It was a vision dreamed up in the heart of God and given to His Bride through the obedient work and prayerful dedication of Yvonne and Paul Mason. All the way through to the end Yvonne referred to herself simply as God’s secretary or PA. She heard what the Spirit was saying and followed His instructions. When He said “wait”, she waited, when He directed her to contact a certain person in a certain place, she did so, without question but with abundant confirmation from a few trusted advisers. From the time of the projects conception to its completion was exactly two years and that is the time scale that God gave Yvonne at the outset. She’d had a picture of the Wales/England border with points down the length of it joined together by stitches or sutures. The places were strategic, why the specific locations is only known by the Holy Trinity, and chosen by Him. Each place would be twinned with another across the border being the site of a prayer room operating for 24 hours with blessing prayers being prayed across the border to its twin in the relay. The effect of these blessings freely received and freely given upon both the spiritual atmosphere and consequently in the physical realm was profound. We saw and experienced the coming together of two nations divided throughout history by wars and oppression which had led to deep seated animosity and resentment. To see these border people coming together with one heart and mind totally committed to what the Lord was speaking to them about being one in Him was truly humbling. Where Yvonne had started out intent on obeying God’s voice others had taken up and were likewise obedient to the move of His Spirit and prayer rooms were conceived and born in places where 24-7 Prayer had hitherto been unheard of. Of course there were places where prayer was already active and there were places ‘on route’ where the Holy Spirit was clearly stirring and releasing treasures which had been hidden in darkness for generations. There were several locations where 24-7 prayer rooms had functioned in the past and were very comfortable with setting up a creative and interactive space for people to freely engage with God in prayer. In either case our prayers joined with theirs as heaven touched earth revealing the glory of God all down the border-lands.
Concurrent to this there was a team who walking Offa’s Dyke which is the ancient border between the two countries. These intrepid saints covered approximately 176 miles through rain, wind and sunshine over 14 days, starting at Prestatyn in the North and ending at Chepstow in the South. They visited as many of the prayer rooms as was possible on route, were given food and accommodation wherever they stopped for the night and made friends along the way ... some of whom even walked with them a while. Every step that they took was a prophetic declaration of blessing to bring unity between the nations where there had been age old disharmony. ‘How blessed are the feet that bring the good news’ – indeed!
Also following the route were Andy Hughes (Urban Saints Wales), Greg Levers (Children’s Evangelist) who led children and youth prayer sessions in each location splitting the work between them with the help of Jon Price (Church Army) and Chris Deer (Hymn translator/Worshipper). It was thrilling to hear the young people engaging with prayers of blessing across what once was described as a divide.
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