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Fasting for Peace in California

In July I shared with you the story of Mayor Dennis Donohue calling a “Fast for Peace” for the city of Salinas. I thought you would be encouraged to read this report from Daniel Ortega. Salinas Chief of Police, six weeks after the fast. Read the short report from Chief Ortega and then watch the video…

From Chief Daniel Ortega>>

Praise

God’s response to prayer and fasting is real!

After the City of Salinas experienced 16 homicides (15 of them gang related) in the first six months of 2008, Mayor Dennis Donohue asked people of faith to fast with him for peace in our city. Many of us responded to that call and in case you haven’t noticed, there have been no homicides in Salinas since. Although that is only six weeks, I think it absolutely shows God’s response to prayer and fasting is real. We are starting the second half of 2008 much more peaceful than the beginning of the year and I will praise our wonderful, loving God for that.

Please continue praying for peace in our community. God does answer prayer!
God bless you all.

Daniel M. Ortega
Chief of Police
Salinas Police Department

Keep Praying

Salinas will join us when we raise a canopy of prayer over the Americas

Since the week of fasting, many in the faith community of Salinas have continued to fast and pray one day a week for their city. I encourage you to join with them in their prayers. While violence has decreased, it certainly has not yet disappeared from Salinas. This Labor day weekend, one week after he released the above report, while there were no homicides, there was 2 gang shootings with 5 people injured. To put this in perspective, last year over Labor Day weekend in Salinas there were 19 shootings with 16 people injured.

Canopy of Prayer

Next month, a team from Salinas will join us in Argentina to help us raise a canopy of prayer over California. Learn more.

Ted Hahs

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Update Sept. 7, 2008

Unfortunately, this weekend two of the victims of the Labor day weekend shootings died, so there has now been 18 homicides in Salinas this, 17 of them gang related. Please keep praying for the peace of God to be on Salinas.

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Kathy Kraintz
Posts: 8

Re: Fasting for Peace in California -6 Week Report
Reply #9 on : Fri September 12, 2008, 13:47:35

Praise God! He is there and he hears our prayers. Thanks Harvest Evangelism, Ed, Ted, for all you are doing to help us understand how to partner with God to reclaim our communities.

BEVERLY JONES
Posts: 8

Re: Fasting for Peace in California -6 Week Report
Reply #8 on : Thu September 11, 2008, 22:14:33

Be encouraged by Brother. We continue to lift you up in prayer here in Bermuda and marvel at how God is using you.

See you in Argentina next month.

Beverly Jones
Warwick, BERMUDA

John McClements
Posts: 8

Re: Fasting for Peace in California -6 Week Report
Reply #7 on : Tue September 09, 2008, 12:10:14

This news is very encouraging. We thank God for answering prayers in response to the invitation of the mayor for people to fast and pray. May God bless the mayor for his courage and may God cause prayer and fasting to spread through the cities of California.

Gary Anderson
Posts: 8

Salinas Breakthrough
Reply #6 on : Thu September 04, 2008, 22:19:13

Ted, this is so encouraging to see Mayor Donohue attribute the drop in homicides to the prayer and fasting of the saints of Salinas. It is greater yet to see his unabashed testimony before the press and his desire to see this fast for peace spread throughout the cities of California!

Deborah
Posts: 8

Fasting for peace in Salinas
Reply #5 on : Thu September 04, 2008, 04:38:08

God bless this Mayor for taking a stand for righteousness and standing against the powers of darkness. As he puts it, "..The good guys win again!" Psalm 133 tells us that the Lord commands a blessing when we come together in peace. May the Lord's blessings continue to be on the people of Salinas.

joel
Posts: 8

prayer and fasting
Reply #4 on : Thu September 04, 2008, 00:37:06

praise God - we are on a prayer initiative in North Mpls MN were violence of all sorts are high - this is encouraging to hear and will pass the report along to the intercessors.

Anonymous
Posts: 8

Re: Fasting for Peace in California -6 Week Report
Reply #3 on : Wed September 03, 2008, 19:10:03

This is awesome!!!
Go God! Salinas and Harvest!

-Jose

ted.hahs
Posts: 1

Re: Fasting for Peace in California -6 Week Report
Reply #2 on : Wed September 03, 2008, 14:14:16

T
So cool

Richard Gazowsky
wysiwyghome.com

Dan Ghinn
Posts: 8

Awesome testimony & media coverage
Reply #1 on : Wed September 03, 2008, 13:54:59

Ted, this is an awesome testimony and great to see it covered so straight in the media! The KSBW news clip looks like something from a movie. Praise God!