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Greetings!

We conducted the first pastor/leaders conference yesterday. Approximately 100 pastors and leaders attended. The theme that seemed to materialize from the speakers was "unity". Each speaker was unique and it was amazing to see how God uses each individual's gift to convey their message. The worship was some of the best that I have experienced. I made a comment to one leader that they should put together a "United Philippines" group to become the Judah for the region. Who knows - God has a open door.

The pastors were very receptive to the ministry and many were touched by prayer. I can't wait for the reports after it all settles in.

Please pray that God has an open door in Borongan and the the pastors who heard the word will take it and become a catalyst for change.

I had a prophetic picture during worship. I heard the Angels joining in with the worship, and when I told the Lord what I was hearing, the building began to shake. The Lord then said that He was shaking the ancient foundations of the Philippines and that the old wells would be opened and begin to from with new water and oil. My sense is that it is a spiritual shaking as opposed to a physical shaking.

We move on to Catbalogan later this morning for the second conference. Please pray for an open door, anointing to give the word and that blessings are released on that community.

Thank you for your prayers! John

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Good morning.

It's Wednesday in the Philippines and the team will be conducting the second (and last) deep seed conference today. The local church and members of the Catbalogan city government hosted a welcoming dinner for the team last night. It occurred to me that as missionaries, sent to the Philippines and welcomed by the church and government, we have the a certain authority to speak a spiritual blessing over the city. We started that process last night. Pray that we continue to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit in that regard.

Catbalogan was founded as a "city of refuge." As you may recall, such cities in the bible are those that people can go to seek refuge from persecution. Pray that as a refuge city, Catbalogan is a city free from spiritual persecution...a city that is a just city; a city that is a city of light.

We are only in Catbalogan for one day. This afternoon we move back to Tacloban to wrap this trip up. I understand that we may have the opportunity to hear from Bishop Ven Paul Rodriquez. Bishop Ven has been accompanying us for the last few day. Briefly, Bishop Ven is over the prayer network for this region of the Philippines (Region 8). He attended the Manilla conference on prayer a week or so ago hosted by the Intercessor's for the Philippines (IFP).

He has embraced the mantel for establishing 24 hour house prayer for this region of the Philippines. If you are inclined, please pray for Bishop Ven as he moves down this road.

Well, it's time to get ready for the conference. Please pray for wisdom and boldness as we pour into the Pastor's and leaders in Catbalogan.

Blessings to all...John

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All...greetings from Seoul, Korea. We are sitting in the airport waiting for an 8 AM flight on the final leg of our journey to the Philippines. The flight was over 12 hours long and all are waiting to get to the hotel. Seoul is 49 degrees and foggy...yeah.

The Seoul airport (Inchon) is different from the airport I remember from my early days. As one would expect, they have a prayer room. We spent time in prayer and left a first fruits blessings. The sign in book was all in Korean so I wrote the date and time and signed it Summit Life Ministries, Tucson, Arizona, USA. We prayed that the next time that the Spirit would move south to north (bottom up - not top down). We also prayed that what God is going  to in Tucson would be coupled with that of Korea and that Korea would receive a double blessing.

Thank you for your prayers.  We do know how important it is...

John

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