Greetings from Houston!

The Reds finished up their longest road trip of the year by taking 2 of 3 from the Cubs. That concludes a 7-3 road trip in which they won all three series. For all you New York and Boston fans there is still time to jump on the bandwagon!

It was a good day at the consultation. The focus today was on compassion ministries and their role in transformation ministry. We also had a report of the focus of prayer and ministry to "the tribe of Hollywood." Hollywood impacts the entire world--mostly in negative ways. In the past decade the Lord has put it on the heart of many to focus prayer and intentional ministry to the film industry. We heard from a Spirit-directed actor and his ministry to other actors, writers and aspiring artists. We also learned of a school in Hollywood to raise up and develop young Christian actors, writers, directors to create excellent films that have a positve impact and help recalibrate the norm of society by presenting a Christian worldview and positive morality. They now can count 5000 Christian believers in the "Hollywood tribe." This has been the result of focused prayer and intentional incarnational ministry to take the gospel to this element of our culture.

I am very grateful for all your prayers. I am picking up lots of encouragement from the sessions, from the amazing servants of the Lord from around the world, and from the atmosphere here--the anointing in the meetings is very real and I am feeling things sparking in my spirit as I am listening, absorbing and processing.

Looking forward to being home before long--and being with the Wellspring family on Sunday.

Pastor Rick