January 2011

2011: A YEAR OF GREAT CHANGE

Emily Kissell Jan. 2011

Dear friends and family,

I am writing to you this letter from the global prayer room where I spend at least 24 hours/week. Everyday from midnight to 4am I sit here worshipping and interceding with my friend, Jesus, (and alongside fellow brothers and sisters). I pray for each of you and thank Him for all your prayers and support. I am so honored and blessed to be called an intercessory missionary. Luke 18:7-8 promises: “God will bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night…” I see that passage every night on one of the walls in the prayer room. I truthfully believe God has called me here, to Kansas City, MO for such a time as this…that I not only may have the opportunity to go to school here (fully paid I might add!), but most importantly, to be able to stand on the ‘wall’ for the very first watch of the day! He moves at the sound of my voice. I am not some crazy special person that God chose to do this ‘task’, we are all called to be friends and lovers of God, He just happened to call me to move to Missouri for this season.

I thoroughly enjoy receiving texts, calls or emails from many of my MN (etc) brothers and sisters and love to stand before Him on behalf and alongside them in prayer. Oh what joy is mine when I seek His face and talk with Him night after night, day after day. This joy is for all of us if we just ask and receive. He is so loyal and faithful…a dog had NOTHING on Him! J At the Onething conference I attended after I moved here in December, He began to put a burden on my heart to pray and believe the promise He’d told me about LifeChurch (my home church in MN) and myself. He told me that ‘2011 is going to be a year of GREAT change’…all for the better! I am not sure what that looks like exactly but am so excited to see what He will do daily this year. Every single day He’s answered at least one prayer! He is so faithful! I prayed for a mattress and the next day I got a free one. I am overwhelmed. J This and many other requests have been answered!

Once again, feel free to shoot me a text or a message by email or facebook anytime and let me know prayer requests or even praise reports or testimonies! I would love to hear from all of you and contend with you in prayer. If you would like to support me, whether financial or prayers I would appreciate that. I believe God has called me to consecrate this season (indefinite time) to Him and Him alone. I am honored and blessed to do this…to partner with God!

So, if you would like to partner with me financially, you can send checks made out to IHOP-KC and send them directly to me or the base. IHOP-KC is recognized by the IRS to be a religious order and any donations (so long as my name is NOT on the check) will be able to be tax-deductible. It is very important, if you do want to have tax deduction, that you do not put my name anywhere on the check.

If you send it straight to the missions base here please do not include any personal note or letter to me as they will discard of it and I will never see it. There are thousands of people at this missions base and they cannot just personally deliver my mail to me. You can simply put a post-it or a scrap piece of paper with my full name on it in the envelope or stuck to the check, it is better that you not write my name on the envelope. Kansas City and the United States government require that at least 20% of my check go towards federal, city, etc taxes, so I will only get to keep 80% of the amount. If you wish to support me and do not want those taxes taken out you can simply make the check out to me. “Contributions are solicited with the understanding that IHOP-KC has complete discretion and control over the use of the donated funds”

Support checks for tax deduction may be sent to:

IHOP-KC Support Emily Kissell*

3535 East Red Bridge Rd. Or 12137 Charlotte St.

Kansas City, MO 64137 Kansas City, MO 64146

(*only send personal stuff to my home address)

Or email me at: emilykissell@ihopu.org