'TRANSFORMATIONS' UNDERWAY -INDONESIA

MODERATOR: Amongst the Pacific nations in the last few years there have been some powerful Prayer movements that have brought real transformation and Revival to some of these places. I have seen amazing video footage and have also met some of the Prayer leaders from Fiji. Very powerful what has happened there over the last 2 years. And now the same pattern is occurring in Indonesia: *************************************************************** Forwarded by: "aeowens" <[email protected]> Date sent: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 19:01:14 +1000 "Transformation Underway in Indonesia" -Jeff and Annette Hammond. Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! That's all I can say to what is happening across the nation at the moment. Things are boiling spiritually and revival is breaking out. It will surely soon explode into a really great visible move of God. We are having prayer meetings across the nation like never before with crowds of 10,000, 35,000, 50,000, 70,000, 85,000 etc turning out to pray for a total transformation and revival in the nation. The atmosphere is electric. We just had some of the key transformation guys from Fiji and Uganda here and they were overawed with what they saw. Transformation Conference & Revival Meetings in Manado, 25-28 May 2003: Manado experienced a spiritual earthquake as a profound attack was made on the kingdom of darkness. At the same time the city was also shaken by a 7point earthquake centred in Morotai which was strong enough to wake us up in the middle of the night. Jackson Senyonga came from Uganda and Vuniani Nakauyata and Poate Mata came from Fiji. They come from nations currently experiencing transformation and are centrally involved in this movement of God. As Vuniani said, "It was as if two great waves came, one from Africa and one from the Pacific and smashed together, joined together, in the city of Manado." a.. Seminar: During the day time, about three hundred pastors, intercessors and church workers gathered together to hear the message of transformation from overseas and local church leaders, government officials and even the deputy chief of police. Many church denominations, Catholic, Protestant, Pentecostal and Charismatic were involved. b.. Revival Meetings: In the evenings revival meetings were held in the Manado sports stadium. From about 15,000 Sunday night to about 30,000 on the Wednesday. The crowds were so responsive to the message of Transformation. Hungry to be touched by God they crowded forward on the last night and the power and presence of the Lord could be seen on the faces of the people. There were also several demonic manifestations, evidence that the enemy is upset about what is going on. Magic charms, books etc. were brought and burned. c.. Healing of the Land: The last evening people brought earth and sand from their land and it was heaped in front of the podium as a prophetic blessing and healing of the land took place. Jeff and the Mayor of Manado led the people in a prayer of repentance for the sins of Manado, including idolatry, adultery, witchcraft and occultism, murder, corruption, divorce, drunkenness and robbery (all of them only too common in this city) and in a mass dedication of Manado and North Sulawesi to the Lord by 30,000 people. Testimonies from Fiji and Uganda on how repairing covenant relationships with the Lord on a church, city and national level has had an amazing impact on the productivity of the land and the sea. Numerous miraculous events have confirmed that these are living principles valid for today. d.. TV: Jackson, Vuniani and Jeff were also guest speakers on the local TV during a "Coffee Morning" segment where they were interviewed about Transformation and were also able to answer questions from viewers. Jeff and Vuniani each did two extra TV shows. e.. Meetings with Government: There was also an opportunity to address government officials and members of Parliament at the Governor's office. We had dinner with the Mayor of Manado. Another evening we dined with the Deputy Governor. We also visited and prayed for the Mayor of Bitung, a neighbouring city 50km from Manado. f.. Meeting with Refugees: In Bitung we also celebrated Ascension day with the refugees who still remain in the Megah Belia camp that only a few weeks ago suffered an attack. It was moving to see their faith after all their sufferings and to hear their cry of intercession and thanksgiving to the Father for His faithfulness to them in their trials. Please continue to pray that was has been planted this week will grow and bring forth fruit, resulting in changed lives and a transformed city of Manado. God on the Move in Jakarta, 29-30 May 2003 Arriving in Jakarta we went straight to a meeting of 1000 national prayer network leaders and coordinators followed by a Breakfast for Politicians and Government Leaders and a Luncheon for Pastors, Leaders and Intercessors where Ps. Vuniani Nakauyaca and Ps. Poate Mata from Fiji shared on what God is doing and saying through the Fijian Transformation story. a.. All were greatly challenged and a public covenanting to the Lord took place. There is a fervency in the prayer and commitment to unity never seen before in the life of the church here. You can feel it in the air. Things are changing. b.. For Jakarta it was a follow-up of the National Prayer Conference two weeks earlier attended by 70,000 and it helped give focus that transformation in Jakarta and Indonesia has truly begun. It could be said that it began back in 1997 with the economic collapse, the riots and overthrow of President Suharto in 1998, but now it is gathering momentum like a huge tornado and it is getting ready to touch down. c.. Government leaders are even lining up asking to share and even to be prayed for including the previous President of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur). Once we had to beg leaders to try and get them to attend Christian events, now we don't invite them and they contact us and request to be included. In the face of radical attacks and attempts to thwart the Church, Christ marches on. Masses in Batam, 31 May 2003 In Batam, a small island very close to Singapore, 1500 gathered for a one day seminar on transformation and they got more than they expected. The Spirit of God broke out in waves of repentance, reconciliation and foot washing. Reconciliation and repentance occurred as different racial groups confessed their sins, asked forgiveness and hugged and wept over one another. One township confessed the killing and eating of the first missionary, a German Baptist, who had brought the Gospel to the Batak people of North Sumatra. In the evening 6000 gathered to the church with a capacity of 2500. 3500 were in the car park watching the service on giant screens. The atmosphere in Batam is electric and there is great expectancy that the Lord is doing a mighty work on the island. That was evident two weeks ago when 35,000 gathered at the sport stadium to join in simultaneously with Jakarta. Bali - 1st June 2003 The impact of the Bali bombing, the exposing of the radicals responsible for series of attacks against the churches, the scenes of liberation in Iraq as Iraqis rejoiced to be liberated from Saddam Hussein has had a significant impact in bringing a spirit of shame over large sections of the community and a subsequent opening to the Gospel. In the midst of these crises the Lord has brought a kairos moment of opportunity to this island. We have visited this island repeatedly since the Bali bombing. In another 5 months on October 10-12, the Government has given us the right to organize the Memorial Service for the Bali Bombing and to conduct a Festival of Praise in the lead up to the memorial. The govt. is inviting heads of govt., providing free return air tickets for families of victims etc. All the churches in Bali are coming together = and will conduct a united church service on the Sunday morning of the = 12th in the Sport Stadium and in the Memorial Service in the afternoon a 5000 voice choir of Balinese Christians is being prepared to sing forth the Gospel in a nationally televised service. This is a fantastic opportunity to break the spirit of darkness and gloom over this island and to show that Christ in His church can do what no one else can do. This is how transformation comes about, when a united, praying, loving Body of Christ does what is absolutely impossible to be done by anyone else. With love in Christ Jesus, Jeff and Annette Hammond.