Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Prayer Week

So this week we are having a prayer week here at Euroclass. We are continuing in 24 hour prayer until Friday. The students take 2 hour shifts, and through the night they are lengthened to 3 hour shifts with one of leaders to supervise and motivate. So far it's been so great. The theme this year comes from John 10:10, "The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy, but I have come that you may have life, and life abundant." So we set up the classroom with two main themes. On one side you have the "desert" where there is dead trees and a jail, as well as pictures of depravity. Then on the other side you have the "oasis" complete with a cushioned sitting area like one from a gypsies tent in an oasis in the middle of the sahara. Here they can relax and fall in love with the Creator. There are also different areas of interest. There is a creative table with crayons and papers and paint to create what you feel at that time. As well, you can write a letter to God and put it in the "post box" which will later be burned and offered up to God. There you can also write down things that you want to get rid of in your life and then shred them and stick them in the toilet to be "flushed away." There is a punching bag, so you can sock it to the devil. The students can tape any frustrating thing in thier life to the bag, and then let it have it! We have flags of all the countries we are associated with around the room to pray for, as well as paper on the walls so people can write thier prayer requests down for others to pray for. We have a computer set up in the corner so worship music plays non stop the whole time. It's amazing how much worship music is out there. We have enough for 6 days straight, and that doesn't include my music! Over all it is a very cozy atmosphere, or as they would say, it's "hyggeligt." We are only in the second day, but I know there are breakthroughs happened in peoples lives, and this will be a week they will always remember. Although I have caught people sleeping in the pillow section. But, that is life I guess, you will always get the sleepers, no matter how hard you try.