Japan Quake Update #1

Greetings Tribe,


Please see the following link for a full update on the earthquake and how it relates to The Altar IHOP, Tokyo

LINK


Thanks so much,

The Altar IHOP, Tokyo Tribe

Answered Prayers: "...and O that a spirit of repentance would fall..."

For a number of years now, the Lord has been stirring the hearts of Japanese, Asian and non-Asian alike in the matter of repentance. As a house of prayer, our part in this stirring is to pray this into a daily reality. Since we held our first prayer meeting in November of 2008, God has brought believers across our paths one by one with the same cry of intercession in their hearts and spirits.

In fact, one of the prayer points on our 10+1 prayer list is for a spirit of repentance to fall upon the church of Japan that she may repent for the sins of the church towards the people of Japan and Asia. This is something we've been praying for with diligence for over a year now- having joined ranks with the voices of all those who've ever cried out to the heights of heaven with this matter heavy on their minds.

At the end of the Tokyo 2010 Conference, it seems the Lord set things in motion to cause that prayer to begin to manifest in a very big way. So big, it even made a post on the Elijah List. Please rejoice in the greatness of our God as you read the article in the link below. This indeed is heavens response to golden bowls filled with prayer and incence.

Elijah List Breaking Christian News Link
Christian Today Australia Full Story Link

UPDATE: The Altar IHOP, Tokyo WEBSITE!!!

Hi there tribe!

We are so excited to let you know that our website is now online and running.

We're about 95% completed so there are a few pages and features that are not on display at the moment but, are in the works and coming very soon. The other languages are also in the works and will be coming eventually.

We'll get started making the Japanese available in the next month or so, please keep checking back for those additions as well.

Okay then... without any further adieu our URL:

www.thealtarihoptokyo.com

be sure to share the link with family & friends!

Grace!

jg.

UPDATE: The Altar IHOP, Tokyo WEBSITE!!!

Hello once again all!

We are so excited about this new "baby" ... okay- I (as in "me", a.k.a. Jennifer, Jenni, Jen-jen, IHOP Jenni) am SO EXCITED about this new baby. 

After a lot of hard work typing, designing, consulting on everything from color to fonts to fire and then re-designing almost all of it... our website is ALMOST done and hopefully will be online soon. As in, by the time I leave Japan on September 10th.

A few of the tribe got a tiny peek last night at our Wednesday prayer & worship session and the result was applause. Yay!

The site will most likely launch in English with some Japanese and more Japanese to follow soon after.

We will then hopefully get the site in in other languages as well... the target right now is to have 4 languages:

English

Japanese

Korean

Portugese

But, first things first. We gotta get the English done! LOL.

Some things you can expect:

-green, green and more green

-an updated logo

-easier to access maps & directions to our various meeting locations

-and lots more

Please stay tuned. 

More cool stuff coming S-O-O-N!

Blessings!

jg.

ps. if you want to check out some of the other work our web-designer has done, please click here to go to the site: Design Gate 

pps. in case you didn't already know, our website address is: www.thealtarihop.com

ANNOUNCEMENT: new blog post series called "Q&A"

Greetings all!

Please look for a new addition to our new blog series titled "Q & A."

Recently there have been several of the same question coming from various sources and it makes sense to post them up here for all to see.

Hopefully we'll answer your questions as well as give the rest of the world more of an inside look at how things work at The Altar IHOP, Tokyo.

Generally speaking, there will be one question and one answer per post. Please do feel free to ask if your question/answer is not posted or not found.

Grace to you!
JG

Map & Directions

The Altar IHOP, Tokyo is currently meeting at a café in Kanda (Tokyo area) on Monday & Wednesday evenings.

Train Stations, Train Lines & Exit Names:
Please use the JR Kanda station (west exit)
Or
Ginza Subway line Kanda station (exit #5)

Easiest Route:
Ginza Subway Line

1. Get off the train and look for the exit at the end of the platform that has stairs leading upwards. This will take you to the ticket gates which lead to exit #5. Special Note: this subway exit closes at 9pm


2. Go up the exit #5 stairs to street level. On your left will be a large street. On your right will be some shops.


3. Directly behind you, there will be an am/pm convenience store, a smaller side street between you and the am/pm and a large intersection/crosswalk.


4. Walk across large intersection/crosswalk (traffic light #1) and follow the smaller side street until you come to another large main street. On the way, you will pass by a Japanese restaurant called “Yayoiken” (diagonal from the first am/pm) and a fruit/veg stand (on the right side at the corner of traffic light #2)You will see another am/pm on the right corner.


5. Directly across from the second am/pm (traffic light #3) is a building on the corner with a big sign called “big vision” (this is in Japanese but a smaller sign just above the entrance is in English)


6. The café is in that building, the B1 floor. There will be 1 or 2 signs out front of the building entrance with “The Decision” on it. That is the name of the café. Please go down the stairs to the café.

JR Train Lines

1. Use the west exit. As you pass through the ticket gates, turn to the right. You will go down some steps and be directly on the street level.


2. Turn to your right and go straight along this street. You will see a Family Mart convenience store on the left corner of the first major road. Cross the intersection/crosswalk and continue to go straight along this street.


3. You will pass by an office supply store (Office Today) and another convenience store called Sanks. These will both be on the right side of the street.


4. At the first traffic light after passing Sanks convenience store, turn left.


5. Go straight on this street until you come to another traffic light and a large intersection/crosswalk. There will be an am/pm convenience store on the right corner.


6. Directly across from the second am/pm is a building on the corner with a big sign called “big vision” (this is in Japanese but a smaller sign just above the entrance is in English)


7. The café is in that building, the B1 floor. There will be 1 or 2 signs out front of the building entrance with “The Decision” on it. That is the name of the café. Please go down the stairs to the café.

The number to the café is: 03.5217.3311
The address is:
Takada Bldg. B1 2-9-1 Daiichi Takada Building
Kandatsukasa-machi
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0048
〒101-0048東京都千代田区神田司町2-9-1第一高田ビルB1

Jennifer’s cell phone number & email is: 090.6477.5696 gracestudio08@softbank.ne.jp
Please call or email if you have any trouble.

地図＆行き方

現在、The Altar IHOP東京は月曜＆水曜日の夜、神田のカフェにて集会を行っています。

最寄り駅：地下鉄銀座線神田駅（出口５番）　JR神田（出口：西口）

地下鉄銀座線神田駅（最短）

１．電車を降りたらプラットフォームの最後尾にある上へ登る階段を見つけてください。出口5番に続く改札口にでます。注：この地下鉄の出口は9pmに閉まります。

２．出口5番の階段を登り通りへ出てください。左側に大通りがあります。右側に数軒のお店があります。

３．あなたとam/pmの間の狭い通りに、背後にam/pmコンビニにあり、大きな交差点と横断歩道があります。

Directly behind you, there will be an convenience store, a smaller side street between you and the am/pm and a large intersection/crosswalk.

４．大きな交差店/横断歩道（信号機No.1）を渡って、もう一つの大通りに来るまで小さな通りにそって歩いてください。道の途中でやよい軒という和食屋さんOn (diagonal from the first am/pm)と果物・野菜屋さん（右側の信号機No.2の角）の横を通ります。そして右角に再び別のam/pmがあります。

５．そのam/pm (信号機No.3) を越えたところの角にビッグビジョンという大きな看板のかかったビルがあります。。(これは日本語で書かれていますが、入り口の上の小さな看板は英語です。)

６．カフェはそのビルの地下1階にあります。ビルの入り口にThe Decisionと書かれた看板が置かれています。The Decisionがカフェの名前です。階段を下ってカフェにいらしてください。

JR線神田駅

１．出口西口から出てください。改札を出ましたら右へ曲がってください。数段の階段を下りて通りへ出てください。

２．右へ曲がり道沿いにまっすぐ歩いてください。最初の大通りの左角にファミリーマートがあります。交差点の横断歩道を渡ってください。この通り沿いにまっすぐ歩いて来てください。

３．オフィス用品店(Office Today)、サンクスの横を通ります。これらのお店は通りの右側にあります。

４．サンクスを通り過ぎたら、最初の信号を左へ曲がってください。

５．もう一つ別の信号機と大きな交差点、横断歩道のところに来るまで、この通りをまっすぐに進んでください。右角にam/pmのコンビニがあります。

６．am/pmの向こう側に、ビッグビジョンと書かれた大きな看板がかかったビルがあります。(これは日本語で書かれていますが、入り口の上の小さな看板は英語です。)

７．カフェはそのビルの地下1階にあります。ビルの入り口にThe Decisionと書かれた看板が置かれています。The Decisionがカフェの名前です。階段を下ってカフェにいらしてください。

カフェ電話番号:　03.5217.3311

住所:　〒101-0048東京都千代田区神田司町2-9-1第一高田ビルB1

The Alter IHOP東京　ディレクター連絡先：ジェニファー・グレイシー

携帯電話番号：　090.6477.5696（英語）

email:　gracestudio08@softbank.ne.jp（英語）

もし不明な点などございましたら、携帯もしくはemailにてご連絡下さい。

日本語にて詳細をお知りになりたい方は下記までご連絡下さい。

日本語連絡先：　佐藤 学美

携帯電話番号：　090.5537.8370（日本語）

ANNOUNCEMENT: April 2009 Schedule

Konichiwa minasama!
Please see below for April's sessions. We will have a grand total of 9 sessions this month. They will be each Monday & Wednesday evening as is the usual custom.

Very much looking forward to having you join us.
Grace-
JG

Wednesday
April 1st, 7-9pm
Session as regularly scheduled.
*the Human Trafficking report on Japan has been completed & there will be a short presentation
**there will also be a brief announcement on the 3 newly scheduled "night watch" sessions

Monday
April 6th, 7-9pm
Session as regularly scheduled.
* the Human Trafficking report on Japan has been completed & there will be a short presentation
**there will also be a brief announcement on the 3 newly scheduled "night watch" sessions

Wednesday
April 8th, 7-9pm
Session as regularly scheduled.

Monday
April 13th, 7-9pm
Session as regularly scheduled.

Wednesday
April 15th, 7-9pm
Session as regularly scheduled.

Monday
April 20th, 7-9pm
Session as regularly scheduled.

Wednesday
April 22nd, 7-9pm
Session as regularly scheduled.

Monday
April 27th, 7-9pm
Session as regularly scheduled.

Wednesday
April 29, 7-9pm
Session as regularly scheduled.
revision: cancelled- the cafe is closed due to japanese national holiday
(update on 4/26/2009)

UPDATE: The Last Few Months

Warm "hellos" to everyone!

Hard to believe April will be our six (6) month anniversary for The Altar IHOP, Tokyo! Amazing things God is doing... we have an average of one new person showing up per week and they've been coming from all directions. We just had two YWAM tribes join us last Wednesday and their teams came from various parts of North America (the US, Canada & Brazil) as well as Switzerland.

Last night, we were also led to pray over and prophesy a release to one of our Japanese tribesmen who's started coming recently. I kept seeing him preaching and starting churches. It was confirmed towards the end of the session when one of our regular members mentioned, "we need to release him." The passion for sharing the gospel this individual has is a rare thing for a Japanese- especially a Japanese guy. Please pray with us that God will continue to raise up the ones who are called to raise up their countrymen.

If you take a look at our First 10 +1  Prayer Directives as listed below, you'll notice point #3 states "God to raise up prophetic warriors- the worshipers, musicians & artists." God is indeed answering our prayers because this individual is an intercessor and an avid fan of Black Gospel music and is a member of a few choir groups.

In February, God sent unexpected visitors from another ministry based cafe' in Tokyo called "Yogen Cafe" which literally means "Prophecy Cafe" in English. One of them is a grad student at a well known university in Tokyo and has been prayer walking her campus. We were able to connect her with another HOP that was started nearby the university in January of 2009. She's also a member of the CIAsia Tribe. (Yogen Cafe doubles as church & cafe' and is part of the CIAsia family)

Crazy cool stuff and we are so lovin' it! 

To continue, we've been finding out here and there that mission organizations and churches are getting into the "24/7 prayer thing" and are scheduling prayer sessions at all hours. A few have even gone ahead and done things like "a week of 24/7" which is just absolutely awesome to see.

On our first Monday session in February, I was led to pray prophetically and prophesy Ezekiel 47 which led to a full prophecy based out of Luke 5. The prophecy was that we won't even have to cast our nets because the fish will begin jumping on our boats!

"They have fish called flying fish that fly but they'll have to invent a new name for a new type of fish. These fish will be called jumping fish because they will be fish that jump. We won't even need nets or fishing poles to catch these fish. These jumping fish will just suddenly start jumping in our boats and we won't know what to do about it. These jumping fish will also find themselves breathing better and feeling more alive out of the water and in the bottom of our boats than they ever did in the water they just came from."

The very next Wednesday, Abba sent us two people. One a good friend (J) with whom I've spent many an hour in prayer & worship. He brought a friend (G) with him. These two ended up doing two hours straight of harp & bowl style worship on the guitar. At the end of the evening, one of our tribesmen felt that the Holy Spirit was leading us to anoint one another with oil and pray over each other.

As we did this, the Holy Spirit came even stronger than before. When we got to the last person (G) and began praying for him, I saw the cloud of God even thicker and stronger than it had been in some time. It wasn't until we went out to eat afterwards I discovered why that was.

I was told (G) wasn't a Christian yet but that his siblings were!!! Now, I don't know about you, but that doesn't get any more "jumping fish" to me than it possibly could at that moment. One of the best parts about all of this? (G) told (J) he would like to come again and next time (J) comes to please invite him!!! (G) also commented that the whole experience was like some kind of trance or rave like experience and he thought it was pretty cool.

I realize there is a need for caution and all that but, when you see God moving on someone and wooing them into Him through an avenue with which that individual is already moderately familiar... it's just breathtaking. It cracks me up thinking, "Now, how would this work out in the states? There's no way you'd get an unchurched individual taking part in a full on, intense Holy Spirit manifesting, tongues speaking, people shaking under the power of God harp & bowl prayer/worship session." It just wouldn't happen.

Yet, here's this young guy in the middle of Tokyo, who's about to meet Jesus (getting so totally set up by the way) saying, "that was pretty cool- I would like to come again."

GOD??? ARE YOU SERIOUS? WE GET TO BE A PART OF THIS STUFF YOU ARE DOING HERE? OH-MY-GOSH!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE MORE! 

On a personal note: Abba finally showed confirmed my role as a "lead worshiper"... whew! What a relief THAT has been. I've been struggling for the last year at least with "God, how can I LEAD worship when I can't play any songs that people actually KNOW?? I can't even play songs I KNOW!!!"

It's shocking how slow I am to get things at times. :-) 

So... here's the revelation:

• There are those of us who are called to lead others in worship as a group through song. These individuals are often (and rightly called) "worship leaders."
  
• Then, there are those of us who are called to lead others in prayer that at times involves pointing the direction through song. Songs that have most likely never been sung before on the planet and will probably never be sung in exactly the same way again. THIS is me. 

Yay! I can't tell you how much easier it makes it to know how one functions in this realm. The stress and pressure to perform has completely melted away and has been replaced with a deep knowing and certainty that does not come except through the peace and grace of God.

Daily, Abba reveals to us who we are in Him. This has been such a huge prayer on my heart in this past season. "Abba, show us... teach us... who we are IN you." How good it is that He gives those who love Him that which they ask for.

Truly, it is only through knowing who we are IN Him that we can begin to function as we were designed to- as individuals and then subsequently, the church.

Hoping this blesses & encourages!

Grace, glory & fire-

JG

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

UPDATE: Cafe' Decision & The HOP

Hi again tribe!

This past few weeks at the HOP have been amazing. We've had 3 sessions in 2009 so far (one impromptu session last Thursday) and Abba's presence has really been so strong in each of them.

It's been such a sweet time of prayer & fellowship it's been hard to stop and go home in the evenings- we've all just wanted to linger a few minutes longer before heading back to "life." Oh, how great it will be the day we go 24/7! I just cannot wait for that season to arrive! What a huge celebration we will have and what an amazing victory it will be.

In our sessions, we've had times of personal prophecy and prayers for physical as well as emotional healings. A few of us have even started to notice the overflow of this time in prayer impacting our house church groups. In fact, just this last Saturday, we were able to move in a powerful time of visitation. Abba touched a number of members and set them free from fear. Fear of man specifically but, there was a new freedom from fear in general. It was, as always, such an honor to be involved and have a front row view of the transformation individuals experience when they step into new realms of freedom.

Come to think of it, in the prayer room before our fellowship, we started prophesying, "never the same, after today, never the same." Towards the end of ministry time, the group leader actually said, "after today, we'll never be the same again..." How much more of a confirmation of God's word for the hour can you get than that? Especially when the person who spoke that phrase was not present in the prayer session?

Since December, God has also been doing amazing things at Cafe' Decision.

He's brought a core team of individuals together to really dig in and build up the business through a wide variety of new and very creative avenues. Some of which I am a part of.

This team coming together truly is an amazing miracle. Especially since there was contemplation and much prayer the later part of 2008 over whether or not it was time to close down and do something else. Instead, Monday & Wednesday evenings have been dedicated to the HOP. Tuesday is going to be an English Village event. Thursday will continue as a bible study lead by Mr. John LaDue of YWAM. (Youth With a Mission) Friday & Saturday evenings will be very event focused with special emphasis on hosting "live-house" style performances. And Sunday will maintain itself as a church for those who have met Jesus while at the cafe'.

This church, I'm told, is about 30 individuals and nearly ALL of them Japanese! The cafe' has only been opened for about 3 years! In Japan, this number if new believers is pretty amazing especially considering most churches often average 30 members with only one or two new believers added to their community annually. Yay for God. He truly is building His church through some unusual and unconventional means.

I've written a bit on the cafe' before. Specifically, about the HOP being located in "the upper room underground." I'd love to share with you some additional interesting insights regarding its location.

The district in which Art Cafe' Decision is located happens to be the same district in which much of the government of Japan functions and is housed. This area is known as "Chiyoda-ku" and is one of the 23 ward areas which compile the city of "Tokyo."

Not only that but, twice to date (in 2007 & 2008) teams from Bethel Church in Redding, CA; USA visited the cafe' as part of their mission trip. On one of those trips, a picture was sketched of the cafe building with a tree growing up through the center of it.

The prophecy attached to the picture was of a seed being planted deep and growing into an amazing tree.

I believe we are in the process of seeing this prophecy come to pass- at the very least, the tree is starting to break ground and be a tree rather than a tiny seed.

As has been mentioned in at least one earlier writing, the sign on the front of the building is "Big Vision." Haha! Abba is so good to us. He has indeed given us a BIG Vision for this Cafe' Decision, the HOP and also Japan.

We ARE the upper room underground and we are indeed PLANTED in the field of government for the nation of Japan. In fact, to my best knowledge, the Kanji Characters used for the name of the area literally mean, "God's Field." Or something very close.　神田 is spoken, "Kanda." The first character meaning "God" with the second character meaning "field."

Taking that to the prophetic, The Altar IHOP, Tokyo & Art Cafe' Decision are planted in Abba's field of Government. Hee hee! Can't really get much better than that hey?

"of the increase of His GOVERNMENT, there shall be NO end."

Interesting statement I think- that Abba would plant a cafe dedicated to the "arts" and promiting artists in the center of His field so that it would grow up a fruitful tree. Haha! What a good God. I so love the way He hides His treasures for us to find.

In closing, please do be in prayer for the cafe'. This is one of our 10 main prayer points for the HOP and we could use all the prayers we can get. Both for the HOP team that meets there weekly and also, for the cafe' operations & administrative teams who are working very hard to ensure there is income coming in to pay the bills and keep the cafe' operational.

That's about all for now.
Grace-
JG

UPDATES: We Are One Month Old!!

Wow!
Just wow~!
How great is our God hey? I mean, it's been an entire month and we started our first prayer meeting on Wednesday evening, November 5th with a grand total of 3 individuals. I do have to say, I feel a bit like the proud parent of a newborn! Haha!

General Report:
In the space of two weeks, we went from one meeting a week to two meetings a week and finished off November with a grand total of 7 prayer sessions. We've also grown from a meager start of 3 individuals to 10 individuals in attendance over the course of our two designated prayer nights. While some of us manage to attend both nights, not all are able to. However, the fact remains that we've had up to 10 people showing up in various combinations to pray during the course of a two session week. Something I'm sure we can all agree, is just great! Certainly many more than I imagined God would send to our new tribe in its first month.

The Tribe:
To supply some insight into the international flavor God has begun pulling together on this prayer team; we've had in attendance:
2 Americans
1 Australian
1 German
2 Japanese
1 Korean
1 Taiwainese

This is truly starting off as a house... for ALL nations!

Holy Spirit Buzz:
There have been several email inquiries and networking opportunities into the "Tokyo HOP" thing. Some of which were in response to the "we're getting started" email I sent out to the mailing list in October. Others were from word of mouth and fliers we passed out during one of the Saturday Night Fellowship gatherings (a house church group.) A few that came from other online applications and networking circles. It's great how news travels when you are plugged into God's network. How wonderful it is to be surprised by Him every day.

Family:
We have become the sister HOP of The Altar International House of Prayer located in Meadville, PA; USA. While this is not officially official, it is "official" if you know what I mean. There is still lots of paperwork and research to be done but we are very much headed in that direction. THANK YOU ABBA! And yay!

Name Change:
We will also be changing our name from "House of Prayer, Tokyo" to "The Altar International House of Prayer, Tokyo." Yay! How exciting is this?

Future Website:
On that note, I've been doing research and planning for our future website and I am happy to say things are coming along reasonably well. As the site is still very much in the planning & initation phase, it will be awhile before it's up and running. I think though, the blog is working well at the moment and there is no need to rush this.

Prophecy:
In one of our most recent sessions, one of our team members was led to pray for the government & leaders of Japan. While in that stream, I ended up prophesying

there will be a Minister of Foreign Affairs who will meet Jesus and make a national public delcaration of this faith change.

It is not known however, whether this is the individual who currently holds this title or one who is yet to come. The timing is all up to God. Additionally, I personally do not know if the current Minister of Foreign Affairs is male or female. In all honesty, it doesn't really matter male or female, now or later. Heck, for all we know, it could be for several Ministers of Foreign Affairs! :-) We all know, what matters is God moving on the hearts and minds of the people in this nation be they in the halls of government or halls of day care centers.

Creative Solutions to Doing HOP in Japan:
In lieu of a Skype chat/discussion with one of our prayer team members just last night, we are going to look into scheduling sessions with mini-prayer teams(2-4 per group)via Skype at intervals during the week. This is a great solution to the "we do not have our own building to meet in" challenge and also works well with the commute time/distance/cost challenge which those who are living in and around Tokyo face. I think this may be a very creative answer to prayers asking God to establish the HOP, Tokyo and also show us how to effectively use the resources we already have access to.

If you are not able to join our Wednesday or Thursday night prayer sessions but would still like to be a part of the action, please contact me and I will see about setting up some remote "Skype prayer teams." Email: jagracey@cba.att.ne.jp

Prayers Please:
In prayer, we can use all the support we can get. Members of our team have been experiencing (in varying degrees) such things as intense headaches, sickness, extreme sleepiness, interestingly timed relationship difficulties and more chaotic than usual work days since we've begun to meet.

This is pretty common demonic reaction and interference over here. It is really a battle of will and endurance for some of our team members to attend the sessions. This is true for those who are and who are not yet fully aware the source of those previously mentioned manifestations.

Basically, the moment people begin to gather to pray here, things are set in motion to discourage and prevent that from happening. Understandably so since every word we speak in prayer is like lightning striking from the sky. It's all good though- you've gotta learn to love the battle to be in on this fight hey?

Prayers for endurance, disernment, divine strategy, God to bring His designated and appointed tribesmen to our camp, financial provision, supernatural grace & wisdom for the leadership and really what ever else comes to mind. If you think it, we could use prayer for it. :-) We aren't picky! (hee hee)

Funding the Kingdom:
Finally, if anyone feels led to support the HOP, Tokyo financially I'd like to share a few immediate needs with you:

1. Printing fees for the HOP info. fliers and other basic documents are about $20 USD or 2,000 JPY per 100 sheets of A4 size paper.

2. Round trip train fare to Tokyo and back from my home is about $24 USD or 2,400 JPY. To attend each session of the HOP (2 sessions a week x 4 weeks) it's about $200 USD or 20,000 JPY a month in commutation expenses.

3. A high quality USB port compatable IC voice recorder (with English directions and buttons) so we can start recording some of our sessions and transcribing prophecy and other important things that transpire. The devices are somewhere between $200-300 USD or 20,000-30,000 JPY.

4. Monthly, Quarterly or Yearly support of any capacity for staffing and basic operations/administration costs of running and setting up a ministry. Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world and the costs involved with doing anything here are higher than average.

If you are outside of Japan, please contact either The Altar International House of Prayer (refer to link for address & contact information) or myself directly.

If you are inside of Japan, please contact myself directly via email: jagracey@cba.att.ne.jp


Grace, glory & fire,
JG

UPDATES: First Meetings

We've had two sessions so far. The first on November 5, 2008 and the second on November 12, 2008.

There were three of us the first meeting, an American, a German and a Japanese praying in agreement God will establish this house- both the HOP, Tokyo and Cafe' Decision. The 10 prayer directives were introduced and prayed through.

The second meeting, there were two. An American and a Japanese. Again, the prayer directives were introduced and prayed through. It seemed the Holy Spirit was up for "girls night" and it was a sweet time of fellowship with His heart.

At this writing, I keep "meeting" people who say they are both glad to hear a HOP is getting started in Tokyo and that they've been looking for a place to just "come and pray." I also keep bumping into individuals who are asking, "What's a HOP? I've started hearing about this HOP thing more and more recently and want to know what it is." I can't help but think these are divine moves on the Holy Spirit's chess board. At the very least, little check points to say, "yes, you are going the right way."

I don't know who or when "those who are called" will start to show up but I think a slow, tiny start is actually good. Gives time to lay foundations properly. I keep seeing a vision of a stream. A stream that has barely just begun trickle up to the surface. Exciting because we've tapped in to A SOURCE of water! YAY!

At that, it seems two nights (Wednesday AND Thursday) will become available to us as early as next week! Imagine, doubling our capacity after only two sessions- both of which were introductary! Wow! That must be a record breaker somewhere. Thank you ABBA!!!

Please pray that we use this time well. I sense in my spirit a need to spend some time speaking on HOP concepts and helping people get a good solid grasp of what it's all about.

I also feel a strong need to just keep things simple. Especially at the start.
Focus on Prayer. Worship. Hearing God's voice.
Then, the other stuff.

Wisdom and Revelation required hey? Abba, what's your plan for this hour? I could use some blue prints.

In Great Anticipation,
Jennifer :-)