Happy Friday Family! Hope all is Glorious!
This past week or so has been incredible. As you may know, Sofiya and I recently went to New England on a mission trip and we spent most of our time in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Sofiya and I first went to Plymouth after our wedding in April of 2022, and since then, Plymouth has become somewhat of a home away from home for me. I took my son there in July of 2025 and I brought a team there on mission in October of 2025. The Pilgrims story and legacy is a source of tremendous inspiration for me, and every time I am there, I get reinvigorated with zeal to keep persevering in my God given assignment.
Click here to read more of the Pilgrim’s story, with pics from our first trip- Team Jesus Update: Thanksgiving Edition – Awaken Florida
This trip was also loaded with full circle God moments.
One of the reasons is because when we came to Plymouth in April of 2022, I had a powerful vision of a huge group of believers worshipping Jesus in the public park next to Plymouth Rock. At the time, I was so captivated by this vision that I told the Lord I would be willing to do whatever I needed to do to bring it into reality.
Well fast forward 4.5 years…without me doing anything but praying into it, last week I got to witness it firsthand. And it was even bigger and better than what I had envisioned.
New Hope Chapel of Plymouth, the biggest evangelical Church in Plymouth’s history (which has more than doubled in size since 2022), had a service in the park that day. They estimate that over 1600 people came. On top of that, many people received the Lord and 47 people were baptized, including 23 that spontaneously decided to do it that day. It was amazing to see.
Here are a few clips:
What is crazy is that this church actually does this once a year in July, and they started just 15 months after I had that vision.
What else is crazy is that New Hope Chapel of Plymouth is one of 4 New Hope Chapel churches, all planted by pastor David Wilson. While I was preaching the gospel next to Plymouth Rock last October, Pastor David (who lives 45 minutes away) just happened to be walking along the waterfront with his wife Karen, and they heard me.
They came over and encouraged me a lot, and I told them about my heart and love for the city. Pastor David then told me that I should connect with Pastor Neil of New Hope Chapel Plymouth, and he even called him to let him know I would be reaching out. Here I am with Pastor David and his wife.
(It’s a pretty powerful God story how we ended up going to Plymouth on that mission trip, which you can read here- Team Jesus Update: Oct 9, 2025/New England Mission Trip Recap – Awaken Florida )
As a result of this connection, Pastor Neil and I struck up a friendship, but I hadn’t met him in person until that Sunday morning at the waterfront. He was very encouraged by how excited I was to be there, and to hear that his outdoor church service was the fulfillment of the vision I had 4 years ago.
Here we are at the park:
When Pastor Neil and I spoke, he was very intrigued by the things I had shared about how our statewide ministry efforts have directly coincided with the massive (and truly historic) Kingdom transformation that Florida has experienced over that same time period.
I wrote extensively about this transfomation here- Team Jesus Update July 17th, 2025 – Awaken Florida
After I shared with him that the Lord gave me a burden for Massachusetts that was similar to the one He gave me for Florida, and that I felt compelled to sow into Massachusetts to see a similar transformation, he was even more encouraged.
Seeing the hand of the Lord so clearly on our connection, he then decided to call a special staff meeting at his church so that I could share our ministry testimony and what I was sensing about Massachusetts with his pastors and elders.
The meeting was scheduled for Wednesday 7/29, and as I arrived at the church and got a clear view of the campus, to say I was in awe would be an understatement. The church owns 18 acres in a gorgeous, wooded area and the building itself is 26,000 square feet. It was built from the ground up just two years ago.
Check out thier website to see pictures and video of the campus- New Hope Chapel | Church reaching Plymouth-County & beyond.
During the meeting, I shared for about 90 minutes, and God really showed up. Tears were flowing, hearts were moved, supernatural faith and encouragement came in the room, and the Spirit of God led this incredible team to a consensus that they should move towards establishing a house of prayer/mission’s base/Christian history center as a step towards reclaiming all of Massachusetts for the Glory of God.
I left there that day humbled and mind blown, that God had so sovereignly caught me up in this story.
That night, I attended the church youth group, and I was blown away again. They have close to 100 people in the youth group, which is the size of most church congregations in that area. They also have several worship teams and some very anointed young ministers.
In fact, the young man that preached that night (Aiden) truly moved me with the depth of revelation that he was sharing and his style reminded me of George Whitefield. This is just one short clip that I got:
What is crazy is that it was Aiden’s first time ever preaching in a church, and that day (7/29) just happened to be the 17th anniversary of when a Pastor prophesied over me that God would raise me up to be “a voice” for Him. It was the first time someone had ever given me a Word like that. After Aiden finished his message, I felt very strongly that God wanted me to release that same word over him.
When I received that Word on 7/29/2009, the Lord impressed on me that the number 29 was related to the confirmation. He then took me to Psalm 29, which is a Psalm about the power of the Lord’s voice:
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
The God of glory thunders,
The Lord is over many waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful,
The voice of the Lord is majestic.
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
And Sirion like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord hews out flames of fire.
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
The Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the Lord makes the deer to calve
And strips the forests bare;
And in His temple everything says, “Glory!”
Psalm 29:3-9
I spoke that over Aiden and he was very encouraged. It was another full circle God moment.
After that, the Youth Pastor, who was in the staff meeting earlier in the day, asked me if I would share my testimony with the young men in the group, which I did.
Here’s one clip that someone took:
The original plan for the trip was to only stay until Thursday, but after the earlier meeting, the Pastor really wanted me to meet his spiritual father, who was scheduled to preach at the church on Sunday. After seeing how much the Lord was moving, and realizing that there was more He wanted to do, I decided to extend my stay.
Up to this point, we had been mainly staying in a giant Air B and B with our friends Mike, Rochelle and their team of 10. How crazy that they were in New England, only about 90 minutes away, at the same time that the Lord prompted me to come up? Definitely another sign of God’s orchestration.
For those 3 days that we were together, our main goal was to plant the initial seeds of (what I’m calling) The Covenant House of Prayer, by coming together for Spirit led intercession several times a day and inviting locals to join us.
Here’s one clip of one of those meetings, where we were singing one of the prophetic songs that God gave us on the trip- Do It Again.
But now it was Wednesday night after the youth group, and our time at the Air B n B was over. Since I was going to extend the trip through the weekend, I had to find a place to stay. Mind you this was right after the Lord had me give that prophetic Word to that young man that mirrored the one He gave me exactly 17 years earlier, which centered around the number 29.
Given all that, I felt like a little kid when I checked in to the Best Western Hotel and I was assigned this room:
Can’t make this up!
Although our focus on this trip was more so prayer, worship, intercession and pouring into local believers, there were also some fruitful times of ministry on the streets. The coolest of those moments was one night when a group of young men got drawn in by the worship and ended up getting ministered to for about an hour.
Here’s a few clips:
What else was pretty exciting about staying longer was that it meant that I was going to get to attend another epic event next to Plymouth Rock called Pilgrims to Patriots.
Pilgrims to Patriots was done in conjunction with America 250, and it was essentially a testimony service about what God has done throughout the generations to establish and preserve our nation. They started with the Pilgrim’s story and then they shared about the Great Awakening, the Revolution, The Constitutional Convention and more. It was so powerful and it reminded me of the Psalm that David’s worship team sang when the Tabernacle was established because it had all these elements.
Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples.
9 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;
Speak of all His wonders.
12 Remember His wonderful deeds which He has done,
His marvels and the judgments from His mouth,
15 Remember His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,
16 The covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac.
17 He also confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
18 Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan,
As the portion of your inheritance.”
23 Sing to the Lord, all the earth;
Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day.
24 Tell of His glory among the nations,
His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.
1 Chronicles 16:8-24
Here’s a few clips:
Here’s the link to more info about the event- Pilgrims to Patriots
One of the coolest parts of the event for me personally was getting to meet and talk with some of my faith heroes- David and Tim Barton
and Bill Federer
Bill actually stayed and ministered at New Hope on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, so I got to spend a good amount of time with him. Such a great brother. Definitely worth listening to his message too:
At the later service on Sunday, Pastor Neil’s spiritual father brought a message on the power of prayer, which was such a confirmation of what we had discussed in our Wednesday meeting. Check out that message below:
During the message, he even went into examples of how one person’s intercession can make a huge difference, and Pastor Neil sensed it was a word for me. After Pastor Larry finished, Pastor Neil called me up on stage, shared my testimonies, and used me as an example of what Pastor Larry was talking about. What a crazy moment that was. I’m pretty sure it was the biggest congregation I’d ever addressed.
Here’s the clip:
One of the things I shared with the congregation was about how God spoke to me in 2022 while I was in Plymouth and told me that revival was coming to America. This graph beautifully depicts the fruit of this Word:
After bottoming out in 2021 and 2022, we’ve seen a 12% increase in the number of US Adults following Jesus, equating to 30 million more people. In addition, other metrics are showing the same thing:
And how wild that this article came out right around the same time as I shared that testimony:
Here is a link to various slides that I show when I give presentations at churches about the revival that we are in. People often say it is one of the most encouraging things they have heard in a long time. Click the link below:
After the service, Pastor Neil introduced me to Pastor Larry, and after I spoke with him for a few minutes, Pastor Larry gave me a powerful prophetic word from Zechariah 3 and 4. I shared with him afterwards that I recently discovered that this same passage was part of the scripture portion that was read in Jewish synagogues the week that I was born. Pretty wild confirmation.
Listen to it here- https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/z6tf1kojkosrk6c8xvbht/New-Recording-26.m4a?rlkey=8hmwxkwskr7msmm11xugke9dt&st=v74gvckv&e=1&bmus=1&dl=0
Here we are later that day
And speaking of prayer assignments, we also had a few other places that were targeted while we were there, including Jonathan Edwards old church in Northampton, where the First Great Awakening broke out.
Sad to see how much the enemy has gotten a hold of it.
And Dorchester Heights, where God miraculously delivered the city of Boston in March of 1776.
Here’s what happened:
Interestingly, Pastor Neils son Caleb is going to be planting a church next year in South Boston, very close to Dorchester Heights. We are believing that we will see a move of God upon that city that delivers it from spiritual bondage, just like George Washington and the Continental Army saw a move of God that delivered it from physical bondage.
I was also glad that I got to plant some really good seeds for Joy Project and recruit several churches onto the app while I was up there. It was a great experience to learn how to make connections in an area where I don’t know many people personally. I think I cold called every non-denominational church in the area!
The next day when we flew home, I was somewhat in awe of all that happened on the trip. It was such an example of what David writes in Psalm 37 “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” I anticipate going out there much more often in the future so please keep me lifted up for direction on that.
As for things in the 941, I got great reports about how many people stepped up in my absence. I’m so proud of everyone!
I hope to see you on the mission fields again soon! Blessings and love!
CV