Revival in Valence

Valence team report

October 23- Thursday. Departure from Villa Emmanuel for VALENCE!! We were so excited to set out as one of the teams, ready to see revival come to Valence! We were on the road for 3-4 hours, and arrived at l’Oasis around 3 p.m. We got set up in our rooms, and went to Remi’s parents house to see Jeff, Micah, and the family.

24th- Friday. 9 a.m.- worship and intercession. We had a visitor, France, with us, who we blessed with prayer. We had a powerful time of worship together with the family, Jeff, Micah, and France. Afterwards, Remi and Sam set off to find a meeting place for our big Gateways worship night on the 13 of November. We ate lunch together, and then went grocery shopping to get needed items for meals for the week. We returned to l’Oasis, ate dinner together, and then went to a meeting at Bethel Church in Valence to minister with Jeff. The meeting was powerful, and we had lots of time to pray for people after it was over.

25th- Shabbat. 10 a.m., worship and intercession. We had guests, Christoff and Angelique, who came to join us for worship. They are a young couple who lead worship at Remi and Sam’s home church, les Sarments. We began to pray over them, and we had a powerful time of speaking words and truth over them. They were really touched and encouraged, especially by the fact that we would want to invest into their lives. That afternoon we ate lunch together as a team, and then Rena, Sam and Remi rushed around looking at rooms to rent for the big Gateways worship event on the 13th of November. That night the team split in two: one group went to eat dinner at Christoff and Angelique’s house, and the other group went to Sarments to a youth meeting where Jeff was speaking. Both teams were blessed and experienced a powerful time of God moving. In the youth meeting, many were called to repentance. There were 7 people who gave their lives to Jesus, and 5 made a renewed commitment. God came in power, and many were touched!

26th-Sunday. Church meeting at Sarments with Jeff. Remi, Ashley, Christoff and Angelique led worship at Sarments. Jeff brought the message, and Mr. R made a surprise appearance and gave prophetic words! There was clear and almost tangible revival in the air, it was so powerful! We felt the Lord move so mightily, and many were touched. Jeff taught from John 5. He gave a call to revival, and many agreed to push it forward! At the end, 4 people gave their lives to Jesus, and many made renewed commitments. When Jeff turned the service back over to the pastor, he was almost dumb from the revival atmosphere. We were all touched, and prayed for that revival to continue. Afterwards, the Pastor felt he needed to get the church leadership together with Jeff to continue the revival and they set a date for Monday night. After the service, we went back to the Arnaud’s house to eat, and enjoyed a nice meal together. In the evening, we took some time to rest after the busy day.

27th- Monday. Worship 9 a.m. Christoff and Angelique joined us again. We had a time of intercession for Valence, calling forth MORE revival. It was powerful, but we really had to push forward in our fatigue! In the afternoon we had a prayer walk through Valence. During the morning worship, God had given Angelique a vision of one particular street in Valence, and in the vision there was an open heaven above it. We walked this street praying for what Angelique saw in the spiritual realm to be also in the natural realm. After the walk, we sat in a café and had some “team time”. In the evening, Remi and Sam went with Jeff to the leader’s meeting at Sarments.

28th- Tuesday. Worship 9 a.m. Christoff and Angelique came once again for worship. We had lunch with Jacques and Joelle, and the team really felt a connection with them. We experienced a lot of spiritual warfare this day. After the revival that started on Sunday, Jeff had on his heart to continue it as much as possible. We immediately began planning another meeting (for Tuesday night), and spent Monday and Tuesday preparing for it. Praise the Lord, it all came together. That night, at the meeting, Jeff taught from Acts 4. We really felt the spirit of God come and it was amazing how people responded. Jeff and our team prayed for almost everyone who came, and almost everyone was touched! It was amazing how the Lord continued the revival!

29th- Wednesday. Packing and cleaning for departure. We packed up and cleaned at l’Oasis, then we headed to the Arnaud families’ house to spend some time before leaving Valence. We ate lunch, and then had a time of shopping in the area. We departed for Geneva just after dinner looking forward to return to the rest of the community here in France.

-Sara Arnaud

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