preparing the army

The Holy Spirit stood atop a green hill, surrounded by blue cloudy skies and a field: to the right stood an orderly army of white figures, to the left a squirly black mass. Raising his arm in a sweeping motion, he signalled the white army. Sporadically, at first, they shoot fiery arrows overhead and into the blackness, dispersing it to revealing a golden pavement. Finally, the Spirit walked into and separated the blackness like the Red Sea. More and more arrows filled the sky until they unified into a broad hand that swept the entire black mass away.

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hanoi

In this dream I arrived by plane and drove through a old city in a type of open cart.  Looking out to the right (east) I could see the vastness of this shanty city.  My guide was an old man, in a wide brim hat.

He shared his plans to transform this city.  As he spoke the city became a rising glittering jade-glass city.
 
Next, my eyes were taken left.  There a two word name appeared like fog: HA NOI.

• When I woke, the name convinced me I was in an asian place.
• Yet only when I opened an atlas did I realise Ha-noi is the capital of Vietnam.
• The meaning of its name "between the rivers"
• As of 2012, I remain uncertain as to the meaning of this dream

additional thoughts

To possibly help with the interpreting of this dream I include the following information

• Vietnam translates: "Viet" was a Vietnamese pronounciation of a Chinese word for "far" which described a wondering hunter type people in that region of Asia; these wonderer's migrated southward into current day Vietnam. "Nam" means "south" or southern region.
• Hanoi is the captial of Vietnam

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YWAM

Youth With A Mission (YWAM)

To whom it may concern,

I hope this letter finds you and yours well.

The following information is something I believe I heard for the people of YWAM.

The request was for us to please read Paul’s letter to the church of Ephesus.  And as such, it was my understanding that the foundations of the ministry, which is YWAM, have shifted.  The need to equip remains.  But the apostolicness is to increase.

What does this mean?  Basically my understanding is YWAM is (or was in 2005) primarily acts as a ministry which invites people from afar to come and learn how to be missionaries or add to their ‘tool kit’ of being a missionary.  However what I am hearing is a call to, for example, increase

• from being a ministry of teachers to one of empowering a missional community
• from inviting students to a centralised base to going out to where people are
• from teaching those with a call to empowering those who have been called, even before they themselves know they have been

It is not my intent to suggest that you are not already doing these things.  Not at all.  Simply to encourage you to continue seeking God in all manners relating to Him and His Kingdom.

If you would like to question me on any of what was shared here, I would be more than happy to make myself available for you: benfam@gmail.com

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