The past 4 Monday nights we showed films at our church, Faith Bible in Storm Lake, that inspired viewers to get out of the four walls and talk to people about Jesus. So last night 8 people met Emil on the roadside last evening to set up Free Prayer. And they loved it! And can’t wait until next Monday night to do it again. A woman who stopped said she’s been hearing about our banner all over town and when she saw it, she had to stop for prayer. TY, Lord!

We had an amazing 3 days in Mason City. We set up for 4-6 hours each day and prayed for 26 people and had one salvation! We were also interviewed by both the newspaper and the local news station, so since people knew what we were about, we had a great response! God was truly lifted up as people felt His touch of love.

We will be setting up Free Prayer for the thousands who will be in Mason City this week for the Pyrotechnics Guild International Convention. We not only get to pray for people but we will get to see some amazing fireworks displays, too! Please pray for this event.

Check out this REALFest link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZqijJsu9Rg. We are interviewed about halfway through, starting at 6:31. We had a great time at REALfest even though it was HOT and HUMID. We got to pray with several and God did some awesome things. We also got to share with dozens of people about what God is doing on the roadside. We were asked to speak about the roadside in Iowa City, date tba!

We had a fantastic time partnering with the Mason City Vineyard for our first outreach at RAGBRAI. Yesterday about a dozen of us prayed for the riders who stopped by our tent. It was awesome to see 5 teens laying hands on one huge guy, praying and prophesying; 2 women praying for a woman weeping over something unexpected happening back home; 3 guys praying for a man with a bad knee, to name just a few. Later as we walked through the city park looking for people to pray for, we talked at length with a man who couldn’t shake his drug habit. God pinpointed the incident that had broken his heart 37 years ago, the pain of which he was still trying desperately to numb. He got set free! And we got to witness the miraculous transformation as God healed and delivered him. We can’t wait until next year’s ride where we plan to extend our time to several days, moving along the ride route.

We will have a Free Prayer booth at REALFest (Really Embracing Another Life) in Carroll, Iowa July 25-27. This music festival benefits adoption and foster care. See www.realfest.org for all the details. We are excited about this opportunity.

The Mason City Vineyard has invited us to join with them and make Free Prayer a part of their outreach July 22-23 at RAGBRAI (the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Race Across Iowa) as it goes through Mason City. This events brings 15,000 to 20,000 extra people into the communities on their route. Should be fun and we are praying for many divine appointments and life-changing encounters with God!

Our last post was on the way to the roadside and that morning included a celebration of our new spot with several friends stopping to check out the set-up and a great encounter with a lady who stopped to ask for prayer for her 5-week-old grandson but got much more than she bargained for when Emil began to get words of knowledge and prophetic words for her. How great and loving is our God who raised her joy level from way below zero to sky-high! Thank You, Lord!

On our way to the road! Yippee!

Emil felt the Lord told him to share his testimony with a teenage boy who has really been struggling.  When Emil finished, the boy just shook his head and said, “Wow, everything you said reminded me exactly of myself. You’ve been through everything that’s been going on in my life.” He understood then that the enemy was coming against him so hard to stop him from experiencing the adventure God has for him, and he let us pray with him to break the lies of the enemy that made him think he had nothing to offer. He said, “I’ve been feeling like the Lord’s telling me to share my testimony with other kids but I didn’t think it would matter.” But because Emil’s testimony impacted him so powerfully, he realized the importance of what God was calling him to do.