RiSe UP Again. Shake Off the Shadows =)

"Halla back! I got yo back!" (My lil bro n sis :)

     [Isaiah 52]

1 AWAKE, AWAKE, Zion,

clothe yourself with strength!

Put on your garments of splendor,

Jerusalem, the holy city.

The uncircumcised and defiled

 will not enter you again.

2 Shake off your dust;

  RISE UP, Sit Enthroned, Jerusalem.

FREE YOURSELF from the chains on your neck, Daughter Zion, now a captive.

3 For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,

and without money you will be redeemed.”

4 For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt to live; lately, Assyria has oppressed them.

5 “And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord. “For my people have been taken away for nothing, and those who rule them mock,”declares the Lord.

“And all day long My Name is constantly blasphemed. 6 Therefore My people will know My name; therefore in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I.”

7 How beautiful on the mountains

are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace,

who bring good tidings,

who proclaim salvation,

who say to Zion,

 “Your God reigns!”

 8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices;

 together they shout for joy.

When the Lord returns to Zion,

 they will see it with their own eyes.
9 Burst into songs of joy together,

    you ruins of Jerusalem,

for the Lord has comforted his people,

    he has redeemed Jerusalem.

10 The Lord will lay bare his holy arm

    in the sight of all the nations,

and all the ends of the earth will see

    the salvation of our God.

11 Depart, depart, go out from there!

    Touch no unclean thing!

Come out from it and be pure,

    you who carry the articles of the Lord’s house.

12 But you will not leave in haste

    or go in flight;

for the Lord will go before you,

    the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

See, my servant will act wisely;

He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him—

 His appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being

and His form marred beyond human likeness—

15 so He will sprinkle many nations,

and kings will shut their mouths because of Him.

For what they were not told, they will see,

and what they have not heard, they will understand.

(Isaiah 52)

♫ RISE UP AGAIN. SHAKE OFF THE SHADOWS. UNLOCK YOUR DOORS. LET HOPE LIVE ONCE MORE. 'CAUSE UP FROM THE ASHES. A FIRE IS WOKEN. THOSE WHO ARE BROKEN ARE BECOMING THE CHOSEN. SO LIFT UP YOUR EYES CAUSE WE'RE NOT FORGOTTEN AND HOPE WILL LEAD US ON. ♫

♫ Africa won't you raise your face! See yourself in the face of your Maker. Erase every lie, every curse that they made you believe you were nothing, you were nothing. Just an after-thought. Believe you are beautiful the way you are... You spent too much with your face looking down but IT'S TIME to FREE YOURSELF to what you were meant to be! ♫

My voice... slowly unlocking it... again :-)

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I finally uploaded a new video. It was meant to be out last June, for my bro's bday. Check it out! Peace =)

mourning till The Morning ☼

~~~~~~~~~~~~~Mourning :'| :O ♥ ♫ \o/ till The Morning ☼ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Compassion*-> Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with strong desire to relieve it. To suffer with.

I read that definition a few weeks ago and I realized what was wrong with me. I see. I feel. I experience. And I want all of US to act together to make a change. But then I look around me and many people don't seem to care. This makes me angry, mostly depressed. "What's wrong with people?" =( but then that question boomerang to me. I realized that people may not have the same perspective that I do. Vision is Power and with power comes responsibility. So it was up to me to act on my vision. Yes to lead. That brings me to another thing that's wrong with me...

"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”- Mordecai to Esther. (Esther 4:14)

At the Trayvon Martin teach in I went to the "Anti-Blackness" group discussion. I was silent the whole time but with tear-filled eyes behind my sunglasses. At the end Shariq told me he noticed my silence and asked how I was feeling. I told him I didn't say anything coz if I tried to I would just cry the whole time; either that or I would say stuff that wasn't on my heart, and wouldn't make any sense anyway.

+++++++++Good Mourning+++++++++++
I was feeling sad and sorrow is usually seen as a negative emotion. So I thought it would be better to mask it. But the more I avoided it the more it resurfaced. Then God reminded me that it was not wrong to feel sad. Those were not just my own emotions they were His. But there's something He corrected... so some people lack vision of stuff going on, others see but choose to look away coz it arouses too many strong emotions. And who wants to deal with that? People choose not to mourn because mourning seems like an implosion... really depressing. Which was what my silence was, killing me softly... paralyzing,... immobilizing me from helping myself and others. Useless. But God reminded me what mourning is, "it is an Expression..." Mourning is not meant to be an implosion but an EXPLOSION. A RELEASE. So God encouraged me to mourn: To weep, to sing, to pray (release my thoughts to Him), to dance, to write, to create, to fast, to do, to prophesy (speak life. Create light out of the darkness). To lift up my eyes because there is HOPE. To reach out coz I am not alone. God is for me and I have family all around me. And Together NOTHING is impossible! =D

At the silent march yesterday I was wearing my Kenyan sandles and I jammed my big toe into someone's shoe and it started bleeding when we were on Dp (lol should have worn closed toe shoes) so I stopped by the Jesus burgers house for some first aid. As I walking alone to catch up with the rest I started singing and all the thoughts that were crowding my mind were silenced. I was filled with Hope. CHANGE is coming. We are NOT helpless. The Revolution is gaining momentum. If God is for us who can be against us?? HAHA :D

"To You, Lord, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy: “What is gained if I am silenced, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness? Hear, Lord, and be merciful to me; Lord, be my help.” You turned my wailing into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. Lord my God, I will praise You forever." ♥ Psalm 30: 8-12 ♥

"I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done." ♥ Psalm 118: 17 ♥

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of: Reviving Charlene. The Journey to become a Love Revolutionary lol. ‪#‎RealityFaceBook‬ ‪#‎StilliRISE‬!‪#‎GlorytoGod‬! ‪#‎NewDay‬ ‪#‎HOPE‬. ‪#‎MovingForward‬ ☼ =)

Dear Simba,

RISE OF AN EMPIRE ☼

"It begins as a whisper, a promise. The lightest of breezes dances above the death cries of 300 men. That breeze became a wind. A wind, my brother, of Sacrifice. 
A Wind of Freedom. 
A Wind of Justice. 
A Wind of Vengeance." 

*Isaiah 66:7-13*

*Isaiah 4*

*2 Corinthians 5:17*

Background: Hello everyone! :) I have some exciting news to share!! :D I actually received this word during finals week of Spring Quarter (6/14/13)... and it was so fresh and exciting, it woke me up and I was going to share it right away... But then I did my favorite mistake of looking back which distracted me... But God is so good He kept waking me up and telling me to move forward.... So I'm awake now... so let's roll out! :-)

It begins as a Whisper, a Promise...

In 1970's Kathryn Khulman prophesied that one day a great awakening would come out of Santa Barbara and would spread to the whole world. In 2011 I was part of InterVarsity and we had a Pre-Fall Leaders Retreat. The summer before the retreat God gave some of the InterVarsity Staff dreams that a huge revival was coming to Santa Barbara really soon. And then at the retreat we had an experience that was out of the ordinary... totally not planned for. Yeah it was crazy, like it was ripped out of the book of Acts. Anyway, (you can read the story from that post) God gave many people (students and staff) visions of the events that would lead up to the promised great revival which could be summarized as: opposition from the devil and then God winning in the end -> lots of conflict and division in the body of Christ and then unity in the body of Christ... unity in the school then revival. So that was the whisper, the promise... A lot has happened since then...

During Spring break this year I was on facebook and decided to update my favorite movies section. I added the movie 300 and the picture caught my eye. I saw that a new movie was coming out. I decided to read about it and what I read was actually prophetic- pertaining to what was going on that Spring quarter (The With One Voice event that was being planned out and also a promise that God gave me in Isaiah 66: 7-13 at the beginning of the quarter) : "Based on Frank Miller’s latest graphic novel Xerxes, and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster “300,” this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield—on the sea—as Greek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war." (300themovie.com) The film centers on Themistocles and *Artemisia I of Caria, as well as Xerxes I of Persia = A Coalition of Commanders. *Historical accuracy -> Artemisia of Halicarnassus was the only female commander in the Persian fleet. During the Battle of Salamis she commanded five ships against the Greeks as an ally of Xerxes I of Persia (Wikipedia). So what does that have to do with anything??

So the quarter was coming to an end but I had fallen asleep i.e. depression :/  induced by not resting in God/ running on empty/ entertaining thoughts of self-pity and hopelessness. Being in such a state usually makes me very selfish since I'm focussed on my weaknesses, my self. But I got a wake up call:" IT'S FINALS WEEK. People are about to graduate and most people are leaving UCSB. There's no time to waste!" This lead to frantic (and futile) attempts to unite people to claim God's promises together - (You can check out the previous post and the Senior Send off post). Anyway by the end of finals week I was exhausted and discouraged by my failures... and then I was on facebook again and I realized that the 300 movie changed the picture as well as the release date to March 2014 (instead of this year). So I went to the movie page and saw that they had released a trailer (video below). When I listened to it I felt God speaking to me through it and reminding me of His promises and the nearness of their fulfillment (what we needed to do to partner with God to make our dreams come true). Oh yeah, another thing! At the Pre-fall leaders retreat in 2011 one of the staff, Paul Benthin, shared a vision that there was going to be an earthquake in IV then revival after that. The weekend after the With One Voice event there was an earthquake and the epicenter was in IV. YUP! Pretty crazy wake up call! =) 

PREPARE FOR GLORY! It's TIME! =)

Painting I saw in the Prayer Shed :-) 

What's with the wave? So I started going to Isla Vista Church (IVC) last year and I found it really cool and encouraging that God had also given them visions of a great revival coming to SB. There's this one Sunday when Mac Montgomery shared a vision that God gave Him of revival sweeping through Isla Vista like a wave and IV culture was totally transformed. [A Wave of Freedom] He saw that even the parties on DP had changed... yes people were still partying... but to worship music! (I have more to say about that in a later post). Waves are driven by winds. "Looks like the winds are changing." - Rafiki to Simba in The Lion King.  Yeah things are changing. And God kept telling me last year that we are in mixed season "the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God." (Isaiah 61:3) God told me this year - Hebrew 5772 (Sept. 2012- Sept. 2013) is the end of an age and the dawn of a new era. I have many posts about that e.g. Revolution and To be human again. I also saw the video below last summer from Marilyn at IVC who got visions of revival with the mixed essence I was talking about. [A Wave of Justice and Vengeance] Though the season is mixed the choice is ours. We can claim the blessings.

For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, so that the desired of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of hosts. The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.’” (Haggai 2: 6-8)

So the kingdom of darkness has some really messed up plans up their sleeve- New world order, anti-christ and his false prophet, RFID chip mark of the beast,  nephilim,  (post: The Beast and The Big Boys) but God has plans for His kingdom as well. Isaiah 59: 19-20 says "When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. The Redeemer will come to Zion” (Isaiah 59:19-20) It's BATTLE TIME! "a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace." (Ecclesiastes 3:8) Post: Kingdom Come Down!
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"The Rise of an Empire"- One New Man/Voltron/ JOSHUA Generation 2013

*Empire = an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority.

*Voltron = ♫ Unified Body. Transformed. Guided by The Head. ♫ (post: Be ONE)

We are a Joshua Generation and it's time to take the land! “When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. The Redeemer will come to Zion” (Isaiah 59:19-20, NKJV) The works of the enemy is really clear in this nation. He has brought division amongst people in America along so many lines: ethnicity, color of skin, class, gender...etc. So that's why unity in the body of Christ is a powerful weapon against the powers of darkness in this present evil age (post: Colors of the Wind). So this is a call for the Church to unite and fight! Yes to be on the offensive. It's time to take back what the devil has stolen from us. How do we fight? By singing praises to God together (read the Psalm below). Also God kept giving me Acts 1 from last year. After Jesus told His disciples to wait on Him for the gift of His Spirit it says that "They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers." (Acts 1:14) And after that they were filled by the power of the Holy Spirit and were enabled to share the gospel with great boldness and were enabled to love each other self-lessly. So I had ideas of creative ways of doing this. But first let me share some observations I made so far this summer.

Psalm 149

1 Praise the Lord.

Sing to the Lord a new song,

    his praise in the assembly of his faithful people.

2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;

    let the people of Zion be glad in their King.

3 Let them praise his name with dancing

    and make music to him with timbrel and harp.

4 For the Lord takes delight in his people;

    he crowns the humble with victory.

5 Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor

    and sing for joy on their beds.

6 May the praise of God be in their mouths

    and a double-edged sword in their hands,

7 to inflict vengeance on the nations

    and punishment on the peoples,

8 to bind their kings with fetters,

    their nobles with shackles of iron,

9 to carry out the sentence written against them—

    this is the glory of all his faithful people.

Praise the Lord.

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A Wind of Sacrifice, Freedom, Justice and Vengeance

Aimee's painting

1. Summer Cru- So I made last minute plans to come back to SB for summer school so I posted on facebook that I was looking for a place to stay and Alexa got back to me so I ended up subleasing from her at The Plex (An apartment complex full of people from Cru- Campus Crusade ministry). Once I moved in I was excited to hear that the goal of Summer Cru was to live as a cross-cultural community to be a proper reflection of God's Word and in order to reach the whole campus. I was even more excited to hear that unity was also the goal of Cru for the coming year. Summer Cru has bible studies (Tue), a prayer meeting (Wed), worship night (Thur), potluck (Fri) and outreach going on every week. For more info join the Summer Cru facebook group or just ask me if you're interested.... So when I went to Aimee's apartment in The Plex her painting caught my eye and reminded me of the wave prophecies. And it's funny coz earlier in the year God told me to go where the winds of change will take me... and the winds of change took me to Cru and The Plex whose theme for the summer was on my heart (unity). 

2. ONE Body- I was going to create this facebook group to call for unity in the body at SB but decided to just update the With One Voice Leadership group since it's the same vision... just a little modified. Unity in and through worship, prayer, outreach and community-building. So yeah, this year God led me to Impact, the black community and Cru so that I could meet more of my family and also to see how God was at work there and also to allow God to do more work in me (post: Hair Revival). I know it may have appeared that I just deserted my InterVarsity family but that was not God's intention nor mine. I love you all and still want to be part of your lives. I have friends who are part of different groups and it's my heart's desire to go deeper in my relationships and also to see more unity... especially coz it's summer and there's not as much people here so we can easily plan to do stuff together. That way I can be with all my friends at once :-)

2."Coalition for Justice SB"- After the Trayvon Martin/ Zimmerman case this group formed in less than 24 hours and with 65 people in the first meeting!! And people have been meeting and planning consistently after that. It was amazing me to see all the different people that came together sparked by the verdict from the Trayvon Martin case. There are people from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds, undergrad students, grad students, alumni, professors and other staff. My heart was really touched by the solidarity that formed and just the level of vulnerability that we shared. God is truly doing new things in the desert.  I'd really like to encourage the body of Christ to also stand in solidarity with The Coalition of Justice... Seeking Justice and Freedom for the oppressed is at the very heart of God. Also by attending the meetings/ events you get to learn from other people's experiences as well as share your own (so many opportunities to share the gospel just by sharing your thoughts and feelings) plus you get to meet lots of really cool people and build friendships! At the end of the day, it's all about love. So the challenge for all of us is to go out of our way to love. To be moved by love.

Church, God is doing something new in this season... he is creating ONE NEW MAN - A Coalition of Commanders so it's time to Rise Up in our identity and spiritual authority. It's time to unite. This has been happening outside the church. Can you now see it? It's a Revolution! (read the previous post). Do you know how powerful it will be when the church awakes and unites and stands by the rest of the school? Really Powerful! So let's not let this moment pass us by. Let's ask God to give us His eyes and His heart to see and love people as He sees and loves them. Church it's batttle time. Unity is defensive as well as offensive. We really do need each other in this season we are going into. It's time for us to ARISE! 

♫ Calling everybody, are you ready for the battle? We laugh at fear (laugh at fear), Covered by the King's shadow (Covered by the King's shadow). All my soldiers! All my warriors! Risk takers and history makers! Freedom fighters! Planet shakers! Let's unite and shout a war cry! We are (we are, we are) the revolution! This is a love, love revolution!  ♫

So yeah just want you to know the time. It's time to MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. It's TIME TO LOVE. TIME TO PRAY. TIME TO BUILD. And it's URGENT. There's NO TIME TO WASTE. Jesus is coming back SOON!. So He is waiting for us to be united in love coz that's when we'll be ready for the rapture (The marriage of the lamb and His bride. For His bride to be filled with greater glory= fullness of God. Fullness of Love). So yeah, let's get ready!

Oh yeah another thing about the Wave of Justice and Wave of Vengeance... don't know if you've noticed but American system is pretty messed up when it comes to justice and other things... America is actually Babylon prophesied in Revelation (post: Revolution) which makes God really sad and angry. So yeah, lots of people have prophesied huge earthquakes and tsunamis hitting the west coast and other places... not just as judgements but wake-up calls from the earth (alarm clocks telling us Jesus is coming soon!). So let's take action by ourselves, together and on behalf of our loved ones and for this nation. Don't be afraid though... be awake, be a warrior. So I was wondering whether it would take the earthquakes and stuff to awaken the church then God showed me the order of events from this passage in Acts (post: Prison Break) - unity in the body: unity in prayer and worship then an earthquake in response resulting in more people being awakened. That happened in the Spring: the With One Voice prayer and worship night (unity in the body of Christ) then the earthquake in IV a few days later. So yeah stuff's changing ("the year of the LORD's favor and the day of vengeance of our God") but the choice is ours. Let's WAKE UP and UNITE. Let's pray for mercy and revival. God is bringing restoration. Let's claim His promises and blessings! =)

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APPLICATION: LET'S WAKE UP & LOVE!
Let the breeze become a wind. A wind of Change! It's TIME.

K, sorry that's a lot for one post. Feel free to ask questions if you were confused about anything I said. But I would like to place emphasis on the action to be taken. I'll post the One Body events we can do together in the With One Voice leadership group. But for an overview I was thinking: community-building activities, prayer walks, more worship events and outreaching together. Yay! Love will change the world! God is changing our hearts and equipping us to change our city and our world! Yay! (post: Pimp My Ride) Let's pray, let's love, let's worship, let's unite! K, check out the events below. Peace! =)

The Coalition for Justice Events

Trayvon Martin Teach-In
Thursday, 7/25, 11:30am-2:00pm
UCSB Arbor
Learn more about the social conditions regarding the Martin-Zimmerma case as related to systematic discrimination of black youth.  Speakers, musical performances, collective art, and an opportunity to discuss and connect with others concerning your own feelings and questions surrounding the tragedy.   All are encouraged to attend.

Candle Light Vigil and Silent March around IV
Friday, 7/26 at 8pm
UCSB Theatre & Dance Courtyard
Justice for Trayvon Martin! Please come with your reflections, feelings, thoughts, etc regarding the case. We will light candles and then march silently through the streets of Isla Vista. We will begin at the Theatre & Dance Courtyard & loop around IV. Some banners will be provided. See you there!

Downtown SB March & Rally at Courthouse Sunken Gardens; Saturday 8/17 at 11am 

Join us as we march the streets of downtown Santa Barbara to let the community know that although young Trayvon Martin lost his life, the battle against injustice still continues. We will begin our march at Sunken Gardens, and end at Stearns Wharf.

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MORE WORDS OF CONFIRMATION:

"AND NOW AMERICA!"

A Gospel Crusade with International Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke.

I have seen God in His omnipotence in Africa. Over time my ministry saw 74 million people respond to the call of salvation. Our God is an awesome God. America has thankfully enabled us financially to bring in this harvest of souls in Africa, but now “the bread cast upon the waters shall return to you.” God spoke to me that the time has come for a mighty wave of salvation to sweep the USA from city to city, from state to state and from coast to coast. And since Jesus Christ is the same there and here, I expect no smaller outcome. America shall be saved.

In February this year we started in little Vero Beach, Florida and the Holy Spirit moved mightily. In September we will be in the AMWAY CENTER in Orlando, Florida and then continue in rapid succession across the nation Gospel Crusade after Gospel Crusade, from stadium to stadium. This is not the day to join the choir of the despaired, but to “blow the trumpet of God in Zion.” This day is the best day ever, because IT IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. It will be a crop and not a flop. My team is now on two active Gospel fronts: Africa and America.

Evangelism must always lead into the church. This is a central truth I have practiced everywhere. I, the evangelist, bring my nets and borrow the boats of the local churches. Together we will cast the net into the human ocean and pull it in, to be emptied on the beach. My promise to you is not to take a single fish, but leave them all with the local churches. Then I will dry and mend my nets and move to the next place.

I am scanning the skies for men and women who pray and weep for the salvation of America. As Bill Bright used to say; “let’s leave our logos and egos,” let’s rally at the foot of the Cross of Calvary and preach the Gospel of salvation to the nation. The Holy Spirit will cooperate. God is pouring out His Spirit with glorious indifference to our differences! "I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh." And it seems to me He pours Himself into the mold of any vessel.

Calling Down Heaven! =)

This was a facebook event I made on June 10th ("☼ UCSB • CALLING DOWN HEAVEN • WEEK ELEVEN ☼")


"Heaven" is believed to be a place where people of different ethnic groups and various cultural backgrounds dwell in complete unity. From the Biblical account it is described as a place where justice and freedom reigns. Full of perfect love, joy and peace. So in heaven there is no racism, sexism, ageism, and all those other -isms. There is no oppression at all. No sickness and no death. People live in harmony with the environment. There is education equality. There is no darkness at all.
It may seem crazy to believe that such a concept can actually exist but that's what the students at UCSB have been calling forth. This is a call towards that same cause of bringing heaven down to earth. For finals week application skip to the last section: "Freedom by Expression." (Everyone is welcome to support and participate from whatever location

***********************BACKGROUND******************************
Hello UCSB, SB, California, USA, World, Earth, I would like to call your attention to a GROUND-BREAKING phenomenon that took off last year and is picking up speed even as the school year is coming to an end. Well what is it?? Well, can't U C it?? It's a REVOLUTION! STUDENT-LED ACTIVISM. Can't you hear the chants?? Haven't you read the news? "'This is The End' comes to UCSB" "Black Students at UCSB demand Institutional Changes" "Dreaming of Freedom: Prisons, Politics, and Black Liberation," "RAISE YOUR VOICE! Demand change at the UC!" Womyn of Resilience: Remembering our Ancestors. Reclaiming the Margins. Redefining Progress." "Campus Fasting Event Highlights Diverse Social Justice Movements" "Don't make me choose. There's too much to loose!" and the latest "IT'S TIME for an institutional Change." There have been tons of events by various student groups promoting awareness of real identity, celebrating cultural diversity, calling for inclusivity and advocating for freedom, equality and solidarity.

Sounds like a NEW Thing is SPRINGing forth right? Well, yeah but look again... it's actually an AWAKENING, a REVIVAL, a RENEWAL...
*1968 was declared "A Global Year of Student- Driven Change" Check it out: http://www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu/1968/el_gaucho_1968.html
"Black Power at UCSB: The Future has a Past" -> At the beginning of Spring quarter BSU hosted a talk with Dalton Nezey, a participant in the UCSB 1968 North Hall Takeover. To "get a first hand account of how the 1968 Black Student Takeover of North Hall was organized and its relevance to the current climate of UCSB and our current organizing efforts for Freedom, Equality, and Dignity."
*California has birthed many movements such as: The Black Panthers, The Hippie movement,... and Christian movements such as: The Azusa Street Revival, Kathryn Kulman's healing ministry, The Jesus movement, The Catholic Renewal etc... In the 1970's Kathryn Kulman prophesied that one day a GREAT AWAKENING would come out of Santa Barbara and would spread to the whole world. In 2011 numerous people shared dreams and visions about a near revival coming to Santa Barbara. So... where am I going with all this??? IT'S TIME TO TAKE ACTION.

******************IT'S TIME FOR AN INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE****************
Most of the successful social movements are those that took a comprehensive approach: political action, social action as well as spiritual action. If the roots of the issues (spiritual aspects) are ignored the problem will keep popping up, lasting change will not result.
So far social and political action has been taken. The BSU demands team just had their press conference last week stating the progress of their demands. Now I'd like to call for unity in the spiritual action to be taken. So what are the spiritual weapons to use? If you look back at how our ancestors approached solving a problem that the community faced some of the things they did include: praying to their Creator and singing and dancing. They recognized spiritual roots of problems and spiritual solutions in uprooting those roots. Music and the arts is not just an expression of freedom but also a means through which freedom is achieved and spread. (I know that's not a popular perspective especially in the West but remember if we want to see true and lasting change we must not ignore the different approaches to the cause. We MUST have a HOLISTIC view of the problem and the solutions.)

-----------A CALL FOR THE CHURCH TO ARISE AND UNITE-------------
I know it's finals week but that's a perfect time to finalize the revolution that was started on this campus. It's time to breakthrough! Anyone from whatever background can participate and contribute to these events. However I'd especially want to stress out this call to the CHRISTIANS on this campus. Unity has been forming on this campus... unity towards the cause that is at the very heart of God. The cause that Jesus Christ lived for, died for, rose for and commissioned us to partner with Him in.
We believe that there is POWER in the name of Jesus to break EVERY chain. So I want to encourage us, because of the name of Jesus, to unite and contend for the unleashing of His stronghold-breaking power in our lives and on our campus.

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1.)"SING OUT YOUR FREEDOM"
Location: Storke plaza and the Arbor. Description: Sing songs of worship and praise to God.
♫ Lift Every Voice and sing till earth and heaven ring
Ring with the harmonies of liberty ♫ - Black National Anthem.
♫ Won't you help to sing These songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever have: Redemption songs, Redemption songs. ♫ -Bob Marley.

2.) "DANCE UPON INJUSTICE"
-Dance performances and group dances (Shuffling to "We are family" at the Arbor)
♫ Open up the doors and let the music play. Let the streets resound with singing. With songs that bring your hope. And the songs that bring your joy. Dancers who dance upon injustice ♫ - Sonic Flood.

3.) Art Peace - Display your art promoting peace, love and unity and also create your own. Paint and paper will be provided. At the Arbor.

4.) "PRAYER WALKS" or "SHARE AND PRAYER"
-Lead a prayer walk around your dorm, around a building on campus or around a block on IV. Can be in silence or with words: prayers, shouts, songs Or just meet up, share the issues you want to pray about then pray together.
“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”- Gandhi.
"But seek the welfare (peace & prosperity/shalom) of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare." (Jeremiah 29:7)

5.) "SOLIDARITY MARCH / PEACE WALK"
We're gonna walk holding hands from Stroke Plaza to DP Thursday 10pm.
“When we look at modern man, we have to face the fact...that modern man suffers from a kind of poverty of the spirit, which stands in glaring contrast to his scientific and technological abundance; We've learned to fly the air like birds, we've learned to swim the seas like fish, and yet we haven't learned to walk the Earth as brothers and sisters...” - Martin Luther King Jr.
♫ Let us march on till VICTORY IS WON! ♫ - The Black National Anthem.

(Let me know if you want to perform a song, dance, lead a prayer walk or display your art and the dates and times of your availability. This is open to everyone worldwide to stand in solidarity in prayer, making music and singing for heaven to come down to earth. You can use this page to also share prayers, quotes and the like during this week. Cool, thanks!)
*First event: Today at 5.30pm: Debrief of the vision for this week, Q & A, Free Blue Books and Scantrons and Cookies. Then at 6pm Prayer for IV hosted by IV Church at the prayer shed on 6686 DP (behind the Jesus burgers house)
*Stay tuned for the update of the events that are going to happen. And if you can't make it to any of those events you can still stand in solidarity with us from whatever location. Say a prayer. Sing out your freedom song. Dance for justice. Alone or involve your friends
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So the summary of the previous description is: It's Time for REVIVAL at UCSB! YAY! =)

The Kingdom of Heaven spreads through Love. Love will change the atmosphere at this school. So this is just a call for us, the body of Christ, to love each other more :) And also for us to agree with God's will to bring revival here and now, through prayer and worship. So as we're already planning to meet up and hang out with people before we all leave pray together for each other and also for this school.

Events:
*There's Shekinah this Wednesday night in the prayer shed. A time of worship and prayer.

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  El Gaucho Articles | 1968: A Global Year of Student Driven Change

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  1968 Conference at UC Santa Barbara, November 20-22, 2008. 1968 - A Global Year of Student Driven Change

The Fall

Depression vs. FREEDOM!!

♫ I was down in a valley,

In a deep, dark cave.

No one could have helped me

When they saw me lonely there.

There was a big rock rolling

Just about to crash me.

A Mighty Hand just appeared 

and it saved my soul.

One thing I know

Is a Savior of mine.

I'll make Him known

To the others in the dark

Oh Christ my Lord

Never leave me alone

I'll praise Your Name

HalleluYah Amen. ♫

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Fall quarter (2012) was one of my darkest times but even in the loneliness God never forsook me; in the darkness the light of His love shone through and resurrected me from my bed of hopelessness and condemnation. God wanted that time to be a time of preparation, revelation and intimacy-- all found when looking to Him and resting in Him-> I wasn't doing that most of the time - I was striving and failing-- but God never gave up on me. I'm yet to share all He told me that quarter that excited me and broke my heart at the same time and set me ablaze going into Winter quarter.
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"Here we are back in the desert"

So Fall Quarter 2012 was right after the summer that  I was forced to expose all the drama that had been happening in the fellowship -InterVarsity (like God had told me at the very beginning) to everyone (which I did through my blog since we were not all together) then I came back to school... actually right before I came back I prepared people for my return through The Stinkbug post. But when I came back Fall became quite a depressing quarter. Even though I had exposed how I felt and what I went through and what others went through as well -what God told me to share- it was like it made no difference at all; like no one cared at all. No one reached out to me to see how I was doing and even though they knew what was keeping me from attending Intervarsity events like Common Ground, my absence didn't seem to make a difference. It was sad thinking about this. I wrote more posts but still no difference (for example the Dear InterVarsity family post I wrote in October which got me blocked from the InterVarsity facebook wall). I decided to be more proactive and invited people over,... "Maybe they are too scared to initiate for some reason, I thought." But still no one got back to me. This made me quite restless (distracted me from resting in God) but when I stopped focussing on what I did not have and who was not there for me I was forced to face the One who was always there for me and never left my side, God, and it was then that I begun to see what I had.

God filled me with His joy and peace and it's then that I'd want to reach out to others to share my life with them. I tried reaching out to some people but only a couple of people wanted to meet with me. I'll talk about those experiences later.

Looking to God filled me with His goodness and love and He started giving me revelation once again about the near future like the Human Again and Revolution posts. These revelations were quite intense, had an urgency to them and also convicting. They were convicting because they woke me up to the bigger picture, the times that we are living in because in such times (endtimes) stuff's changing and stuff's gonna happen and all that matters at the end of the day is LOVE. Did I love those around me? It wasn't about who was loving me and reaching out to me. It was about who I was loving and reaching out to. This totally changed my perspective and broke my heart because I realized that I had isolated myself  from everyone. It was then that I realized what I have to give (post: What's your name?) then Winter was application time!