Real Dreams. [Amsterdam]

Myself and part of the AWAKEN DTS family are still going strong on our perspectives tour across the states. We started at the beginning of February and will go until around the beginning of April. Currently, we are in Texas, attending Antioch church as well as visiting with a few different people and gatherings while we are here.

As you may know already, I have a heart for the city of Amsterdam. I was able to do my DTS in the city and witness the strongholds have defined this place. It continues to be an escape for many who have been given over to sexual perversion and drug use. I believe the Lord desires to raise up the church to change the course of Amsterdam’s future and define the city by the Holy Spirit instead of the depravity that has gripped many lives for too long...

How would I be apart of changing a city that has been gripped by the lure of sin for so long? I don’t know exactly what my role is in the city of Amsterdam, but I want to take some time this year before the AWAKEN DTS starts to go to Amsterdam and pray into a future there... With the amazing things the Lord has been revealing to our group about community, I have been dreaming about what a community, centered around the presence of God, focused on the first two loves- God and neighbor- would look like in Amsterdam- what would it change- who it would involve- what would happen to those strongholds in the midst of it... 

 I will give more information as the trip approaches. 

As for right now... I have my ticket going to Amsterdam on April 24, coming back to Kona on May 30!  So far, Erica Gustafson, and my brother Andrew are traveling with me on this journey as well. We are trusting the Lord for a lot. I have been blessed financially by some incredible people to be able to buy the ticket, but need around $2,000 more in order to meet the mark for our estimated expenses. 

I am thrilled to be able to write about this. I pray that long-term vision will be cast in the coming weeks and that those who desire to see this place changed for the Kingdom would be led to join with us. We need prayer warriors, connections, financial support for the feet of this to set the pace... God is moving and I believe we will encounter God’s heart for his lost children as we go into deep darkness with the Light of the World.