UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - NORTH AMERICA

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GENERAL REPORT (Detail will follow)

Over 130 sites in 38 states registered their Global Day of Prayer events on the GDOP US website www.gdop-usa.com
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We had many more churches and groups that participated in both the ten days and during their regular service but they had not registered on the website.

SOME OTHER REPORTS

We, Myanmar Full Life Mission Church at Los Angeles area in Southern California, USA celebrated today the Global Day of Prayer after promoting the ten days prayer schedule. We prayed for all nations that the Lord God will meet the spiritual and physical needs. Emphatically we prayed for the urgent needs in Myanmar. We enjoyed participating in the prayer movement. We felt the touch of the Holy Spirit. Blessings.
 
Rev. Chin Khai   chinkkhai@hotmail.com

Here are photos of our group (12 came) praying on the top of Mt. Tabor in SE Portland (USA) on Sunday, May 11th at 5pm, as we are broadcasting an entire hour of prayer on K-Praise 1330 AM Radio, www.kkpz.com for the greater Portland, OR/Vancouver, WA metro area.

James Autry jamesautry@integrity.com
Station Manager

Wilmington, NC

We had planned to hold our GDOP event in a local stadium but were rained out.  Our event planners were able to move to a Church Gymnasium and publicize the change so effectively that about a thousand people packed the gym and we had a wonderful celebratory, unifying event.

Charles Barton  cdhb2@bellsouth.net

10 days of prayer event in Northfield, MA.  We also had an outdoor GDOP at the same location.  Attendance at this even was 25 adults (entire 10 days) 11 kids (entire 10 Days).  In addition we had a constant stream of people coming and going throughout--for example, an average night was about 60 people--up to as high as 90 people.  Hope this is encouraging.

Jonathan Fritz  10daysofprayer@gmail.com

HOUSTON (Carol Vance Prison)

The IFI prison elders worked with local church planters to organize the GDOP. They were shown the video but did all the rest. They are being taught to practice spiritual disciplines of prayer for others and GDOP is one of the tools they used.

The inmates lead a powerful prayer time. Their heart for repentance, praying for the nations, revival, spiritual awakening (especially for inmates around the world) was beyond words. We were not allowed to bring in flags of the nations, but we were allowed to bring a printed color copy of the flags of the nations. The inmates gathered around these flags and cried out in prayer for these nations and for the prisoners in the nations. They especially prayed for Russia and China when they found out how many people were incarcerated in these nations. Since it was Mothers Day, these inmates repented because of the grief they caused their mothers, their city, our nation and for mothers around the world.

HENDERSON : KENTUCKY

We kicked off GDOP on the court house steps with National Day of Prayer. Our County Judge Executive hosted a breakfast with 100 attending. On Pentecost, each of the 12 churches agreed to pray through the prayer guide in their Sunday service. We distributed 1,100 prayer guides throughout the area.

FRESNO  : CALIFORNIA

We had a concert of prayer during the 10 days that was led by children. They led us through praying for the children that are hungry, without clothes and shelter, sick, in prison... It was beautiful to see how the next generation is already receiving God's heart for the world.

NAVAJO RESERVATION

We were invited to put a tent up at the Chapter House "city hall". We all prayer walked to the center of town coming in from the four corners: North, South, East and West. We had prayer for the Chapter House leader (Mayor),wonderful worship and we read through Prayer For The World.

EUGENE : OREGON

About 28 pastors, ministry leaders, and community leaders led prayer for our world, our nation and our community, and a coalition of area worship leaders led worship together. There were booths highlighting available ministries and projects with whom people could serve.

HONOLULU  : HAWAII

Hawaii might be the only state that holds its GDOP Event INSIDE the State Capitol Rotunda. The opening prayer was led by our Lt. Governor Duke Aiona. Praying and sharing on behalf of our military was Lt. Gen.Benjamin Mixon 3-star general who is head of the U.S. Army Pacific HQ. Other key government leaders joined with church leaders in a powerful time of worship and intercession.
We began our event with a parade of flags from almost 100 nations entering the Hawaii State Capitol Rotunda, symbolizing our heart to pray for the kingdom of God to be established in the nations with Christ Jesus as King of kings.

ST LOUIS : MISSOURI

We had a fantastic program of prayer with leaders of all ages and small group prayer. Dance team of 135 from 38 churches. Choir of over a 100. Great worship band with impressive video displays.

Free will offering went to and volunteering promoted at St. Patrick Center, the largest ministry in Missouri serving the homelessness.

BRAINERD  : MINNESOTA

This was our 3rd year of participating in the GDOP and definitely the most significant so far, not due to numbers but the unity of the spirit that was there. A couple of the main highlights seemed to be the prayer time led by an 11 year old girl and 14 year old boy as they prayed the prayers that were on their own hearts and then also a segment when the
people prayed through the Lord's Prayer a line at a time and then individuals spontaneously added their own prayers to expand on the line everyone had prayed together in unison

CLEVELAND : TENNESSEE

More than 60 churches and organizations participated.

DELTA : COLORADO

We held the 10 Days of Prayer this year. Being able to participate in prayer in the different churches made this event very meaningful. We are planning to have a day of mission at a small church in the area. Another church group that meets on Sunday afternoon is going out into the neighborhoods on Sunday morning to drive through and see if they might offer assistance to people working in their yards, washing cars, and praying for them.

LAKELAND ; FLORIDA

Ten different churches signed up to host one of the 10 days. A noon service was held each day at one of the church. Anywhere for 20 to 80 people participated each day.

The group of churches picked 13 different outreach ministries to join what they are already doing in the city.

Most memorable was finding people in the city from difference streams with like passion.

TUCSON : ARIZONA

The youth kicked off our 4 hour event. Then we flowed into the regular GDOP. Each section of the Prayer For The World was read in foreign languages (about 5 or 6) and then it was read in English. We had great turnout with black, Hispanics and white. We ended with a time of repentance for the local church, the city and the nations. We also had several ethnic singing groups including one from the Congo.

Most memorable is that we knew God showed up in so many ways and we knew that God was pleased. Doors were open and I was invited into so many places that would normally be shut. We have a good network and will be heading it up again next year.

HUMBLE : TEXAS

We started off with a procession of the flags of the nations. Pastors lead prayer using the “10 days of prayer” Prayer points.
We prayed in two different languages. The Mayor and Police Chief both participated. The Police Chief lead prayer and was excited to participate. Seven different people lead the Prayer For The World.

Ten different churches opened their facilities to hold prayer gatherings through the 10 days. The involvement from the pastors was greatly rewarding.

MINNESOTA

GDOP Minnesota was "re-launched" on May 11 with nearly 400 people gathered at Grace Church Eden Prairie to pray and envision the future. Together we prayed for the blessing and healing of the Twin Cities and the nations.
As Heart of the City worship band led us, we joined Christians from 212 nations across every time zone in prayer. We helped "Pray the Planet"! A dream was birthed and the Lord's pleasure seemed evident. 
I believe our city can become a national and international model. The season is ripe for a new work of heaven! I have been surprised at every turn how God seems to have prepared the ground for a harvest of righteousness.

Just two weeks after our GDOP gathering, some 60 pastors, ministry leaders, marketplace people, and intercessors gathered for a breakfast to take our first steps toward a collaborative effort in Minnesota. We identified three teams:
Ten Day Teams: Will organize prayer for the ten days prior to Pentecost Sunday.
One Day Teams: Will plan the May 31, 2009 GDOPMN event, working with stage, television, publicity, ushering, production, etc.
Ninety Day Teams: Will develop and execute the blessing of our city over three months following Pentecost. We will identify a community to focus on for the next three years--to include prayer walking, neighborhood clean-up, building and restoration of homes, etc.