Ministry in Estonia

This past weekend I (Chris) had the opportunity of visiting the small country of Estonia to teach on prophetic ministry and hearing the voice of God. The town we visited is a 4 1/2 hour bus ride from St.P and is called Silamie. Estonia's population is around 1.2 million and formerly was a part of the Soviet Union.

Although influence from the days of communism can still be seen, the feeling of Estonia is much different than Russia. Immediately when you cross the border you notice neatly manicured parks and boulivards, smooth newly paved roads with signs and painted lines, and newer buildings. The people of Estonia are also generally happier and friendlier than in Russia.

The team doing the ministry was made up of myself and John and Sara Russell (Directors of StreetCry). StreetCry is starting a school of prophecy in Estonia and will be doing a full day of teaching every four weeks for the next seven months. Upon leaving St.P we were told only fifteen people had signed up for the school, but when we arrived in Silamie we found out that almost fifty people were registered!

The crowd was made up mostly of people in their mid-late twenties. There was also a number of pastors in attendence who were new to prophetic minsitry and wanting training so they could bring it back to their congregations (very exciting!). We were very encouraged by the spiritual hunger and eagerness we felt in the people we met.

We found out that some people had come because they thought a prophet was coming to give personal words to everybody. To their surprise they realized we were there to train them how to minister to each other.

The ministry was very well recieved and a number of people gave a prophetic word for the first time. We were also able to minister to a number of people personally while there. Overall people left more confident in hearing God's voice and with an understanding of how they can minister prophetically to other people. We hope to hear some exciting testimonies next time we visit.

Click Here to see a picture me and Sara speaking