Showing posts with label prayer focus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer focus. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

"The Daniel 9 Prayer" for Japan


All through biblical history, the prophets were known for making prayers of repentance and requesting mercy. Would you join us in praying Daniel 9 over and on behalf of Japan and Asia?


Daniel 9
I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed:
       "O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with all who love him and obey his commands, we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws. We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

"Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah and people of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to you. O LORD, we and our kings, our princes and our fathers are covered with shame because we have sinned against you. The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him; we have not obeyed the LORD our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets. All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you."

       "Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you. You have fulfilled the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us great disaster. Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem. Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth. The LORD did not hesitate to bring the disaster upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him."

"Now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and who made for yourself a name that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong. O Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. Our sins and the iniquities of our fathers have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn to all those around us."

"Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, O Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary. Give ear, O God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For your sake, O my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name."
The Seventy "Sevens"
While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the LORD my God for his holy hill- while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. He instructed me and said to me, "Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. As soon as you began to pray, an answer was given, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the message and understand the vision:

Friday, July 17, 2009

Prayer Focus 2009: Human Trafficking


Starting in October 2008, God began revealing bit by bit the item of prayer we would be focusing on in 2009.

It began at the 6 day conference in The Altar IHOP, Meadville when Billy Humphrey of the Atlanta IHOP shared some of the things his team had been led to pray regarding Human Trafficking in their area.

The adventure that ensued was an intriguing series of conversations, website finds, news articles, magazine articles, pod cast topics, facebook videos, networking connections & links highlighting "human trafficking" as a common thread. It became quite apparent quite quickly this was a series of events the likes of which, none but God could orchestrate.

The final two confirmations coming on January 14th, our second session of the new year. I had asked specifically for God to show us when to start praying on this matter and also for Him to show us who we were up against. Two items that I strongly felt were important as this was no small prayer petition and knew it mean we'd be coming up against some very serious strongholds in Asia as well as Japan.

The answer came during our time of worship when our worship leader for the evening started praying on these things within the first 5-10 minutes of our session. We had not discussed any matter on this topic beforehand and his worship was very much being led by the Spirit.

"Start praying on this from today," was the message loud and clear. So, that's what we did.

Within two weeks from the day we started to pray, we were connected with one of the most active organizations in Japan that deals with the human trafficking issue. Polaris Project Japan 

Within a few months, a report was prepared for Exodus Cry (a ministry born out of IHOP-KC dedicated specifically to prayer over human trafficking) and the altar IHOP, tokyo on the status of human trafficking in Japan. The report looked at the history of the nation as a whole and drew connections to generational iniquities and spiritual dynamics in addition to the facts taken from the standard record keeping offices.

In May/June a report was sent out from Polaris Project Japan stating Amazon.com- Japan has agreed to pull 84 items out of a requested 136 items from their website. The items on this list was essentially soft-porn picture books, DVDs and other print items depicting minors aged 8-17. For more information on this, please click this link: Polaris Project Japan Issue No. 24

Opportunities have risen to pray for and with individuals who have been involved in the sex entertainment industry in Japan in their past.

And, as of today, God has brought several individuals to the altar IHOP, tokyo who have a passion for working with very broken people. Especially women who have been prostitutes and who have come from some very tough backgrounds. 

We have also started talking about preparations for starting an Exodus Cry chapter under the umbrella of the altar IHOP, tokyo which, if all goes well, will be launched sometime before the end of the year... but- we'll see how things go.

Looping back to the human trafficking report on Japan for a moment, that will be posted in multiple parts on the blog shortly. Please stay tuned!

grace & glory
jg.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Praying the Scriptures: Human Trafficking

Hello Tribe!

Here are some great scriptures we can use to pray over human trafficking which is the altar IHOP, tokyo's big area of prayer focus for 2009.

These scriptures were prepared by Exodus Cry, a division of IHOP-KC, that was launched in late 2008-early 2009. 






Some additional scriptures:
Luke 18.7- a cry for justice
Psalm 82.3-5- a cry for justice, a plea for help
Numbers 10.35- a cry for God to rise and scatter His enemies
Exodus 6.1-a promise of deliverance from Pharaoh
2 Samuel 22.48-50-a praise to the God who delivers 
Isaiah 63.7-a praise to the God who delivers
Philippians 1.19-confidence in the prayers of the saints for the purposes of God to come forward

Friday, July 10, 2009

"The Jabez Prayer"

"Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, "I gave birth to him in pain." Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request."

The first time I had ever heard about or read this prayer was back in May 2001, around the time Bruce Wilkinson released the book titled "The Prayer of Jabez, Breaking Through to the Blessed Life."

I remember reading on page 33 where he challenges a group of students at a university in California, USA to ask God for big. He said, "You should ask God for Trinidad... and a DC-10." It was but one sentence and it forever changed the way I looked at praying.

I realized until that point, my prayers, the prayers I'd been taught to pray as I grew up in church, the prayers I heard others praying around me most of the time... they were too small. And because of their smallness, they were in fact a reflection of how we (I specifically) saw God. That the biggest I could expect was a feeble answer to a feeble prayer that affected me, myself and I and not much or anyone else of consequence.

Yet, when I read my bible, there was this God who drew out an entire nation of slaves from the nation in which they were enslaved to. I saw that this same God used one man to change the lives of millions, to birth forward a nation and release the awesomeness of Jehovah into the earth realm.

And here I was going, "God... please fix my life. It sucks."
True, at that time, it totally did. I was very much at the start of reaping a previous 7 year season of bad fruits that I'd so diligently sown much to my ignorance and youth. Though, much else was due to my own stubbornness, pride and anger which took a deep root in my heart. Yet, even in those dreadful seasons of reaping and sowing, God is merciful and his grace is abounding.

He used every one of those difficult days to teach me to pray. 

He uses Mr. Wilkinson's book to fuel that process along all the more. 

I remember after reading that page 33... I stopped what I was doing, and just sat there going, "God.. these guys asked your for a whole country. A whole island... uh... I'm on an island. I'm in Japan. I'm already here so I don't need a DC-10... but I think, I just may be crazy bold enough to ask you for something."

I continued on something in this vein, "Alright God.... whatever happens... I'll stay in Japan. But, the deal is, you give me Japan if I stay, you give me Japan. Ah... no. Actually, I'm changing my mind. I want Asia. Asking you for only Japan is too small. I want Asia. So, that's the deal. I stay here... endure this horrible hell that I live in right now... make it through (IF I make it through to the other side) and I want Asia in exchange."

"Oh.. and God... we'll need more people. So, send them on the DC-10's or 747's or boats or whatever. Just sent them here too."

Yeah. That's the deal I made with God. Crazy hu? 
Tell me about it. But, as I said my life sucked- well... it was way beyond that. It was a living hell and I figured I didn't have much else to loose by asking for some of the most outrageous things I could think up. At the time, asking God for Asia was as close to impossible as I could dream up.

And then, I prayed.... I think as desperately as Jabez himself... "Oh God.... that you would see fit to bless me. I know I've done so much to screw up that I don't even deserve to come before you with this request but, the fact I'm here now asking has got to mark for something. Right? I mean.... you can either kill me now or answer me. There's not much else that can occur."

"And... this territory thing. I don't know what Jabez was referring to when he asked you for increase but, I know ... well, I think I know what I'm asking you for. I want Asia. I want Japan and I want Asia. Somehow, to ask for anything less just seems like an insult to who you are. I want to have my own business so I can give things to people who need them. I want your hand AND your favor to be with me. I won't be able to do anything unless your hand of protection is over me and your favor is with me. And God... I NEED you to keep me from evil... from harm. For my own sake and for the sake of others- that I might not cause pain either to them or to yourself."

We now have a HOP in Tokyo. (Which was born out of much pain and tearful contending.) We are talking about starting to sow into some ministries in other Asian countries... God is bringing connections weekly world wide with other HOPs and ministries... He is indeed answering this prayer.

The next one I suppose ought to be, "Abba... show us what to pray for next.... and how to pray for more specific things inside of this request for Japan & Asia to become your territory. Continue to displace the thrones, powers, authorities, principalities and all others who set themselves up above Your Name in this region that this may be known among the nations as the dwelling place- the territory of the Most High."

Grace & glory to you as we content for His will over the Nations and the Peoples of the earth.
Thank you Abba for who you are!
jg.


Tuesday, July 7, 2009

LINKS: Prayers for Japan

Greetings all!

Here's a great link for you to reflect on and hopefully share if you feel led to do so. It's by a mission organization in Japan with some people I have met through different fellowship groups as well as who attend HOP sessions from time to time.

Pray for Japan: the role of prayer
by: lcmsworldmission

Grace to you!
jg.


PS. the link's also been posted on our facebook group & fan page please check them out and join if you haven't already!

Sunday, May 24, 2009

LINKS: 7 Mountains Mandate, Cindy Jacobs

Hi tribe!
This is a link to a Cindy Jacobs teaching. She's got an awesome talk on the "7 Mountains." Which are essentially key areas in society that we need to focus on in prayer as we seek transformation & reformation for Japan & Asia.

Seven Mountains Mandate:
1. Spirituality and Church

2. Family

3. Education

4. Government and Law

5. Media and Communication

6. Arts and Entertainment

7. Business and Finance



Please add these items to your prayer lists as they will help bring more focus and direction when praying. We will start incorporating them more into our prayer sessions at the HOP as well.

Blessings to you!
jg.

7つの山に対する権限  シンディー・ジェイコブス

こんにちは、部族の一員の皆様!
こちらは、シンディー・ジェイコブスの教えを聞くことができるリンクです。
彼女は、7つの山を動かすために私たちに与えられている権限について、すばらしいメッセージをしています。7つの山というのは、日本とアジアの変革と改革を求めつつ、私たちが祈りの焦点を合わせる必要のある、社会において本質的な鍵となる領域です。

7つの山に対する権限を用いる領域

1. 霊性と教会
2. 家族
3. 教育
4. 政治と法律
5. メディアと通信
6. アートとエンターテイメント
7. ビジネスと財務

you tube link: 7 Mountains Mandate, Cindy Jacobs


祈るときに、さらなる焦点と方向性をもたらす助けになりますので、どうぞこれらの項目をあなたの祈りのリストに加えてください。私たちも祈りの家において同様に、セッションの中にもっとこの領域に対して祈ることを取り入れはじめます。

祝福がありますように!
ジェニファー・グレイシー

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Japan in Prophecy: word from Norway

Greetings all!
Below is a prophetic word that was forwarded to me from a friend last year. This was send around the time she went on a mission trip to China with a team of Japanese dancers who are ministering in the area of redemptive culture through traditional dance.

Please read and be encouraged!
Grace!
jg.


Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 10:15 PM
Subject: Hello from YWAM Norway!
Hello! My name is Melissa, and I'm working with a DTS at a YWAM base in Norway.  We just had intercession for Asia, specifically for Japan.  And we just wanted to send you some words of encouragement.  
こんにちは。私の名前はめりっさです。ノルウェーのYWAMのDTSで働いています。わたしたちはちょうどアジアのため、特に日本のためにとりなしの祈りをしたところです。皆さんに励ましの言葉を送りたいと思います。

When we prayed, here's what we believe God showed us about your nation...
私たちが祈ったとき、神が皆さんの国についてこのように語っておられると確信しました

Someone got a picture of Japan and China holding hands.  We believe that God will restore fellowship between the two nations, and God will send missionaries from China to Japan, and missionaries from Japan to China!
ある人が日本と中国が手をつないでいる姿を見ました。神はこの二つの国の関係を回復してくださると信じます。そして神は中国から日本へ、日本から中国へ宣教師を送られるでしょう。
 
God hates the lie that says "You are all the same, you are not special" because He says the opposite!  He has created all uniquely, and loves His creation!!!
神はこういううそを嫌われます。「皆さん方全部同じ、特別な存在ではない。」 主は反対のことを言っておられるのですから。主はすべてをユニーク(無比なもの)に造られました。そして主はご自分の造られたものを愛されています。

There is a desperation in people that only GOD can meet!
人々は絶望しています。神様だけにしか救いはありません。

We prayed for a revival in Japan...
We got a picture of the people of Japan walking around looking down at the ground, with a dark cloud over their heads... but then Christ's Light shines down on t hem, and they LOOK UP.  "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." -- Ephesians 5:14
日本のリバイバルのために祈っていたとき、このような絵が見えました。日本の人が地面を見ながら歩き回っているのです。頭の上には黒い雲がおおっています。けれどもキリストの光が彼らの上に輝き、彼らは上を見上げます。
「眠っている人よ。目をさませ。死者の中から起き上がれ。そうすれば、キリストが、あなたを照らされる。」(エペソ5:14)

God is the One who will do this, because it is only HIS Light that can shine through!  And He will do this!  
これをしてくださるのは神です。輝きとおす光は主にしかありません。確かに主がこれをなさいます。

We got a picture of a choir singing, and at first the choir was singing softly and quietly.  But then they started to sing louder and louder... and they sang so loud that the people HAD to hear! 

聖歌隊が謳っている絵も見えました。最初はやさしく静かに歌っていましたが、だんだん大きくなっていきました。そして人に耳に入らざるをえないくらい大きな声で歌っていました

Another picture, of hot gold in peopls' mouths.  The gold became so hot in their mouths that they HAD to speak it out, to speak about Jesus Christ.
もうひとつの絵は、人々の口の中にある熱した金でした。口の中の金があまりにも熱くなってきたので、人々はそれを外に出さなければならなくなりました。イエス様について話し始めたのです。

May God truly bless you and your nation, and all of your work for the Kingdom of God!  May He encourage you and give you strength in Him.
神が皆さんと皆さんの国を、そしてみなさんのみくにのための働きを本当に祝福してくださいますように。主が皆さんを励まし主にある力を与えてくださいますように。

From,
Your brothers and sisters in Christ in YWAM Skien, Norway
ノルウェー、スキーンのYWAMのキリストにあるみなさんの兄弟たち、姉妹たちから

Sunday, March 29, 2009

"The Psalm 18 Prayer"

Note on Prayer
One of the most powerful tools we have for prayer is literally praying the scripture back to God. He goes so far as to tell us this directly through Isaiah 55.11 and also 2 Timothy 3.16. He also tells us of the power that's held within a word through Proverbs 18.21.

Psalm 18: Modified for Japan
Japan loves you, O LORD, for you are her strength. The LORD is her rock, her fortress and her deliverer; Japan's God is her rock, in whom she takes refuge. He is her shield and the horn of her salvation, her stronghold.

Japan calls to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and she is saved from her enemies. The cords of death entangle her; the torrents of destruction overwhelm her. The cords of the grave coil around her; the snares of death confront her. Suicide harasses her, isolation and conformation torment her. Materialism woos her while emptiness gnaws at her.

In her distress she calls to the LORD; Japan cries to her God for help. From his temple he hears her voice; her cry comes before him, into his ears.

The earth trembles and quakes, and the foundations of the mountains shake; they tremble because he was angry. Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blaze out of it.

He parts the heavens and comes down; dark clouds are under his feet. He mounts the cherubim and flies; he soares on the wings of the wind. He mades darkness his covering, his canopy around him—the dark rain clouds of the sky.

Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advance, with hailstones and bolts of lightning. The LORD thunderes from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounds. He shoots his arrows and scatteres the enemies, great bolts of lightning and routes them.

The valleys of the sea will be exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.

He is reachng down from on high and taking hold of Japan; he is drawing her out of deep waters rescuing her from her powerful enemy, from her foes, who are too strong for her. They confront her in the day of her disaster, but the LORD is Japan's support.

He is bringing Japan out into a spacious place; he is rescuing Japan
BECAUSE HE DELIGHTES IN HER.
The LORD has dealt with Japan according to the righteousness she is starting to walk in; according to the cleanness of the hands she is begining to cry out for and he is rewarding her for this.
For Japan is becoming a nation that keeps the ways of the LORD; and will no longer continue to do evil by turning from her God. All his laws are before her; she will cease to turn away from his decrees. She will stand and is now begining to stand blameless before him, she is learning to keep herself from sin. The LORD will
reward Japan according to her righteousness, according to the cleanness of her hands in his sight.

To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless, to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd. You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
You, O LORD, keep Japan's lamp burning; her God turns her darkness into light.
With your help she can advance against a troop; with her God she can scale a wall.

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him. For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
It is God who arms Japan with the strength required to turn to him and it is God who makes her way perfect.
He makes her feet like the feet of a deer; he enables her to stand on the heights. He trains her hands for battle; her arms can bend a bow of bronze.

You give Japan your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains her; you stoop down to make her great. You broaden the path beneath her, so that her ankles do not turn.

She pursues her enemies and will soon overtake them; she will not turn back till they are destroyed. She will crush them so that they cannot rise; they will fall beneath her feet.
You arm Japan with strength for battle; you make her adversaries bow at her feet. You make her enemies turn their backs in flight, and she destroys her foes.

Though they cry for help, but there will be no one to save them— to the LORD, but he will not answer. She will beat them as fine as dust borne on the wind; she will pour them out like mud in the streets. You will deliver Japan from the attacks of the evil one; you will make her well known among the nations; an example to the world of a nation walking in righteousness before you.

As soon as the enemy hears her cry out to you O God, he cringes before her. They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds and flee away as though they were nothing.

The LORD lives! Praise be to Japan's Rock! Exalted be God Japan's Savior! He is the God who avenges her, who subdues the enemy under her, who saves her from her enemies. You are exalting Japan above her foes; from violence and evil, from lust and perversion, from unbelief, rebellion and godlessness of every kind, you are rescuing Japan because of your great love for her.

Therefore
Japan will praise you among the nations, O LORD;
she will sing praises to your name. He gives nations that love him great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed and to their descendants forever.

Japan Among the Nations
Come Abba, raise up Japan from the dust and ashes that she may lead other Asian nations in worship of the Living God. One drop of Jesus' blood was enough to accomplish this. Send your heavenly host to wake up Japan's slumbering spirit that she may rise from the dead as mighty army of true samurai- loyal until death to the Master.

Japan is called to be a warring tribe- a mighty warrior people who contend for the things of the kindgom yet she has been rendered powerless and complacient under a stupor of false humility and apathy. She has a form of godliness but denys the power Father. She denys the poer because she does not yet have a love relationship with you.

Japan and the Japanese people are only one... ONE revelation away from the LIGHT of LIFE Abba- open the doors of revelation over Japan and the Japanese peoples. Open the doors that they may become who you designed them to be. Open the doors that Japan may fulfill her purpose for this generation as was the case with David. Open the doors of revelation that this people may take their rightful place among the nations.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENT: Night Watch Sessions

Greetings Tribe!

We are turning up the heat a few notches in our furnace and going to expand to the night hours...

We are planning three (3) night watch sessions to get things started. We will need a minimum of three (3) participants to host a session. So, please, please put the dates on your calendars and RSVP!

Sunday/Monday
May 24/25, 2009 > changed to July 19/20, 2009

Details: our theme scriptures are John 3.8 & Habakkuk 2.14
  • some of our prayer focus will be on breaking the church (and ourselves) out of her comfort zones and into becoming so filled with the Spirit that she can become fluid and organic like the wind
Prophetic Image: a field of dandelions which have gone to seed- the wind comes and blows away all of the seeds so they can be dispersed in different areas to be planted, grow and blow away with the wind
  • the field of dandelions represents the church, the body of Christ
  • a dandelion represents individual believers
  • blowing away represents being surrendered to and being led by the Spirit 
  • being dispersed represents the apostolic calling of the NT church to spread the gospel in areas where there is not yet "...knowledge of the glory of the Lord..." 

Sunday/Monday
July 19/20, 2009> changed to September 20/21, 2009

Details: our theme scriptures are John 15.12-14,  Ephesians 5.25,  1 Corinthians 13, Song of Songs 8.7 & John 14.12
  • some of our prayer focus will be on obtaining and releasing deeper revelations of the love Jesus demonstrated so that we can understand the true value of His gems (the peoples of the earth and the spiritual gifts He's given us to use to minister His glory, honor and testimony of His name)
Prophetic Image: someone pointing a gun at a beautiful woman then, the woman's husband stepping in front of his beloved to protect her... he gets shot and dies, she lives
  • the gun is the curse of death that has come into the world through sin
  • the bullet is the fruit of sin
  • the woman is the bride of Christ
  • the woman's husband is Jesus
  • the husband taking the bullet is Jesus' demonstration of His love for his bride and the role of lover & protector he fulfills in His role as the head of the household

Sunday/Monday
September 20/21, 2009. changed to October 11/12, 2009

  • some of our prayer focus will be petitioning for a great raising up of laborers to work in Abba's fields, for the harvest to come in and most importantly for the body of Christ to get ready for the harvest by walking in alignment with God's word
Prophetic Image: a dry barren landscape being prayed over by more and more individuals- suddenly, drops of rain  begin to fall on by one until it's raining very hard then, the sun comes out and seeds long buried underground start springing up
  • the dry barren land is asia
  • the individuals praying are the intercessors God is connecting and drawing together daily
  • the fields are families, schools, companies, cities, nations, government structures and every manner of organizational structure 
  • the rain is the living water that's released to break the curse of spiritual and physical famine due to sin and rebellion
  • the sun is the light of life
  • the seeds are places that the Word has already been planted but as of yet unable to grow for lack of light and water
Additional Details
Location: Chiba (i.e. Jen's Place)
Station Name: Chiba New Town Chuo
Start Time: 6pm- 8pm arrival, dinner and fellowship
Prayer Session Start Time: 8pm ~ TBA 
Things to Bring: self, bible, sketchbook, journal, whatever you need to "get into God", food or snacks to share

Final Notes: one room will be a dedicated prayer room- there will be enough space for those who need to get some rest however, I only have two futons and a sofa so please bring a sleeping bag if you have one and think you'll use it- thanks :-)

Monday, February 2, 2009

COMING SOON: prayer focus for 2009


Hello tribe!

This is just a quick note to let you know, more indepth details will be posted soon on The Altar IHOP, Tokyo's main prayer focus for 2009.

Thanks for your patience and check back frequently in the next week for updates.
Grace,
JG