It is becoming increasingly evident to me that the "god of this world has blinded those who do not believe,so that they will not be able to see the light of the Gospel..." (2 Cor 4:4) The problem is increased even further when the "god of this world" is so brazen as to utilize something as unveiled as "Voodoo" in order to draw in the unsuspecting masses.
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This weekend, I will be with a team in the City of New Orleans to minister on the streets during the annual "Voodoo Fest" which occurs every year just prior to Halloween. Organizers would says that this is merely a "music festival" and that the term "Voodoo" is just a gimic that is used to draw attention to this event.
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What they wont tell you is that genuine New Orleans voodoo priests and priestessess are brought in to "bless" the event--and these folks are not just acting. They take their "voodoo" very serious. What they may have failed to realize though--is that we take our JESUS VERY SERIOUS and have no fear or reservations when it comes to standing toe-to-toe with a defeated foe (satan).
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By the time that most of you read this blog entry, my team from Daytona Beach will be on the road making the (10) hour drive to New Orleans and a team from Raven Fairfield (led by Pastor Meredith Lindsey) will be heading that way as well to connect with us. We will all then spend the next (3) days taking the uncompromising, power-packed message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the tens of thousands who are being duped by satan's deceitful plan.
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We are expecting the Holy Ghost to "show up and show out" in a powerful way and we expect to reap a tremendous harvest of souls during the next three days of ministry at the Voodoo Fest location in New Orleans' City Park and during our late nights (early mornings) on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter.
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I need YOUR help too. In addition to your PRAYERS, we desperately need your FINANCIAL SUPPORT. "You, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, sufferings-- what kinds of things happened to me... the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them." 2 Timothy 3:10-11 In other words, you know my heart and what I am all about--which is bringing the lost to the saving knowldge of Jesus Christ whatever it takes!
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We are going ahead and hitting the road in faith---real faith! I am jsut going to stand beleiving that God will speak to the heart of someone that will be obedient to His voice on this and will help the ministry cover the estimated $500 needed to get this done.
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THIS IS WHAT VOODOO IS ALL ABOUT:

A woman vodoo believer possessed by a spirit at the sacred pool at Sucry. The Sucry voodoo pilgrimage is one of the most important of the year, since it honors all of the spirits. Many from the US, Canada and other countries to attend the two weeks of rituals and celebrations

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A Haitian bathes in the sacred mud pool in Plaine du Nord during the annual festival honoring the spirit Ogou. Vodoo believers make the pilgrimage from all over Haiti as well as from across the U.S., Canada and Europe to renew their beliefs and find strength through the baptism-like ceremony and other rituals.

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This is the root of the practices and beliefs of many New Orleans residence. Our teams has confronted this devil for many years and has also stood against and combated those involved in the practice of "Sancteria" which mixes voodoo with Catholocism, Spiritism, and Black Evangelical Worship styles.

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There is a great deception associated with these practices--last year our team was in the middle of a blood sacrifice in Jackson Square! Pastor Thomas and Pastor Don stood in the midst of them and began preaching the Gospel. The group soon disbanded as the Word of God drove away the devil that controlled them.

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Vodou priest treats an ill woman with mud from the sacred pool in Plaine du Nord, during the annual festival honoring the spirit Ogou. You will see many Voodoo shops and items celebrating these practices throughout the French Quarter of New Orleans. They are POWERLESS against the CROSS OF CALVARY though! Praise Jesus.

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Raven Relief Headed to Southern California

Raven West Coast is going4GOD again~ We need your prayers!!! We are heading down to minister to the thousands affected by the fires and will be joining with local pastors who are overwhelmed.

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We have made a connection with Christ In Action (http://www.christinaction.com/) who are VERY much wanting us to meet with them as we assess how we can minister and bring the love of Christ to those that are in desperation. What we have come to know is that these first few days are the most important! What we saw during katrina was many aide organizations helping some but not bringing the aide that comes from above and we were used in a mighty way individually to lead others to the one who saves us all~ JESUS!

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Pastor Rudy, myself and Karen and Rich donaghy are in~if your family would like to help us with any finances for gas we would very much appreciate it as we have not a dime but willingness to GO!

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We don't know how exactly we will pay for this but neither did we when Katrina hit and the LORD provided and after our first team went in, the LORD allowed this ministry to then send 15 other teams! lives were changed for eternity~please pray and consider being a part of bringing JESUS relief through our first Raven team willing to go! We have our own Jeep and a flat bed trailer donated by Brian~we are praying for the LORD to fill it with new t-shirts and cases of water! We still need $500 to cover the cost of the RELIEF EFFORT

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We will be ministering to men, women, children, emergency crews, families, pastors~we need your help! You can make checks payable to RAVEN and/or PayPal at http://www.ugo4god.com/ .We will be leaving Thursday evening morning.

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Thanks~Lori (Raven West Coast)

250,000 Bikers invade Daytona Beach

BiktoberFest here in Daytona Beach was another "Adventure" to say the least as 250,000 bikers and motorcycle enthusiasts filled the city with the rumble of tails pipes and the wickedness and disdain for the Gospel that accompanies such events.

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I have preached the Gospel all across the United States and in Europe (including Amsterdam's Redlight District of all places) and I must say that the overall pride, wickedness and resistance to the Gospel was greater here in Daytona Beach during this event than any place that I have ever witnessed. Hard Soil to say the least!.

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We had a great team on the streets for this year's event that included: Melanie, Kayla and I, Pastor Terry & Eileen, Pastor John & Danaye, Holly and Sue---yet we needed about 50-60 more to INVADE this place with an ARMY Of SOUL WINNERS for Jesus!

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The next Bike event is Daytona Bike Week and will be held February 29 - March 9, 2008 and we would love to have a big team come together for this event. There are an estimated 500,000 visitors in the City for this event---THAT my friends is a harvest field!

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As we hit the streets this year we were met with the typical, "I am a Christian too" speach (as they stood there half dressed with a beer in their hand). We were quick to point out that "our brand" of Christianity was more devoted to the Bible rather than a Bike). We did have many people stop to talk to us, but many more had become hardened agaonst the Gospel by the false and erroneous teaching that they recieve in their local churches each week.

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Many of the woman who came out dressed like Biker-Whores (their terminology, not mine) said that it was "all in fun" and that they would be in church on Sunday! Can you beleive that! Folks--surely the Lord Jesus Christ's suffering and death were for more than some watered-down carnal Christianty. You can sure tell that the end is upon us!

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We are going to continue to take the life-changing message of Jesus Christ to the most desperate and dark places in this nation and we need your help. Many times we have people ready and willing, yet we are confronted with the lack of financial resources to do the work that God has called us to.

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We are not some "Mega-Church" with multi-million dollar facilities and Six-figure salaries--we are YOUR MISSIONARIES to the streets of the Nations and we look to you to invest in the harvest fields of souls as we take the love and compassion of Jesus to those who most refuse to go to.

Marathon For Souls Update

(This is me taking a break to put on a pair of dry socks at the 16 mile mark)

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I can tell you one thing for sure, "Twenty-six mile is a long way on foot!" Our teams across the US and Canada conducted our first annual Marathon for Souls with the goal of raising the necessary $26,000 to put as many as 200 Urban Missionaries on the streets of New Orleans during our Mardi Gras Outreach this coming February.

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The marathons were being ran as "relays" or "cummulative" marathons where each persons distance was added together to achieve a total of 26 miles at each location. Some of the teams logged as many as 30 miles in the day, but all the teams who hosted a Marathon accomplished the goal of completing the 26 miles.

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I felt that I, as the leader (aka. servant of Jesus), should set the standard and do ALL 26 miles of the marathon. Well--I got them ALL DONE! Praise the Lord for the prayers (no really!) that helped me get it done for Jesus! I had several friends email me before hand and say, "Please reconsider doing this!" I sure appreciate their love and concern, but I am blessed that I was able to do this for such an important cause (SOULS).

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We came up short on our goal ($26,000) 0r ($2600 x 10 teams) with premliminary totals being around $8000 (this could go up as totals are sent in). We will continue to receive donations over the next couple of months to raise the balance of the outreach budget. Our goal is to be able to allow any soul-winner to come and share Jesus on the streets of New Orleans during this time FREE OF CHARGE!

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