Originally posted Summer 2006
Dear Friends,
We just finished tent meetings in Campbell River, B.C. this week and are on our way to Orcas Is. for our next setup. Campbell River was great! Not only was it a great site, but so much happened that we couldn’t possibly mention it all here. We were set up right down town, on Hwy 19 just across the ferry dock to Quadra Is. There was a constant stream of people walking and driving by the tent and did we ever get plenty of chances to minister! Much of the outreach to unbelievers occurred outside the tent as they passed by. We were especially privileged to meet many local Natives and were honored to be able to speak into their lives. A man from Palestine showed up at a meeting one night, but because we had an Israeli flag hung inside the tent, wouldn’t come in. It took some convincing by a friend to get him to come in. Once he came in and met Allen, his whole demeanor changed and he opened up and received some healing of some sort from the Lord. The funny thing was, a man on holiday from Israel had just been in the tent the night before and was experiencing the exact same feelings against this other man’s culture! We are thrilled to have been used by the Lord to speak the Love of Jesus into two sons of Abraham!
There were more emotional and physical healings as the meetings progressed. The meetings were great as we experimented with some different approaches to what we do. We have been pondering the current state of “church” and the importance the North American church puts on the focus being on the front stage area in all our gatherings. Being disconcerted about this for some time, Theron finally decided we would set up the inside of the tent differently. We set up the stage area in the middle and had the seats and tables surrounding it. Wow! You wouldn’t think that just a purely physical change would make things feel so different, but it does! It’s now no longer about “Us and Them”, but “all of us”. We are free to experience God in a more relaxed, real atmosphere and are shoved out of our comfort zones into a more authentic gathering style.
Look for more exciting things in our next tent meetings!
The meetings in Campbell River certainly stirred up a lot of things and our enemy was pretty upset. The last day of the meetings someone came by in the early morning with a knife and slashed the side curtain. When we looked closer, it appears that whoever it was had cut themselves because in one spot there was a slip mark and some blood. Whatever the reason, it was the first time the tent has ever been harmed in retaliation. Yes! We are doing the right stuff!
