And then...

yesterday we had what was the third day of the prayer walking agenda. I wasn't able to make it Monday to pray at CSUP. Mostly because I just wasn't being very smart. My Dad is really sick, and I have dog that goes to work with me. How are those two things related? Well, I work for my Dad and Asa, my dog, goes with me, but if I stay in Pueblo late he goes home with my Dad. So Dad went home early, and not thinking clearly, I let him walk out with out my beloved puppy. So I thought I might try to get there anyway, but Asa wanted to go home really bad, so we went home. I'm sorry I missed it too. The group prayed over the Occhiato Center, the Admin Building... and somewhere else but I don't remember where.

Last night, it rained, and snowed. I called my friend that's leading it and asked her if I should go buy an umbrella or go home. However, she, being the wise woman she is, said no! We're going to do this tonight! So I went to Walmart and got two umbrellas in case someone else needed one too. When I got there she was sitting in her car and called me in, and then we drove around the parking lot. It was really, really cold I was wearing two long sleeved shirts, a hoody and a heavy coat and was still cold lol We ended up having six people show up, myself included. We didn't need the umbrella because it stopped raining in exchange for a light mist. We were praying over the entire athletic area, the ropes course, the softball and base ball fields, the soccar field, everything. It was a really large area, so we split up and half of us when one way and the other half another direction to get it done faster since it was so cold. I had some trouble with that. I'm not an athlete by any stretch of the imagination, quite anti-athlete (no offense to any sports buffs, it's just not for me. I lack the stamina I suppose). So I really had no idea what to pray, and opted for the usual prayers of coverage, peace, hope, salvation, restoration of God's land. Which was fine, but to me didn't feel like it really touched the heart of what was happening there, and honestly I was quite distracted by the cold of the wind.

When my group had finished we met up with the other group at the ropes course. A fabulous group of powerful, Spirit filled young women, and we prayed with them. That was awesome! I really enjoyed it, and as I prayed with them I felt like my prayers gained a large measure of strength. When we had prayed before, we weren't able to pray together so much because we couldn't hear each other over the wind. In our little group of six, I think we were able to make a big difference in the status of that area. Afterward I was quite joyful, as I often am after walking and talking with the Lord for a few minutes. I hadn't had a particularly good day, but after praying with these marvelous people I felt a lift in my Spirit as though I had been on cloud 9 all day. It was a great time despite the weather, and maybe it was even better because of the weather.

Now it has snowed, and I wasn't in town at all today, so I won't be praying with them tonight, but tomorrow night is another story. I'm very much looking foreward to it! I can't help but be further amazed by the college students I have met at CSUP. They are so Spirit filled, so strong! They are true warriors of the Kingdom of Heaven, and they love God so much that it is simply awe inspiring and quite contagious. I have not met a single one that I didn't like. Many times you meet a person and you can tell in just a few minutes whether or not you'll want to be friends with them or just keep your distance. These people have drawn me in, and I look so foreward to being close friends with each of them, as the body of Christ should be. There is much Love on that campus, and even more now that we have been praying. Pueblo is going to feel the winds of change coming down it very soon I think. The efforts of God's people on campus are going to bear much fruit, and spread like dandilions! That's what I've been praying. That God's word would be like a dandilion, pretty, contagious, and pretty impossible to get rid of =)