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I guess its been a while since I have updated this thing. oh well.

In the past week Imy life has been taken and shaken upside down. Almost literally. My plan after the internship was over, was to join IHOP staff, in the tech department. Because, for those who follow IHOP, they are starting to massive outreaches. Like major sized conferences and concerts. They are doing a huge one in Sept with YWAM, and are prophecied to be filling stadiums of people quite frequently. And if you know me, thats my passion in life is to be doing those kind of things and managing all of the tech stuff for them.

However, last week I recieved a prophecy that said "I dont see you staying at IHOP". Well, I was really mad at the guy who gave it to me, and completely shut down, and said (in my head) "that guy was just not hearing from God, and that prophecy was not legit" well, I decided to ask God what He thought about that and said that if it was legit, He would need to soften my heart to it, and confirm it with a job (I have a specific one I have asked for).

So that night, as I was in the prayer room, I began to see how I might have to go back to MN, and that reason was to learn a lot more about the concert production realm.

That night, on the way to Buffalo Wild Wings, I asked someone (who I knew and was prophetic) to prophecy over me. And without knowing anything of the previous prophecy, he said " I see you leaving IHOP, but not indefinetally. I also see you as a bridge between the marketplace and the mission field." Both of those have been said over me before, and so, with that, my life.

The next day, I e mailed the contact that I had for the job that I desired, and had tried before to get and was ignored, and he e mailed back " I really want to talk to you when you get back in town, I need more good people, so as soon as you are back, let me know." So, I am done June 23, and I will be back on the 23 most likely, then on the 24th, I will be meeting with him (if all goes well).

So I leave you with that. Maybe by the next time I write, I will have bigger answers.

Whoa

I just want to start this off by saying that God has so totally released the Holy Spirit in this place that it is ridiculous. Last Friday I was involved in a Holy Spirit mosh pit. Everyone was slain in the spirit and the Spirit was relentless in encountering people. There were about 300-350 people in the front of the room involved in it. It was amazing. Best pit ever!

However, tonight there was a pit that was just as cool. Although there were some children in the previous pit, there was one tonight that broke out that was mainly children. Probably 50-75 children were getting slain in the spirit and praying for other to be encountered at the same time. It was NUTS!

I cannot do these events justice by explaining them..... but I want to just say that there are a ton of AWESOME things going on here.


I am almost done with my sound training here. The last step to take before the approval test is to run a couple of sets under supervision. I am running the Cory Asbury sets on Monday nights for a week or maybe two (Cory still needs to OK this).

Also, I have never been so hungry for the word in my life. When I first got here I was told that we had to read 7 chapters a day in the word. I thought that was a ton. However, I now find myself wanting to do it. I love reading the bible. And since I have no TV I find myself reading more books too. If I am not careful, I might actually learn to read better....

Work Groups and such

We started work groups today..... which is basically an assignment where I am "forced" to do physical labor...... If you know me at all, that is something I do voluntarily. I am working at a garden/ 98 acres of woods. I get to chop/saw/drive machinery/mow.... amidst other things. I love it.

Otherwise, I am really starting to see myself living down here long term. I can really see how God wants me to use my skills and abilities to further the kingdom here. Also, if you know about the prophetic history of IHOP, you will know that it is supposed to get an influx of people like never before (thousands of people showing up "overnight"). This also corolates to IHOP building a new 5000 seat prayer room (and several other breakout rooms attached). Meaning more technology and support. Also, this means that the conferences here will be getting bigger. I heard a rumor that ONETHING Conference is prophecied to end up in the Arrowhead Stadium (70,000 seats).... crazy right? Also, right up my alley and I love it!


I am SO excited to see where God puts me....

First month..... whoa!

So I officially made the one month mark...... and let me tell you guys..... this is SO intense! I canot put into words the things that are happening here. But let me try. My core group leader (an intense small group) got woken up in the middle of the night from the Lord and had a number pressed ointo his heart. 6616, and the word gutters..... weird I know. So he turned to Isiah 66:16. "FOr by fire and by His sword, The Lord will judge all flesh, And the slain of the Lord wil be many". To go with this, the word gutters. And water cannot flow through clogged gutters same as the Lord will not encounter you as heavily if there are areas in your life that He does not have.

So, we had an early morning meeting in which every guy in the group confessed his most shameful acts/thoughts. Intense does not describe that meeting. However, after that meeting we were washed in the blood of Christ and the weight that the enemy had on me vanished. It was as if a (pardon the cliche) huge weight had been lifted. I felt as if God now had complete control over me and would start to use me as a vessell to do things for the body of Christ that no other could.

No one else can love God the way that I do. Meaning that I (and you) posess gifts and traits specific to me (you) that He wants to use as a way to worship Him.

I will try and update this more often.... sorry for the delayed updates.

first 2 weeks

So I have officially been at IHOP in KC MO for 16 days now. THis internship is the most intense thing (spiritually) I have ever done! I am not kidding or being cliche when I say that it has changed my life.

When I first got here and went to the first awakening service (a service that has started recently that is Holy Spirit oriented with healing taking place, and manifestations, along with intense worship) I would have sworn that I was in a cult. There were people shaking on the floor, yeslling, crying and they all were raising their hands in worship. While I was used to some of that from N.H. Holy Spirit Conf, this was 100x more intense that that. After the first couple of services though, I can honestly say that it is totally legit. I myself have not been shaking on the floor yet (probably will at some time though), I can truthfully say that I have been healed of many past wounds and habits. It is a total lifestyle change. There is so much growth that has happened in me that I would nt be able to tell it all in this blog.

As far as what else is happening in that service (you should all watch it lie at ihop.org from 6-10 on wed-sat), all of my fellow inters have experinced some of the same things as me. Healings, manifestations, and personal growth. When people are healed they sometimes will get on stage and share theur testimony. I have heard everything from scolliosis being healed, to images of being raped when they were young dissappearing, and absolutley everything in between. Last nigh though, I heard the most powerful testimony of my entire life. A young girl (21-23) got on stage and started sharing her past. she was involved with drugs in high school. when she got out, she started strippping at a strip club, followed by starring in some adult films. When she started to get more jobs as a porno actress, she started saving money for plastic surgery (lip injections and botox I think). She had saved up enough for it, and just before whe went she was offered her own website (dont remember if she started it or not), and for some reason she came to KC and ended up in an IHOP awakening service. When she got here the Holy Spirit started working in her over the course of 3 days. Now, she has called off the surgeries, and quit the lifestly she was living, and is staying here in KC with the money she saved for the surgeries. That is one of the many, many, many testimonies I have heard here.


God bless you all,

Andy Sopher