Make a Way!
Make a Way!
Make a Way!
Isaiah 35:8 (ESV)
8 And a highway shall be there,
and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
We spent September to mid-November in Spain and Scotland working with the churches and pastors and attending conferences.
Those of you who follow our missions know that we have been working in Spain since 2012. All of the works are growing and the pastors are encouraged in the Lord in spite of challenges.
Pastors Ricardo and Karen had to give up their rental location and are currently meeting in temporary facilities. The church has grown in spite of the disruption. Praise the Lord! We were also able to reconnect with former members from El Salvador who now live in Spain.
Pastor Luis who works with the recovering addicts and ex-convicts was hospitalized recently, please keep him in prayer. Our visit with him and the work was limited. We were able to go out to the re-hab facility and hold one service which was quite moving. He really wanted us to return but scheduling did not allow for it.
Pastors Antonio and Marimar are also looking at larger facilities because they too have grown. Their church has been our host church for many years as they keep a space with bunkbeds for us to stay in which serves as a hub for us to travel to the other churches. They are praying for a facility that will meet their church and our mission needs. Growth is a great challenge to have.
What you will not be very familiar with is our connection to Scotland which began in September 2019. The roots of this go back 35 years earlier with my father, Gene Beaver. As most of you know, my parents have been in missions for 58 years.
My dad travelled to Scotland in the early 90’s based on a word of revival that the Lord gave him. Specifically sending him to a place called Burntisland. Through this venture of faith my dad was connected to a Pastor Peter Hadden. Great things were going on with the churches in Scotland at that time but the revival my dad witnessed by the Holy Spirit did not come to a full measure. Yet all these years he has continued to pray over this word that the Lord gave him.
Fast forward to 2019 my dad was stirred up to visit Scotland again to see what might have transpired and to encourage them with this word that has not left him.
What you will not be very familiar with is our connection to Scotland which began in September 2019. The roots of this go back 35 years earlier with my father, Gene Beaver. As most of you know, my parents have been in missions for 58 years.
My dad travelled to Scotland in the early 90’s based on a word of revival that the Lord gave him. Specifically sending him to a place called Burntisland. Through this venture of faith my dad was connected to a Pastor Peter Hadden. Great things were going on with the churches in Scotland at that time but the revival my dad witnessed by the Holy Spirit did not come to a full measure. Yet all these years he has continued to pray over this word that the Lord gave him.
Fast forward to 2019 my dad was stirred up to visit Scotland again to see what might have transpired and to encourage them with this word that has not left him.
Joey and I travelled over from Spain and joined Jackie and my parents. That trip marked my spirit. As I entered the church in Kirkcaldy the Holy Spirit bore down on me and then swelled up with a profound pressing in my Spirit. I melted into tears with a tender burden of the Lord.
I have since accompanied my parents 3 times and on every trip a similar work of the Holy Spirit occurred. Last year in 2024 Rick, Jackie, Joey and myself travelled over and once again in Edinburgh the Lord spoke to several of us regarding His purposes for Scotland and beyond. We took this to prayer and returned again this year to pursue this burden of the Lord. This year the Lord knit our hearts to other believers in Scotland and opened up the doors.
It was sudden and yet not so sudden. It has been in the works since long ago. We are not certain of all of the logistics but we are confirmed in our connections. We kept receiving the witness of the Holy Spirit everywhere we went. We were invited into several churches and two conferences.
We fellowshipped with pastors from many nations now working in Scotland. We received open invitations for future collaborations. So much happened during our visit that we are still processing the details and praying about what the Lord would have us do in regard to it all.
I have mentioned in previous blogs about the powerful moving of the Holy Spirit that I have witnessed on occasions since April 2024. Once again there was an outstanding work of the presence of the Holy Spirit on our final Sunday at Pastor Sherrie’s annual Autumn conference, Faith in Action.
At the final song before the preaching of the word, Pastor Sherrie invited everyone to the altar as the band began to play “Waymaker”. It wasn’t typical to do so at that point in the order of the service, yet nearly all the people responded and moved forward. Suddenly the presence of the Holy Spirit was there. A mix of things began to happen. At first a fervent intense prayer erupted. Then a cry like a woman travailing in childbirth. Make a way, make a way, make a way! Open up, open up the King’s highway. Like a stream pouring into the house of the Lord…and many words to that effect. There were others calling or crying out and even some who seemed to have demonic issues.
Then to my left a group of voices began to sing a sweet melody that sounded like a children’s choir. I could feel in my innermost being a swelling of waves rising and falling. The presence of the Lord was intensifying to the point that the sound of His voice resonated over all the other voices. Then just as suddenly it seemed like the Lord capped off the connection. We all still felt the presence of the Lord and the service was great but that work of the Holy Spirit for approximately 15 minutes was outstanding. I asked the Lord at that time if we had grieved or offended so as to cut off His presence when it suddenly was capped. I felt the Lord say again as He did in Mexico, it is a foretaste. We need to get ready.
Isaiah 40:3-5 (ESV)
A voice cries:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
Thank you for all your support, love and prayer, and thank you for partnering with us to serve Jesus together! Many blessings!
