Dear, dear friends:

Forgive my lack of citations: this is cobbled together on the fly. An folder I created and entitled “REVIVAL” has now grown to 67 emails in three days. And there is far too much going on that has not been writen down…

I can hardly walk from having spent so much time standing still on the center of the green. Daily prayer started today at 7:30am, 3pm, and will happen again at 10pm. Eight were there this morning, about twenty-two this afternoon, both times of prayer extended past 1.5 hrs (I’ve had to leave early from both — just now to write this blitz, so I trust its worthwhile!).

The Holy Spirit is moving with power at Dartmouth College. Last Thursday, seven of us found ourselves in Food Court surrounded by unoccupied tables. As we talked, excitment visibly descended on the group and the conviction that an outpouring of the Spirit on Campus was imminent. We represented Agape, CI, and Navigators. We spent a lengthy time in prayer. “During that time, one of the girls started speaking in tongues, catching her totally offguard. She spent the rest of the evening with the Holy Spirit as she was led to call a woman in her church that she has talked to just once before [and to boldly ask to speak at their service, which went fantastically well, exciting the Church to prayer and faith], and call her family for reconciliation. The rest of us also had fantastic nights, including lots of opportunities to present the Gospel. Friday for lunch, we met again to tell our stories of Thursday evening and had some more fruitful prayer time… Each of us had an overwhelming sense that the Spirit was saying this is the year. This is the year of revival at Dartmouth. No longer was it “soon” or “in the process”, but there was a definite sense of this is when the Spirit will claim Dartmouth for His own once again. And it’s not just the students, but the faculty as well.” (and not just students and profs, but also DDS workers, janitors, townies, administration, admissions — and DHMC nurses!)

Last night, twelve of us from four fellowships gathered in an “upper room” of Collis , singing and praying and in the tangible presence of the Holy Spirit. It was rough, simple worship, but filled with a passion for Christ that has exploded all around and continued to floor me. (Where did this single-hearted passion come from?) We then efficiently tackled questions of how to let other Christians know what was happening; drafting a short game

plan:

– Daily prayer at the center of the green, three times a day.

– Asking every church and person we know to pray for Dartmouth using the “Parkhurst Prayer” (attached)

– Encourage, through friendships and conversations, the people we know

Exciting testimonies have been shared. Claris Smith mentioned that she came to Dartmouth a prophet had told her that a revival would start in the Northeast led by Ivy League colleges. A professor recently came to faith through working on a term paper with a Christian student. An S&S officer is retiring this year after having prayed faithfully for the campus for many years. We were joined today (just now!) by a nurse from DHMC who cried as she told us how long she had been praying for Dartmouth, and gave fervent prayer for healing at Dartmouth, arising from a real heart of compassion that she has given to Dartmouth students facing recoveries from alcoholism and drug abuse.

The Haystack revival happened 200 years ago: the Summer of 1806. The revival launched a powerful explosion of the first missionaries from the US. People all over the world have been praying for a revival to break out on College campuses this summer.

Vox Clamantis in Deserto.

And there are testimonies from outside the immediate Dartmouth community. This one is from someone entirely unknown who heard one of the last-minute announcements that were given at churches this Sunday:

We were lifting you guys (and the campus) up to the Lord today at 7AM prayer today. After this, I drove by the Green. As I passed, I saw a circle of about 10 people holding hands, heads bowed in the center of the Green. What an awesome sight!! I did not know you had planned to meet and pray. I could not distinctly make out anybody….but I knew in my spirit it was your group!! I could not find the horn fast enough…and I almost turned around to join you (**notice oneness in the Spirit with your request below**). Sorry I didn’t! Anyway, it brought me to tears to see what God is doing in and around Dartmouth.

I think we all need to be particularly attentive at this time. God is moving, and he delights to involve us. In fact, we are the chosen instruments by which His Kingdom WILL come, here on Earth. As we were in worship yesterday, the Lord showed me that we are engaging in warfare that will take down strongholds. More importantly, the Lord showed me that on the other end of the spectrum, we are erecting/building strongholds [def: high place, refuge, secure height, retreat] that the enemy can’t take down! The Lord is building a fortress.

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So please: Wherever you go in the next weeks, please get churches to pray for Dartmouth. Tell people. Please.

And if you’re not living elsewhere: Hurry back as soon as you can! I have a feeling this year is going to be profoundly different than anyone was expecting.