St. John's Church

Surrounding the ancient ruins of St. John's church in Selcuk my team experienced many spiritual attacks. There is a dark opression covering Turkey and it is extra thick around the church. Byron, one of the guys on my team, had a mono over a year ago and during his ilness his spleen ruptured. On our last Sunday in Selcuk as he was walking by the church he had such a strong attack on his spleen that he almost passed out from the pain. While I am not one to see satan behind ever bush we do believe that the spleen attack and other things were attacks from Satan. The last day my team was in Turkey we decided to pray and worship inside the church. Our team was scared prior to going but our time inside was one of the most amazing experiences we have had so far.

Before we even left our apartment to go to the church I felt excitement bubbling over and out of me. I worshiped and then prayed the whole way there. Apon entering the church I felt complete peace surrounding me. My other team members said they had similar feelings inside of the ruins. There is a girl on our team named Katrina and she has been praying to see angels since she was 3 years old. The following is an account of what she saw and experienced written in her own words:

"I know you are here. I can feel it... somewhere between my heart and mouth, I feel it. The moment we walked in the large gated doors, I felt you. I heard you threw the breeze, I sensed you in the air. I looked up to the high peaked boulders to where the sun was shining on them, and there I knew were many joy filled angels. I still see them, sitting happily on the boulders and looking down at us singing praises. THey sway from side to side, eyes shut as we praise in unison to the one God. Laughing at the little things we do and the little storm clouds we hide from.

I see one standing next to Laura, sharing a mug of God's joy, as she prays over the city. I see one with one arm around Byron and the other hand on his spleen. The angel is giving him a message that God is so proud of him. I see two next to Miranda. There is a young boy dancing in worship to the Lord, and next to her a young girl beam at the voice God gifted Miranda with, I see one holding up Jeremy by his shoulders and singing wrods of encouragement and courage to his heart. I see another angel handing Breanna the brigtest of red roses with a bucket of over joyed laughs that will fill her future life. I see one walking along side Alicia, pointing out all God created for her entertainment and shouting out how much he loves her! I see three armed angels standing around Ben as one annoints him with oil! I see a younger angel preaching over John, giving him words of encouragement and wisdom, telling him of all the great things his future hods for him. I see two angels smiling over Mica, playing with her hair, singing of her pure heart and God's redeeming love for her. I see an angel dancing around Sarah and literally screaming how much God loves her, is proud of her, enjoys her and loving that she's married to him with all her heart! God is here! And He will never leave!"

What an incredible testimony of God's love for us. Every single one of these angels lined up exactly with how we both felt God was ministering to us. We found out later that at the exact same time Breanna's mom was praying and asking God to send us each an angel. She had no idea what we were facing that day.
During that time;
Byron- felt his spleen peacefuly pulsing
Jeremy- felt extremely encouraged when hadn't been feeling that way at all
Breanna- actually picked a red rose pedal while we were there, is always over flowing with joyful laughter
Alicia- Was noticing God's glory in all that was surrounding her
Ben- Felt extremely streangthened
John- Had an entire sermon down loaded in His mind and spirit there
Mica- felt her hair moving around, A LOT
Sarah- felt extremely blessed and touched by the angel

The greatness of St Johns continues in the next blog...