Dinner on Stubbs Rd.

Last night, Kat and I joined Casey for dinner at Gary and Garland’s house. It was an awesome night. What happened there, the words that were spoken, were not expected but so encouraging to hear.

I think the two phrases that caught my attention the most was when Gary and Garland told us that we were at the epicenter of what God is doing in the English church of Hong Kong. They told us we were in the right place, attending the Vine as our church in Hong Kong. They spoke about how God has been doing so much in that church, and I couldn’t agree more. They told us about how God’s been working in places like Tung Fook Tong, last December 1500 people came to Christ. That is amazing! They told us about ECC Hong Kong, about their 24/7 prayer ministry and how every slot is filled with people from the church praying. To hear of a church who’s entire congregation is so engaged in praying, like ECC Hong Kong and like the Brooklyn Tabernacle (which we also talked about), is so encouraging.

The other thing they told us was to bring what we find here back to Toronto. They told us that we were shock troops or scouts. We are seeing what it’s like for the kingdom of God to come down on earth, and we need to lead others into prayer and repentance to see His kingdom unfold in the lives of our families, churches, schools, and friends.

After dinner, we spent some time to pray together, sharing requests like how CCCOWE will be coming up soon. And it was really cool to have a meal and pray with a couple that we don’t know too well, and yet share the same heart.
It was an unexpectedly awesome night.