Moved by You: BRIDGING THE GAP - The Call & San Diego

A note from Anna ~ I do apologize for the delay in getting this update posted. It seems that November has flown by in a flurry of activity and suddenly we are on the brink of December! Please read on below about our trek to Southern California:

Our trip to San Diego was very good - and surprisingly more lengthy than we had imagined it might be!

The Call was taking place on November 1st and while Teruah and I had seen God meet our financial needs, we had just enough to be in San Diego for two nights, maximum. No more. We knew this was enough if it was all God provided - a two night stay might be exactly what He was leading us to do. We were able to share a lovely hotel room with Teruah's sister and her aunt in the section of San Diego known as "Old Town." Since we arrived late the night before The Call was to take place, we headed for bed right away.

November 1st dawned bright and sunny - a beautiful day as we all set out for Qualcomm Stadium. Upon arrival I was surprised at there not being a larger crowd in attendance. The Call in Nashville the previous summer had many more attendees, possibly due to the more central location and the fact that it was held during summer break. Whatever the case, the group that attended at San Diego were passionate worshippers and intercessors who were there with a purpose. That purpose was to "stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30 "I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land...") for our nation and for the state of California.

Major issues that our nation is currently grappling with were brought before those assembled. Our purpose was to fast and pray and to intercede for the United States of America and her people and I truly believe that the prayers we prayed made an incredible impact in the heavens. The unity among the Body of Christ in the stadium was beautiful to see. Having had my share of church politics and denominational bickering in my lifetime, I was so very blessed to witness many different parts of the Church in America coming together to bless and pray for our country. In Jesus' own words: "That they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me." (John 17:21-23)

This was a day of coming together with one purpose - bridging the gap between all generations, all ages, and all denominations to glorify Jesus Christ in California and all of the USA.

During the afternoon on the 1st, while we were still at The Call, the Lord began to speak to me about our trip there, and kept impressing on me that we needed to stay in San Diego at least a couple more nights. I had no clue as to how this would come about, since we didn't have any contacts to stay with there, and as I mentioned, we had just enough for the two nights we had planned for. I began to pray and said, "Ok, God, I hear You - but You need to work it out for us, because I don't know how to do this one..." I think God loves it when we pray like this! When we admit we have no idea how to do something and we are relying solely on Him, He says "That's all I was waitin' to hear!"

That night, Tammy (Teruah's sister) asked us what our plans were. I told her that I wasn't sure and how God had been impressing on me to stay a few more nights there, including my own thoughts about not knowing how that was going to look. She proceeded to tell us then that God had spoken to her that afternoon while we were still at The Call to provide two more nights for Teruah and I in San Diego! Wow, God! I guess I didn't expect such a quick and convenient answer! It was a great blessing for us to be able to stay there in Old Town.

At first, I had no insight to our room being in Old Town. But that began to change as I read some of the brochures available in the lobby of the hotel which named Old Town, San Diego the "Birthplace of California!" As you might imagine, Old Town is the location of the original settlement of the city of San Diego. A settlement which began as a fortress and a mission in 1769 founded by Father Junipero Serra. The San Diego Mission is the first of the 21 Franciscan Missions located all along the coast of California. I knew upon arriving in town that we needed to go to the mission site and pray but I didn't know why. Slowly, things began to come into focus for us...

We visited Presidio Park and the site of the original mission, and viewed the museum there. It is built to represent the original structure of the mission, which is no longer standing on that spot. We felt we were to go in and look around and as we did, we began to pray and ask the Lord what He was saying for San Diego. What we found was one man's passion to restore and preserve his city's heritage and history...By the 1920's the site of the original mission and the 1st settlement was in ruins, and department store owner George W. Marston decided to change that! For nearly 20 years Marston purchased, planned, planted and cared for what is now known as Presidio Park. He also built the Junipero Serra Museum which would be San Diego's first historical society to document and preserve the history of the region. All of this he accomplished with his own personal finances. The site was scheduled to be handed over to the care of the city in 1929, but because of the Great Depression, they were not able to assume responsibility for it and so Marston continued to care for and support it until 1940. Teruah and I were both impressed with this man's vision and desire to leave a legacy for the future generations of San Diego.

As we wandered through the museum, taking in the history around us, I saw something that caught my eye. It was a case with several old Spanish style locks and keyholes. This suddenly jogged my memory and I remembered that the night before I had dreamed that I saw locks and a key and I had heard someone say to me "Teruah has the key - the key for San Diego!"

I had rolled over in the night and half-awake, tried to remind myself to tell Teruah the next morning. Surprised at seeing the locks and remembering the dream, I was happy nonetheless to know we were on the right trail!

We finished looking on the inside of the museum and went out to look at the actual ground site of the settlement and the fortress and where the first mission had stood. The park is undergoing some renovations and excavations are still being done to uncover the details about the early Spanish settlers. In one section, you can plainly see the outlines of a sort of structure, though now it is all grown over with grass, there is the definition of the layout of a wall and other structures.

We stood in that place, walking the outline of the wall and began to pray, asking the Lord what He was saying for San Diego. I began to feel specifically to declare Malachi 4:6 over San Diego - a turning of the fathers to the children, and a turning of the children to the Fathers. I felt that this was the anointing and call that Marston was operating under , even if he himself did not know it at the time. We began to declare a "turning" to the godly foundations, and to repent for rebellion and casting off the "Father's" covering. Restoration of ancient paths - that God would raise up men and women to restore and rebuild the walls of the city of San Diego. That a spirit of Ezra and Nehemiah would be released over that city. We declared Isaiah 58:12 "Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell."

Teruah felt that the "key" she got for San Diego was a key of TRUST. She prophetically "unlocked" the front gate of San Diego with that key and released and declared Proverbs 3:5-12 over actual children in San Diego, as well as all of God's children in that city. Isaiah 40:30-31 contains the revelation of "why" you desire that trust in the God of your fathers.

As we continued to walk and pray we found a break in the wall - a literal gap in the original adobe wall - the old city wall. We asked the Lord to awaken the hearts of the intercessors in San Diego to stand in the gap in their city. Then we stood together in that gap and declared that the city gate was and is shut to the enemy and open to the King of Kings! There were two palm branches laying just on the other side of the gate almost as if placed there on purpose, and Teruah and I waved them in the air as a prophetic act and declared "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!" Welcoming the King into the gates of San Diego.

One of the reasons I believe that Teruah had the key to unlock San Diego is because she did all of her high school in San Diego. This was before she knew Jesus and was not walking with Him at the time. We were able to go and walk the grounds of her old high school and reclaim that territory, as well as several old "hang out" spots in San Diego. I am so very proud of her for stepping out and onto that old familiar ground and reclaiming it for God and His Kingdom! I know it made an impact on the land, released the Kingdom and opened the heavens over those places.

"Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder, When he opens no one will shut, When he shuts no one will open." Isaiah 22:22

This was the revelation God gave us for San Diego. It was truly a time of bridging the gap between generations, between fathers, mothers and children, and between God and his people.

King of Glory, come in!