Second Quarter Update — 2019

Hey friends! We are overjoyed to share with you all about our adventures during the spring. First, here are the highlights:

• We took our first Pray the Ports Trip in April to Houston and New Orleans.
• Jason traveled with a small group of governmental intercessors to pray with legislators from Tennessee in Washington, D.C.
• In May, Jason was officially ordained as a minister through our home church, Harvest Sound.
• We spent a Saturday serving as a family with Elijah\’s Heart, a local outreach group.
• At the end of May, we completed our second Pray the Ports Trip to Miami, Savannah, and Charleston.
• In June, we joined with multiple ministries and believers for LoveReach, the outreach to the Bonnaroo music festival.
• At the end of June, Jason accompanied James Goll to the School of the Supernatural at El Ray Jesus Church in Miami.

Pray the Ports Trips

Our first trip took us to the Port of Houston to pray and declare. It was our first journey, so we did not know what to expect or how we would get on the grounds. The Lord spoke to us that we were to take each trip individually and wait on his direction. Often, God calls us to step out in obedience before having the whole game plan, so to speak. After arriving in Houston and driving around the port area, we decided to spend some time praying, researching, and waiting on the Lord. We prayed through our delineated prayer points, but also sensed there was more to the picture. While doing research, we discovered that the original port of Houston is in the center of the downtown district, at a landing where the city was founded. We felt that this was a significant place to pray as well. It never ceases to amaze me how we can think we know what God\’s plans are, but he has something much deeper in mind. I believe he wants us to pray over the large, modern ports, but the ancient gates and waterways of the cities are just as important in the spiritual realm.

As we headed back, we made a stop in New Orleans. While it was not a port on our list, we felt like it is significant spiritually when it comes to waterways. The biggest river in the nation pours into the Gulf of Mexico in New Orleans. Of course, New Orleans has a history with both counter- Christian practices and water-related disasters. We met our friend Chris Burns there to do open air worship and street evangelism in Jackson Square, the hub of tourist activity in the French Quarter. It was an honor to be there among the people leading this revival, and we believe that God is doing a mighty work in New Orleans.

Our second port trip was to the southeastern region of the United States and included the cities of Miami, Savannah, and Charleston. At each of these port cities, we prayed through our prayer points and declarations on the grounds of the port. We also named each port according to what the Lord showed us for it. In Miami, we felt the Lord is revealing His Glory to the Nations; in Savannah, we heard The Lord say it is the Port of Freedom; in Charleston, we felt it is the Port of Provision. Each of these is a prophetic declaration which we believe agrees with God\’s plans for those cities and also breaks the curses of their history.

Additionally, we were able to connect with friends in Fort Lauderdale and attend a ministry training on this trip. We also stopped in St. Augustine, the nation\’s oldest city, to pray at significant places (including the original city gates) as well as visit and pray with a friend.

D.C. Trip

In early May, Jason traveled to Washington D.C. with a group of intercessors to pray with our Tennessee legislators. This group also prayed at the Capitol and the Supreme Court. Jason was honored to be in this selected group. We must always remember our mandate to pray for those in authority.

Ordination

Only a couple of weeks later, Jason completed the requirements and was officially ordained in our church, Harvest Sound. Pastors Scott and Sarah MacLeod, as well as two of Jason\’s spiritual mentors, Bob Perry and Ricky Skaggs, anointed Jason and commissioned him in the ministry. He was ordained alongside two of our dear friends, Austin and Courtney Cordes. We are so proud of them all and know God will use them to serve in greater measure.

LoveReach

In June we worked with the annual outreach at Bonnaroo called LoveReach. A house of prayer operates 24 hours a day for the duration of the festival while a community and hundreds of volunteers serve on the camp grounds, offering practical and spiritual help. A constant flow of ministry, from healings, dream interpretation , personalized art, and spiritual readings, occurred onsite for four straight days, leading to testimony after testimony. Salvations, deliverances, and baptisms were all a part of the outreach. One significant story is that, since Jason preached the Sunday service at the tent on Father\’s Day, we brought the whole family. We decided to ask Judah if he would like to be baptized that day at Bonnaroo (he has been asking for some time). He agreed, and his baptism broke the ice for six others! As the word states, \”A little child will lead them.\”

Miami

To close out June, Jason traveled with James Goll to serve with and learn from him at a conference at El Rey Jesus, the largest Hispanic church in the nation. While there, he also was able to meet and converse with the President\’s pastor, Paula White. Jason is always honored to be a witness to the move of God and the teachings of the leaders at these conferences. People are hungry for Jesus, and we are seeing revival in so many places. God is doing a mighty work, and we can be a part if only we will put ourselves in the flow of His Spirit.

We are looking forward to the next quarter and following God\’s call. As always, we cannot do the things that we do without you, our friends and supporters. Please join us in prayer, follow our journey on this blog and our Facebook page, and consider giving financially toward our missions. You can give directly at https://actintl.givingfuel.com/fordsonamission

Grace and peace to you all.