marcum's newsletter - june 2013

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NEW S from the Marcum Family!June 2013

IN THIS ISSUE..

Report f rom the JOPLIN OUTREACH trip

TheAdventure of F inding a Home continues Summer Plans are taking shape Impressions from the Lord

THE JOPLIN OUTREACH TRIP

Hello Dear Friends & Loved Ones!

It is so great to be able to begin this newsletter with a report of the wonderful things that happened on ourrecent outreach trip to Joplin! On May 24-26 we brought another team from the Missions Base here atIHOP-KC to Joplin for a weekend of worship & prayer, ministry, and outreach. We felt led by the Lord tobase our ministry this time at Watered Gardens Mission where our long-time friends, James & MarshaWhitford, are directors. We have always felt a kinship in the Spirit with them, and with the mission God hascalled them to in Joplin.

We brought a team of 12 from IHOP-KC, and 4 interns came and joined us from Mercy House of Prayer inAlma, including Jordan & Sarah! We began the weekend on Friday night at Watered Gardens Missionwhere we ate supper with the guys who were staying at the shelter that evening. Then we broke out theguitars & djembes, and had a spontaneous time of acoustic worship, and sharing testimonies. It was really

great and ended in a time of small group prayer with the guys. During that time, Steve Anzelc, who was

with us again on the team, met a man named Charlie who told Steve that he would really like to be baptized.After talking to James about it, and talking to Charlie, we knew that he truly understood what baptism andfollowing Jesus meant! So, on Saturday afternoon we all went to Shoal Creek and baptized Charlie!

There are several more pictures on the next page from the Joplin trip (thanks Jessianna!). On Saturdaymorning we arrived back at Watered Gardens Mission at 6 a.m. to fix breakfast for the guys. Then we ledtwo morning worship & prayer sets in the Upper Room. The presence of the Lord just filled the room, andit reminded us of the hours & hours we have spent in the past at Watered Gardens Mission in the UpperRoom just worshiping, praying, and asking the Holy Spirit to visit Joplin. At lunch on Saturday we had acookout outside, and many people came and were ministered to by our team. On Saturday evening we were

at Joplin Family Worship Center where we had an awesome time fueling the worship & prayer that DavidCarnine is leading there! We also had a great time of ministry to people at the end of the service. Wefinished our trip on Sunday morning back at Watered Gardens Mission where we led the morning service,and prayed for many people to receive healing and breakthroughs. It was an awesome trip!


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More pictures from the Joplin Outreach Trip

The Adventure of Finding a House!As most of you know, our house in Joplin has finally sold!

The closing was postponed three times, but we finally closedon May 31st. We have been living in temporary housing

since moving to KC last November, and have now lived in 4different houses in 6 months! We are seeking the Lord for a

more permanent housing solution, so we have just in the pastfew days put an offer on a townhouse in Greenfield Village,next to the IHOPU campus. It is a 3-bedroom, 2 bathtownhouse, with 1800 sq ft, and a full unfinished basement.There is a nice big patio out back, and a 2-car covered

carport. We feel like this would be a great location for ourfamily, so were asking everyone to please pray that ouroffer will be accepted. We will keep you all posted!

Spontaneous worship & sharing Fri night

Cookout at WGM on SaturdayPraying with a group of guys at WGM.Cleaning up after the meal!

Thanks Sarah & Jonathan.

Prayer ministry on Sunday morning Leading worship in the Upper Room at WGM

Prayer ministry Saturday night at JFWC. Article in Joplin Globe about Joplin House

of Prayer. This came out the Saturday the

IHOP-KC team was in Joplin!

Chris Jones prayer leading Sat. night at JFWC

The townhouse at Greenfield Village.


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OTHER NEWS and SOME IMPRESSIONS FROM THE LORD

We announced in the last newsletter that Jessianna was asked to sing a song that she wrote as a special at theSunday morning meeting of Forerunner Christian Fellowship. Well, although it was postponed twice, shefinally sang the special at both morning services on May 19th, and it was awesome! Heres a couple pictures:

We asked that you all would be praying for us as we were the speakers at the IHOP Life InitiativesTownhall Rally on May 28th. This is a monthly meeting where everyone on the Missions Base who is

SUMMER PLANS ARE TAKING SHAPE!This will be our first summer at the IHOP Missions Base, and it looks to be a busy one! Both Joy and Jessiannawill be involved in an 8-week Student Ministries Leadership Program. Joy is one of the Student Ministries

leaders and will be mentoring some of the girls in the leadership program, as well as leading a propheticjournaling part of the program with all the youth. Jessianna was asked by Student Ministries to be one of 14youth they invited into the program, which is really a privilege for her. But its going to be pretty intense, soplease be praying for her, and for Joy and all the students and leaders in the program. We believe there is goingto be great fruit! Melissa & I, as parents, are somewhat involved behind the scenes as well fixing meals anddoing some other basic helps with the program. Also, our 15-passenger van will be their main vehicle for thesummer, so pray it holds up! Actually the van has been a great blessing, and weve not only used it for our own

Joplin outreach trips, but it has been used by other departments here for outreaches too. A couple weeks ago,Orphan Justice Center borrowed the van for a weekend trip to Springdale, AR where they ministered to a largegroup from the Marshall Islands who live in that area. There is amazing transformation going on there! Andthis week, the van is being used to take a group of high-school age young men who are being mentored on acampout in Colorado.

Speaking of young men, Jonathan is doing great, and has made a lot of friends here. He got a job with a localroofer this summer, and just started roofing his first house this week. He is also planning on attending 2 tracksof summer camp hereAwakening Teen Camp and Music Academy.

Summer plans for Melissa and I have taken a somewhat abrupt turn! We have been meeting with various leadershere on the Missions Base discussing the possibility of becoming full-time staff. We have been Prayer RoomStaff since our arrival, but we feel the Lord is leading us to become even more involved. So, we have made thedecision to enter the first track of internship on July 5 th in order to pursue becoming full-time staff. Theinternship lasts 12 weeks, and involves 50 hours a week of classes, prayer room time, small group meetings, andservice. It also requires $2,400 tuition for both of us to take the internship. So, please pray with us for provisionofthe funds we need and for the Lords working in us this summer to prepare us for a greater role serving on the

Missions Base and in the global prayer movement.
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involved in pro-life ministries gathers for encouragement and to share information about what is going on.We shared the story of the dreams that Joy and I had before the Joplin tornado in which I was depicted asmeeting the President and pleading with him to end abortion in America, and in which Joy was given the

date of 5-29-11the date I did end up meeting President Obama and asking him to remember the unborn.Well, we shared our story, and ended the evening with praying for the President and his family, and it wasreally a powerful time. While we were praying, the Lord gave me an impression of a strategy regardingpraying for President Obama. I had never seen this before! He showed me that in the same way that He hadunited my heart with Joys heart about this issue and had given us both dreams, He also wants to unitePresident Obamas heart with his own daughters on this issue. I especially felt that Sasha was the daughter

that President Obama would be united to in like-hearts about the ending of abortion. I feel that He may evengive them both dreams, like He gave to Joy and me.

After I shared this at the meeting, one of the young men who is a leader in Life Initiatives came up front andsaid that he had brought a book along with him for some reason which was a book of names and theirmeaning (like parents use for searching names for their babies). He looked up Sasha and was amazed!

The booksaid that Sasha means defender of mankind, and that its spiritual connotation is Heart of God!The Scripture it listed was Deuteronomy 10:18, which is speaking of God and says He executes justicefor the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. I believe this is aconfirmation that Sasha does have a destiny of carrying the heart of God in defending the unborn, and

bringing justice to them, so many of whom are indeed fatherless.

As a result of our sharing at this meeting, the IHOP-KC Life Initiatives department has now begun 2 prayermeetings a week for the President and his family! We will be attending one of them every Wednesday at 11a.m. We are also becoming more involved ourselves with Life Initiatives here at the Missions Base, and willbe meeting with their leadership team regularly for prayer and discussion together, as well as beginning toserve as much as our schedule permits while we are in the 12-week internship. After the internship, webelieve this may be one of the areas the Lord leads us to serve and lead in on the Missions Base.

Before I close this newsletter, let me share a final impression I had from the Lord recently while I waspraying in the Global Prayer Room. It was on June 1st, our wedding anniversary (33 years!). It was Saturdayafternoon, and Misty Edwards was leading a devotional set by herself. Suddenly, she began singing anoracle from the Lord, and a spirit of revelation began to move in the room regarding the time and season we

are in. It was a powerful moment as the Lord began to speak through Misty, saying, Its the calm beforethe storm. She sang & spoke, Blow the trumpet in Zion, Sound the alarm! Its not too far away. If thewatchmen do not sound the alarm, who will survive? And then she sang again, Its the calm before thestorm. Its a time of confusionmany people are confused by the calm. DONT BE CONFUSED! As Iprayed and meditated upon what Misty was singing and speaking, the Lord impressed upon me that this isthe time to Get oil. I remembered Him speaking to me several months ago while we were in Joplin, in themidst of making our decision to move to Kansas City, and He showed me that personally I needed to Get

oil in this season. The old song says, Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning I believe this is a word

for all of usThis is the time, this is the season, dont be confused by the calm, but GET OIL for your lamp.

If you have been being distracted away from personal prayer and time in the Word ask the Lordshelp to get back to it! Things are not going to continue as they have for too much longer, change is closerthan we know, and its time to prepare by getting oil from the Lord. That way our lamps will continue

burning brightly during the dark season that lies just ahead.

Must close for now. We thank God for all of you, and were praying for you! May you all be blessed andcomforted by the Lord.

Because He is worthy of it all, Our contact information:

The Marcums

Jim & Melissa Marcum & family P.O. Box 1099

Grandview, MO 64030

Phone & text: 417-483-6723 (Jim) 417-825-0841 (Melissa)

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