So there were about 10ish of us including three pregnant women that went out to the corner market where a lot of prostitution, drug dealing, you name it happens about 100 yards from where our church meets at the cinema. Starting from 7:30pm until 8:15pm.

When we got there and told the owner who we were and asked if it was OK if we played music outside her space. She gave us the OK.

We set up the drums and guitars and the smell of pot and growl of a local pit bull 2 feet from us got us excited! Once we started, the rain came (literally) it was a down pour. Onlookers (high or sober) stared at us while we became undignified and tried to murder our fear of man.

Half way through worship we started singing a song with a line about lightning and guess what , it started thundering and lightning. ha ha. The waters were flooding around us and we put down our umbrellas and arms out looked up to the heavens, praised our Father and let the rain fall on our faces.

The owner came out and she asked how long we were to be there because someone called the cops on us. -This is pretty funny because we could hardly hear ourselves amongst the rain and thunder.-

We decided to do a couple more songs and then leave. Ending with the song "Oh How He Loves Us" and standing soaking wet with two other pregnant ladies and some really amazing people, I new this was a moment never to forget.

I went in to tell the owner that we were going to do one more song and leave and the owner's husband said "No, you must leave now. You have to go." I smiled and thanked him for letting us be there and asked if we could pray a blessing over his business for prosperity. He said he wanted nothing to do with that and that we just had to go. So we packed up and walked home.

As soon as we got home. The rain stopped along with the lightning.

I watched the news later and discovered that the down pour and lightning was only during the times we were out. ha ha ha

Our goal was to bring light into a dark place and the way it played out totally happened. We went into the enemy's territory and crashed with darkness and unwelcomeness.

How cool is our God to come in full force in spiritual and in the natural to this particular place in the neighborhood. I can't wait to see what has happened and is happening from our encounter.

I gave the lady flowers two days later and thanked her for letting us come and sing. She said "see you again" ha ha. God you are awesome!