all the time! So basically we just went to Vegas to celebrate what God is doing; it's ALL about Jesus!