Because of the excitement of Jeremiah’s birth, we are a little behind on updating everyone on Hope City news. On July 1st, we had the streets blocked off right in front of Hope City for our annual neighborhood outreach. We had cotton candy for the kids, free haircuts from professional hair dressers, face painting, a […]
We rejoiced on Wednesday when they allowed Jeremiah to come home for continued outpatient treatment. Theresa and I both felt like he would feed better at home. After taking some time to explain that to both the doctors and NICU nurses, they agreed with us that since around the clock monitoring was no longer necessary […]
On July 4th early in the morning, we awoke to Theresa’s water breaking. Our little boy was ready to come! However, what followed made us realize that Theresa’s body was not quite ready. Through 40 hours of extremely intense, induced labor we finally had our son on July 5th at 6:02 pm. He was born […]
How We Pray for the Unborn During a silent siege we pray in silence outside of an abortion clinic standing for the unborn in the womb whose voices cannot be heard. Sometimes we are asked how we keep engaged in prayer while standing in silence week after week. One main thing that keeps our hearts […]
Imagine a prayer meeting where drug addicts get set free, the fatherless find a family, and the hungry are fed. Imagine a prayer meeting where anyone is accepted, and people from all walks of life can come to spend time with Jesus and find community. Located in one of Kansas City’s toughest neighborhoods, Hope City […]
Worshiping and Praying with 65,000 The first few days we arrived in California we met with and ministered to several people. We were amazed at the connections God allowed us to make with both old and new friends. We then really enjoyed getting to serve, pray and worship with 65,000 people at TheCall Azusa Now […]
Theresa and I are so excited to be expecting our first baby in August! In addition, God is moving in the inner city as the poor are fed, addicts set free, and the spiritual atmosphere is changed through night and day prayer. Furthermore, many elderly are discovering their call as intercessors in nursing homes. We […]
We have begun the Anna Club with a modified version of harp and bowl prayer, combining worship and prayer, at one of the local nursing homes. The beginning means slow steps and figuring things out as we go, but each week the testimonies make our hearts soar. As we tell residents that God has a […]
We Are Pregnant! January 2016 We are happy to announce that we are going to have a child around the first week of August. We are excited to raise children in the house of prayer. We have our first prenatal appointment this Thursday where we will get to hear the heartbeat for the first time. […]
Transitioning to a Day Schedule 2015 Year End Report We are celebrating twelve years for Jonathan and seven years for Theresa of serving Jesus by praying through the night. After praying and talking to our leaders this past year, we have decided to transition our schedule to praying during the day. It has been an […]