September Recap

Hello Fords on a Mission family! We are loving fall and all it brings: not just beautiful Tennessee weather, good food, and great memories; but also a sweeping away of the old, reaping the spiritual harvest, and counting our blessings in a season of feasts and thanksgiving.

We want to take this opportunity to catch you up on ministry and family happenings from September. We spent a good deal of time traveling this month. First, Jason flew to San Marcos, California to visit the Fire and Glory Outpouring at Summit Church. They have hosted now over 200 straight nights of revival meetings beginning earlier this year. God is shaking many communities across the United States right now, and His Spirit is touching lives, healing and restoring His precious people. It is our great privilege to go to these outpourings and bring back the fire and revelation to Middle Tennessee.

The following week we stayed home and were able to attend the Go Conference. This gathering was not only inspiring, hearing from Heidi Baker, Andy Byrd, and Sean Feucht, but it was also a great opportunity to connect and reconnect with many college ministry leaders from the region.

Later in the month, we headed to Kansas City for the wedding of a dear young man whom we knew as youth leaders in Murfreesboro. While there, of course, we had to spend time in the Global Prayer Room at the International House of Prayer. What a joy to see fire on the altar kept burning as it has for so many years! The campus itself buzzes with creativity, training, and serving. We connected with some of the IHOP staff while we were there. Again, we were inspired by those who are setting a standard.

Only the next week had us driving another eight hours, this time east instead of west. We joined hundreds of college and youth leaders and students for The Drop East Coast and Leaders Summit. This conference takes place every year on the site of a historic Holy Spirit outpouring which followed the original Azusa revival. The tiny town of Falcon, North Carolina has been the birthplace of the Pentecostal movement on the East Coast since then. For this conference, we helped gather students from some area universities to participate and connect. One key component of our vision is to get young people united and engaged, encountering God themselves and working together for the Kingdom. It is our desire to facilitate these connections as much as possible.

On the home front, Forerunner Gathering nights at our home have increased to weekly and moved to Monday nights. These meetings have included worship, teaching, prayer and prophetic ministry, and of course, some food and fellowship. Also, NHOP hours have increased, adding a set from 9:30-11 a.m. on Thursdays.

Judah is progressing with first grade wonderfully, and he has lately been sharing with us visions he sees, usually while we are praying. The girls are growing up beautifully – Anna turned four at the end of last month, and she loves to dance in worship. Seraphina just began crawling. They are our delight, and we pray God will keep them healthy and strong and help them to know Him.

Overall, September has been a month of fresh fire and inspiration for us. We are excited to expand our vision for Nashville, for prayer, youth, and missions. We believe God is stirring revival in many hearts on a personal level, and breaking forth in power in mass. Please continue to follow along with us in prayer and support.