RevivalPost from Tahiti (June-July 2007)

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you" (Is. 60:1)
REVIVALPOST from TAHITI

Edualdo, Aline, Kori, Erika, Silvio & Benji Cicero
French Polynesia (South Pacific)

June-July 2007

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Dear Friends & Partners,

 

TRIP TO THE USA (mid-June to mid-July 2007)

Our trip to the USA was the best vacation we ever had as a family. We went out because we felt such need for renewal, rest and recreation for our minds, hearts and bodies. The Lord honored our step of faith as we ventured out in spite of a limited budget in our hands that could not possibly have met all our needs for four entire weeks!

 

Erika, Silvio and Benji had their share of fun (and we did too) at some amusement parks. We were also greatly blessed to have met many of our old time friends we had not seen for many years and get to know other wonderful people, places and ministries. It was such a breathtaking experience to drive through vast stretches of landscapes (deserts of California/Nevada and majestic forests of Sequoia trees as well as Yosemite National Park). We were also privileged to have been offered some nights at nice resorts on our way back down from Northern California (we felt really spoiled and special). Basically our itinerary (which you had received) was followed through and we did have a long drive of about 4,000 miles (in 4 states).

 

We want to express our deep gratitude to all of you who have been such an intrical part of the success of this wonderful trip. You have been a great blessing to us through your hospitality, your presence, your generosity, your prayers, and your serving hearts. It was truly God's love lavishing us with special attention and treats.

 

One of the highlights was the ministry of Bethel Church in Redding, CA. We were so blessed to just be there and be on the receiving end. The presence of God was really refreshing and stimulating to our faith. Testimonies of healings and miracles were reported at every meeting. The overall message about the Kingdom of God and its demonstrations were a great inspiration to our hearts.

 

KIDS' CORNER

While we were having fun in the US, Kori (19), our eldest daughter, was taking exams in France. We were so excited to hear she passed the entrance exam to the Political Sciences Institute of the University of Toulouse, France. She will return to Tahiti on August 10th and will heading back to France mid September. We are so blessed! She is now looking for a place to stay in Toulouse.

 

Erika (16), Silvio (15) and Benji (12) all agree that they have had the best vacation ever. Precious memories to keep and remember for a lifetime! Although three of our children were born in the US, this trip was a real discovery with so many new experiences to live, places to see, and friends to meet that have known them as babies or toodlers!

 

OUR NEXT MARAMA NIGHT (Saturday, August 4th)

We are already actively preparing our next major Marama Night youth event. It will take place this time at the very central square of downtown Papeete called Vaiete (translated by "water basket"). It will be a mini concert that will gather 7 groups of youth from different fellowships and churches. The main goal of these youth is an opportunity to convey the presence of Jesus and His message of love and healing to the people who will be gathered for this occasion through dances, songs, skits, fun challenges and a final hour of worship.

 

Please do pray that that night will see many people touched, healed and reconciled to God and one another. More than ever before Tahiti needs to hear the call of the Father gathering lost hearts unto Himself as He demonstrates the reality of His love through signs, wonders, miracles and healings.

 

PRAYER CHALLENGES

The followings are some prayer needs we'd like to share with you that are important and vital to our lives and ministry in French Polynesia:

1. Increasing awareness of and intensified desire for the Presence of the Lord in our lives

2. Greater focus of our heart and vision toward the most essential aspects of God's will for our lives

3. Keeping our dream alive for a nation wide revival over French Polynesia that would set this nation on course to a fulfillment of its divine destiny

4. For divine solutions to the deep political and economic crisis of our nation

5. Our bookstore in downtown Papeete still needs a major financial breakthrough (we really need to restock it)

6. Definite need for an increase of our financial support to face the ongoing expenses of our lives and ministry

7. Strategic connections with ministries that would help us fulfill God's call in French Polynesia

8. For the International School of Ministry (ISOM) which we continue to coordinate in Papeete

9. Continued protection in the area of health (spiritual, physical and emotional)

 

We invite you to join our hearts for the blessed times that are ahead of us as we foresee the great Harvest already at hand!

 

Much love and passion in Jesus,

 

Edualdo & Aline Cicero

Vision of the Harvest - Tahiti

 

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PLANNED ITINERARY OF THE CICERO FAMILY (June 16 - July 14, 2007)

PLANNED ITINERARY OF THE CICERO FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA

(June 16^th-July 14^th, 2007)

@ Saturday, June 16 – Arrival of the Ciceros at the LAX airport (evening time). Hosted by our very close friends, David & Carolyn Dhunoo, during our time in Southern California (their phone #: 714-779-7920).

@ Sunday, June 17 – Speaking engagement at the 1^st United Methodist Church in North Hollywood

@ Monday June 18 – Visiting with friends and night meeting with the French Club in Santa Ana (old time Christian friends from all over the Los Angeles area). These are people we've known since our Fuller Theological Seminary days in Pasadena (1989-1994).

@ Tuesday - Friday, June 19 – 22 – Visiting with friends and relatives in the Southern California area all the way down to San Diego as well as times of recreation (Disney Land & Universal Studios).

@ Saturday June 23 – Invitation & Sharing to the Roses of Sharon Celebration in Upland.

@ Sunday June 24 – A day in Pasadena (Harvest Rock Church ?) - Hope to see some of our friends there too.

@ June 25 – Driving up North to Santa Rosa & staying with friends

@ June 26 – 29 – A discovery of the San Francisco area and many great times with good friends of that area…

@ June 30 – July 2 – A week-end in Redding at Bethel Church (Bill Johnson's ministry)

@ July 2 – 11 – Angel's Camp, Yosemite, Las Vegas (NV) & St George (UT) – much to be seen we hear in those spots

@ July 11 – 13 – Flagstaff (AR) with our good friends and opportunities to share before our last stretch back to Los Angeles

@ July 14 – We're flying back to Tahiti with lots of good times in our hearts and memories to cherish for many years

1. IF YOU'D LIKE TO CALL US, here is our US cell phone number starting on June 17 thru July 14 : 714-768-3370
2. IF YOU'D LIKE TO WRITE AN EMAIL, here is our address: visionharvest@gmail.com (will check it regularly)

Praise Report (Marama Night of June 2nd, 2007)

PRAISE REPORT

VISION of the HARVEST - TAHITI
French Polynesia (South Pacific)

Marama Night of June 2nd, 2007

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Dear friends and prayer partners,

 

IT WAS A REAL BLESSING TO SEE THE YOUTH HAVE SO MUCH FUN

We know some of you have been waiting for this report. Last Saturday, June 2nd, from 6:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Tahiti time), our 5th Marama Night youth event at McDonald's for the second time, was a real blast. The youth involved had a great time of praise & worship, dances, skits and fun contests.

 

This is how the Lord intervened during that night as you prayed for:

• continued smooth and favorable connections with the managing team in McDonald's (Tahiti)

DEFINITELY, IT WAS APPRECIATED BY THE MCDONALD'S STAFF &

THE CLIENTS WHO FLOODED THE AREA FOR MEALS AND WATCHED THE FUN

• good preparation of the youth groups from different fellowships who performed

EACH GROUP (a total of 4) HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR SONGS, DANCES, PLAYS &

MUSIC WITH DEDICATION AS UNTO THE LORD

• perfect weather conditions (no rain especially)

IT WAS A GREAT WEATHER!

• no disfunctions and no damage on the equipment we will require (sound system, tent, stage, musical instruments, lights, decorations, etc.)

NO DAMAGE FOR SURE BUT THE SOUND QUALITY NEEDED SOME WORK THIS TIME!

(We reached a few times saturation point with the extent of microphones and instruments involved)

• good impact of radio announcemnts, posters, flyers all over town and beyond

LOOKS LIKE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND THE MARAMA NIGHT ARE GETTING TO BE KNOWN!

• the drawing of a good crowd of youth that night

WE MUST HAVE HAD AT LEAST 250 PEOPLE

(was hard to count with the tremendous number of clients coming in and out as well)

• no discouragement or demonic strategies to hinder the teams in their performances

IT WAS MANIFESTED THROUGH SOME DEGREE OF SPIRITUAL

HEAVINESS & SOME TECHNICAL DISFUNCTIONS

• the abiding touch of the Holy Spirit to anoint the whole event

YES, WE BLESS THE LORD FOR THE OVERALL ENJOYMENT AND FUN THE YOUTH EXPERIENCED

THROUGH THE FUN CHALLENGES OF THAT NIGHT

• sensitivity and boldness in conveying the message according to the heart of God

THE MESSAGE CLEARLY CAME ACROSS THROUGH ONE OF THE PLAYS THAT A YOUTH GROUP

PERFORMED THROUGH SINGING AND DANCING (the theme of loneliness and rejection)

• good testimony of the Christian youth involved in the event

WE ARE VERY AMAZED TO SEE HOW THESE EVENTS HAVE POLARIZED THE HEART OF THE

CHRISTIAN YOUTH INVOLVED AND HAS GIVEN THEM A NEW BOLDNESS TO SHARE CHRIST

• many hearts touched and ready to receive the love of Jesus unto salvation & healing

SOME PEOPLE WERE CLEARLY TOUCHED BUT IT'S HARD AT THIS POINT TO MEASURE THE FULL IMPACT

• an increasing awareness of the presence of God during our Marama Night events

WE HAVE SENSED AN INCREASING AWARENESS OF GOD'S PRESENCE BUT MORE IS YET TO COME

• favor with city officials and also the permit to hold our next Marama Night Mini Concert (on August 4th) at a very public and central location in Papeete

FAVOR HAS BEEN DEFINTELY THERE AND WE ARE TARGETING A VERY CENTRAL LOCATION

OF DOWNTOWN FOR OUR NEXT MARAMA NIGHT MINI CONCERT ON AUGUST 4TH, 2007

 

We will keep you posted on the next event. In the meantime we're getting ready for our long awaited four-week long trip to the USA (from June 16th through July 14th). We will no doubt experience some new adventures and we would appreciate your prayerful support. Stay tuned...

 

Edualdo & Aline Cicero

Vision of the Harvest - Tahiti

Global Day of Prayer & Marama Night (5th Edition)

PRAYER ALERT & PRAISE REPORT

VISION of the HARVEST - TAHITI
French Polynesia (South Pacific)

Global Day of Prayer (May 27, 2007) & Marama Night of June 2nd, 2007

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Dear friends and prayer partners,

THE GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER IN TAHITI: A NEW DAY FOR OUR NATION
Last Sunday, May 27th, we joined in with the many hundreds of millions of Christians spread out over 220 nations for the Global Day of Prayer of Pentecost Sunday. It was indeed for us in Tahiti the occasion for a great gathering of the saints (between 250 and 300) from at least five different fellowships/churches. Pastor William Tua rented the Sheraton Hotel for the event. I believe the most moving time was the Holy Communion where we did sense a special work of the Holy Spirit breaking our hearts over the many years of divisions and dissentions among Christians that have caused so much grief to God.

Everybody was so excited by the meaningfulness of that day and we believe (along with others) that this Pentecost Sunday has marked the history of our nation for that is the day when a significant portion of the Body of Christ of our nation has agreed to be AS ONE before the Lord. We saw the crumbling of many unworthy walls that have been built over the years in the name of religious pride and selfish ambitions. We are really thankful to God and we feel honored to have been able to be a part of this tremendous gathering and we are praying that other opportunities will be given to worship God together again in the near future.

OUR NEXT MARAMA NIGHT, THIS SATURDAY JUNE 2nd

This coming Saturday, June 2nd, from 6:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Tahiti time), will be hosted our 5th Marama Night youth event at McDonald's in downtown Papeete. It is going to be our second open air public endeavor and we believe it will impact many people's lives. We had actually planned the event somewhere else in Papeete but it didn't work out that way! Thank God, McDonald's was open to host us again.

We'd like to request your prayers (same as last time) on behalf of this forthcoming night especially in these very areas:

• continued smooth and favorable connections with the managing team in McDonald's (Tahiti)
• good preparation of the youth groups from different fellowships who will be performing
• perfect weather conditions (no rain especially)
• no disfunctions and no damage on the equipment we will require (sound system, tent, stage, musical instruments, lights, decorations, etc.)
• good impact of radio announcemnts, posters, flyers all over town and beyond
• the drawing of a good crowd of youth that night
• no discouragement or demonic strategies to hinder the teams in their performances
• the abiding touch of the Holy Spirit to anoint the whole event
• sensitivity and boldness in conveying the message according to the heart of God
• good testimony of the Christian youth involved in the event
• many hearts touched and ready to receive the love of Jesus unto salvation & healing
• an increasing awareness of the presence of God during our Marama Night events
• favor with city officials and also the permit to hold our next Marama Night Mini Concert (on August 4th) at a very public and central location in Papeete

The main sound mixing table we were supposed to acquire a month ago, hasn't made it yet to Tahiti. This piece of sound equipment will indeed be strategic to our Marama Night events. Please pray that we will have it no later than August 2007.

With much love, appreciation & gratitude for your partnership in the Lord's Harvest,

Edualdo & Aline Cicero

Vision of the Harvest - Tahiti

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(2) We are trying to ascertain who will want to be on this prayer list. If it is not convenient for you to continue receiving these "Prayer Alerts" from us, please do write "remove us from your Prayer list" in the subject line and we will do so. However, you will still remain on our Newsletter's list (unless you mention otherwise).

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Coming to California SOON! Yeah!!

Dear Friends,

Here is our flight schedule finally confirmed! Wow! We'll get to see some of you (hopefully many of you if you happen to be around)!!

We arrive in LAX on Saturday June 16th @ 7:45 PM with flight # QF 3821 (Qantas) on code share with ATN (Air Tahiti Nui flight)

We depart from LAX on Saturday July 14th @ 1:00 PM with flight # QF 3824 (Qantas) on code share with ATN (Air Tahiti Nui flight)

Praise God, we received the printed travel tickets the day before yesterday from France!!

Also, this is just a tentative itinerary and we're still working on it but we'll give you the gist!

• We will probably spend the first week and up to 10 days of our stay or so in Southern CA [visiting our friends in Yorba Linda & Pasadena, the French Club (Sunday night if that's the best), Disney Land, Universal Studios, Aline's family in the San Diego area?...] . Earl & Jana Thurner might actually come see us and we would go with them to some of the fun places in South Cal.
• We might then take off to Flagstaff, AZ (got an invitation there from some friends + church engagement too if that works out) and it needs to be confirmed.
• From there we should drive (if the $ will be there for that) to Las Vegas, NV for some more sightseeing of the impressive City of Lights. Probably for a short stay.
• Then we move up toward the Yosemite & Sequoia Parks and see what we can glean of the imprints of God in those legendary sanctuaries of nature (anything else we can visit there?)
• The next longer stop should be in Santa Rosa (suburb of San Francisco) staying with our friends there and visiting the region (which we have never gone to). They have plenty of suggestions for us and will be staying at two possible locations there. We will also take a trip out to Redding from there for a church weekend at Bethel (the headquarters of Bill Johnson's ministry). Have you heard of him before? He is the author of "When Heaven invades Earth". Make sure you grab that book!! It's a must reading (solid food for quick growth)!!! :-))

OUR IMMEDIATE PRAYER NEEDS ARE:

1. Getting organized before we go with the Bookstore, the ISOM Bible School (which will still be going on after we're gone), making plans for the next Marama Night youth outreaches (letters and planning before we go)!!
2. Pray we will be able to afford the 4-week rental of a car NOW since the payment online is a lot cheaper and we can have incredible deals if we charge our credit card (but of course we need to have the credit line for that!!!)
3. That we will manage to get a temporary cell phone number NOW for the USA so that we can send it to all of those who would like to reach us anytime during our American venture (another online charge on our credit card to be made possible--not the case right now!!)
4. That we will be able to have some ministry cards prepared for our trip in the USA and sent to you guys so we will have them to give away.

By the way, this week end is gonna be glorious since we're going to be involved with the Global Day of Prayer which will take place in 200+ nations around the world (350 millions Christians worldwide will participate). Make sure you join whoever organizes it in your area! It will be very anointed and is preparing the Body of Christ at large to be positioned for an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit unto revival and harvest. We are having it in Tahiti at the Sheraton Hotel and we're expecting a gathering of at least 300 believers (4 to 5 fellowships are going to be involved this time). SO EXCITING!!!

We're open to any suggestions you may have. We've not been back since 1996 (last time we saw some of you was on our way back from PNG). ...

Loving Cheers & Beary Hugs,

Edualdo (& Aline) Cicero