full.

last night i led (delegated) the all night of prayer here at 614. eight crazy hours of worship, intercession, praying the Bible, praying the fight songs in the song book, listening prayer, singing, encouragement...lovely time. i believe it was our fifth all night of prayer since i've lived here (is that true?).
one guy i've been trying to get saved for weeks came and stayed for all eight hours. during a prayer walk, i bumped into another guy we know who is saved, but who is struggling quite a bit, and he came back with me as well and stayed for the rest of the night. it was deep community--war college students, strangers, cellmates, sinners--all kinds of people.

come 6am i wasn't even tired cuz i was so pumped. so i went out for breakfast at McDonald's and watched the sunrise. *heavy sigh*...

my tired state did not help me with my wild night at work tonight.

i believe the craziness resulted because of a combination of two factors:
1) welfare Wednesday was this week. people have money, and can spend it and get high...it's a very dark time.
2) it was SNOWING tonight, so everyone wants a bed, of course.
3) it's the weekend. people party on weekends.

probably the most hectic night yet. we had to kick someone out, we had yelling, someone kicked out the back of a chair, someone spat at me...we were threatened...phew.

i just have such sweet times here. life is beautiful. i feel that i'm beginning to see the fruit of labor a bit.
Lord, bring on the harvest! make us faithful workers, please. we're not here to please ourselves, to feel spiritually impressive, to get some experience, or to use some addicts as guinea pigs in our evangelism techniques. nope.
we are here to win the world for Jesus, beginning in the downtown East side of Vancouver. help us, Lord. please convict us of any selfishness, and hearts of stone. may we be in alignment with Your purposes.