Video of Solo Fire Conference 2011

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watching this just completely wrecked me once again.............. i want their hunger

Solo City , Indonesia

5-9 July, 2011.

We got upgraded to business on CX777. What a number. We hadn't gotten upgrades in a long while. Last time was after my aunt passed away. Every time it was a sign.

It was my first time to Indonesia. Never in my wildest dreams would I be able to imagine how God would connect us with the people of Indonesia. I have heard many stories of revival, persecution, signs and wonders and other Holy Spirit action in this Muslim nation, and we have met pastors, friends, and revivalists from Indonesia. But it was my first time on its soil. Dad said he could feel the oppression in the spiritual atmosphere the moment we landed. I just felt really excited, wanting to catch the fire. Longing to witness and meet a revival generation face to face.

And boy did we meet a revival generation. From the ushers to the worship and dance team to the logistics to the leaders, every one in the 80-person committee was so young, so on fire for Jesus, and their capacity limitless. They were from all over Indonesia and carrying on their shoulders the weight of facilitating a nation-wide movement. We learnt a lot from them.

Solo City was a rather obscure town but it is of great significance. It was in Solo when the first Islamic Kingdom of Indonesia was established. It is also the capital city of the last Kingdom of Indonesia. It is the center for witchcraft and darkness. And here, God chose to birth Fire Generation - a revival movement which started in 2005 with 100 young people. Today, over 60 pastors and 1200 young people have gathered from all around.

When we connected with the pastors, we were in awe of the same spirit and same visions the Lord has given us (although Indonesia and Hong Kong are completely different in many ways). The host pastor kept repeating to us over and over again that there is a hidden army in Indonesia waiting to be "incubated". He told us many stories of revival touching communities and islands, whole villages coming to Christ and how the fire of God is falling on them. Our hearts stirred within us and my burden is that ANHOP would hear this cry from the nations. Everywhere we go we are connecting with people of the same spirit who are longing for what we are doing in Hong Kong, and there is an invitation to partner with them. I am completely humbled and broken by the needs out there in the harvest field. Jesus' prayer that "the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few" is so, so real. It surely is the heartbeat of God to raise up workers to send forth into the harvest... May it become our heartbeat as well. Break us, Lord!

God also connected us deeply with the Singapore team whom we served alongside. These are seriously not typical Singaporeans - they are crazy revival junkies! We shed tears together for Singapore and Hong Kong, asking for the same hunger back home. For some reason, God has really put me with Singaporeans in the past year. Being in a team with them intensely for the past few days have made me more Singaporean than the 4 times I have visited in the past year. There was particularly one moment when the Lord spoke to us through a prophetic sign. During one of the night revival meetings, the children of Solo City put on traditional costumes of the various tribes and people groups of Indonesia and performed a dance for us while waving the flags of different nations. The two flags leading the way were Singapore and Hong Kong. We knew that this was a sign from the Lord that the two cities of Singapore and Hong Kong have a mandate, responsibility, and a call to the nations. We also knew the Lord was going to put these two cities together and raise up people to bless the nations.

As the revival meetings went on, we were drawn and captured by the Indonesian people. They were truly so hungry, and their prayers and worship was so passionate. I have never seen so much deliverance happening all around me all at once. I have never laid hands on people and felt the fire and power of God so strongly. In the words of Pastor Ben, he comes every year (and brings people along) to humble himself and learn the language of hunger. He says that hunger is a key that unlocks the power and things of God to enter our lives. As we come face to face with a group of people from a small island called Letti (not even shown on the map) who had sold their buffalo and spent 8 days in a container ship just to get to the meetings and catch the fire, we were so desperate for the same hunger that they have. The Letti lady told us that there were 9000 people and 7 villages on that island. She said we have to visit her and bring God's presence there. I told her she does not know the impact of these words on our lives. Meeting her has changed me.

On the last night, Pastor Ben asked the leaders and international team to all stand at the front to minister. As we faced the hungry crowd of 1200 Indonesians, I felt so inadequate but know fully with all my heart that God has called me to stand in this position. He told me not to hide anymore, but to stand into place as a general for this next generation and be a bold vessel, giving freely what I have freely received. I repented to God for shunning away from leading in the past, and asked for the boldness to step up for this generation. We have long prayed to experience the Book of Acts in our time, but what will you do when it truly comes alive in front of your eyes and you hear God say, "this is just the beginning"? We laid hands on the young people as humbled vessels, asking God to fill 1000 vessels with the oil of the Holy Spirit, ready and equipped to do the work of God.

While in Indonesia, I was talking with God one night during quiet time when He spoke clearly to my heart, "Open up your heart to embrace this nation and its people. Do not be afraid to embrace this nation ... Have faith and move forward. I say again, do not be afraid. Do not worry about your own future. It is secure in my hands and the enemy cannot steal it. Take heart and brace yourself for the ride ... "

So just like that, God imprinted the islands of Indonesia on our hearts and a Kingdom partnership was made. What a surprise - We were hijacked by God once again (and by our Singaporean revival junkies). The faces and cry of the young people of that land has deeply impacted my life. Their worship has pierced through me. Their hunger has humbled me. Their love for their own nation has broken me. Their willingness and total surrender to the call of God have encouraged me and awakened a longing in me. They have truly imparted something deep into my spirit... The need in the nations are marking me with a desperation to be equipped and to equip others, to spread what I have seen and witnessed in this city I call home, where we have everything, but we also have nothing... We have nothing if we don't have hunger for more of God.

On this trip, I brought a cry back to ANHOP - the cry of a hungry nation and a broken generation. I brought back the burden for a hidden army waiting and willing to be released into the purposes of God. I am bringing back the fire I witnessed and received from these young ones. They need trainers, mentors, fathers and mothers. Where are the trainers, mentors, fathers and mothers willing to go and stand with them, to train them, to believe in God's purposes in them? Where are the people willing to incubate a whole generation for God?

Hakone & Tokyo , Japan

June, 2011.

My family recently hopped over to Japan for a short few days to take a rest after Homecoming. To cut a long story short, it was not really a restful trip for me. Having to drive our way through Tokyo to Hakone was not easy. The "onsen" (public bath) thing was also a source of stress to us in the beginning, but thankfully we slowly learned to enjoy it (ha!). The "highlight" of the whole trip was when the car we rented broke down completely in the middle of a high speed highway in suburban Tokyo at around 12:30am. Our tank was full to the max and there were no lights plus very few cars around. God was seriously shouting something to us through the incident, and thankfully we have enough prophetic people around to understand what God was saying to ANHOP as a whole. Talk about DRAMA. Life is really beginning to look like a movie script sometimes. Following God is such an adventure... Following God is all about submission.

Lastly, just wanted to say: spirit-filled Japanese are absolutely terrifyingly amazingly passionate people. I love our Japanese family there. It is amazing what God can do to people with completely open hearts; it is amazing how He connects His children in the Kingdom. Heart to heart, spirit to spirit. Before I left, I was offered a home to stay at and a spiritual family to be with whenever I am in Tokyo. I have a feeling we will be going back some time soon along the way in this surprising journey. Am certainly looking forward to spending time with these crazy wild Japanese people ...and the food. Oh the food.