was so great upon the church, that it decided to keep going! Today, ten months later, the Prayer Room is still going strong. Although it's not always 24-7, the Prayer Room is always open for prayer. During the first six months of 24-7 prayer the emphasis definitely seemed to be on individuals within the church growing in personal intimacy with Jesus, and on witnessing personal spiritual breakthroughs. Now, the emphasis is changing toward looking outward, both locally and worldwide.

The vision has been instilled that Immanuel Fellowship will send forth church planting teams around the world, especially to the most unreached and needy areas of the world. In the very first month of doing 24-7 prayer, God gave Mike a vision one night of a mighty army emerging of young radical disciples that stretched from Europe across the Atlantic through Canada and the United States, going all the way down Latin America. As he looked more closely, the army of disciples linking arms was in the shape of a "sickle". Mike believed the Lord told him that He was preparing workers from Europe, North America, and Latin America for an army that would serve in the world harvest like a sickle.

Since the vision building relationships with like-minded workers and churches in Europe and Latin America has become a priority for the church. They even sent a group of ten to IAM5 in London this past February.