YWAM has been established in Boston since October 2006. We have seen success and defeat; we have experienced hardship and joy. Many had tried to pioneer a base here and all had failed. This time, for the original 6 staff members who established this base, that was not an option.
John and I are thankful they fought to stay and we get the unbelievable honor to serve with them daily.
Many of you know or maybe not the spiritual challenges of this city. Boston is the most evangelized city in America and yet has the lowest demographic of Christians. A news survey last year asked Americans "Does God exist? The top 4 states to answer "No" were Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. YWAM Boston seeks to reach this city in a culturally relevant and engaging way through simple street evangelism and through the arts.
Originally the puritans came to Boston to reach the Indians for Christ! Boston was a mission sending city; Harvard was first pioneered as a ministry training center! Thousands were sent from Boston to preach the gospel in China and South Korea- now nations that are seeing huge numbers come to Christ.
Our dream is that Boston would once again be like this. Return to it's roots.
A new friend of our base came to speak to us today. She had been praying that God would speak to her about the plans God had for us here in Boston. The word she bought was amazing! We want to share that word with you.
She said God spoke Isaiah 61:4:
"They will rebuild ancient ruins,
and restore the places long devastated
for generations"
She shared that God wanted us to know that a time of great blessing was coming; that the way would become easier, that our fight would become less intense and we will begin to see massive fruit! She told us God wanted us to speak out and ask for the things we want. So one by one we told God our dreams, our needs, our desires and it was such an intense time! The lady speaking to us said she felt like the Lord was sending angels to His storehouses to get all the things we were requesting! We choose a wall in our building and called it our "Wall of declaration" where we wrote all our dreams and one by one we will tick them off as God fulfills them!
We asked to see over 100,000 coming to Christ every year! For the Universities to see revival! For a dance studio! For releases in finances! For more workers! For new creative ideas! For healing and miracles! John and I have been here with YWAM for 2 years and we were so encouraged by the Lord this morning. The journey has been tough but this morning we were reminded once more why we do this.
God is so good and our hearts are overflowing.
Thank you to those who partner with us in this ministry, thank you that we can dream together for God's kingdom to come to this world.
To Him be the glory!
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