It is the season of thanksgiving for many blessings and preparation for the celebration of our Lord’s birth. It is also the time of year when PrayNorthState makes report of the many wonders God has shown us in the past year – with your participation and support. It is the occasion of our one annual appeal for continuing and perhaps expanded support – in prayer, giving of funds, and even your energy devoted to some of the many projects He has called out of us. As usual, most of this letter will be about praise and thanksgiving.

The Lord promised at the end of last year that if we sowed into the media and publishing dimensions of PrayNorthState we would reap a great harvest. He is true to His word. This year saw the expansion of PrayNorthState Radio from one to four outlets and from one to six NorCal counties. (We will soon add three more counties.) PrayNorthState TV continues to cover the region as well. We began coordinating the GodTalk feature for the Red Bluff Daily News in February, and Jim’s first book – Living As Ambassadors of Relationships – will be out January 1 from Destiny Image Publishers. Jim published about twenty-five articles in various regional periodicals and newspapers. These are all major league praise reports and occasions for thanksgiving.

It was again our privilege to support many ministries and events around the NorthState. Jim served as an area Aglow International advisor, a board member for Imago Dei Ministries, and a volunteer chaplain and master of ceremonies for the Carenet Pregnancy Centers. We served in a support capacity for Jesus Culture, Redding Transformation, the Prayer Tents, A Night to Honor Israel, the NorCal Burn Foundation, KVIP Radio, and the Chera Ministries – to name a few.

Prayer Vanguard has visited and blessed some fifty sites – including a dozen schools, churches, parachurches such as Teen Challenge, and a number of area businesses. (Eight of those vanguards were made during our overseas mission trips.) We included the Redding Convention Center and the Cascade Theatre in our prayer vanguard itinerary, and ten of those visits were to the state capitol. We visited recovery homes and media outlets. This is all in the favor of the Lord and we praise and thank Him for it.

We visited Fiji, New Zealand and Scotland in the Spring and had the privilege of bringing the teaching of Prophetic Acts with Impact overseas for the first time. We also saw hundreds of people healed of various ailments and hundreds more receive Jesus as their savior. We accepted invitations from leaders in Fiji to import the ministries of Teen Challenge and Carenet Pregnancy Centers to that land; New Zealand has requested Carenet Pregnancy Centers as well, and we will make those ambassadorial trips in February and March 2008. God has done this and it is wonderful – Praise and Thanks.

Back in our own region we coordinated the 5th Annual Bible Reading Marathon in Redding, the National Day of Prayer observance, and the 3rd Edition of the Paah-ho-ammi Prayer Project. In the latter we found three hundred fifty Christians willing to pray daily and God reduced suicides in the county by almost 90% against the same quarter of 2006. Decisions for life in Shasta County increased by 130% and youth death was cut by more than 60%. God is so good – praise and thank Him some more!

In addition to all this we accepted approximately sixty speaking engagements and taught seven Prophetic Acts With Impact conferences. We produced fifty-two weekly radio programs and another fifty-two weekly television programs – each of which showcased Christians ministering outside of the box as they honor God and love His people – and each of which were broadcast through secular outlets so that pre-believers as well as believers could hear the good news. We sent out the monthly newsletter and added monthly prayer alerts and updates as well – our publications of this type now reach about four thousand households each month. Thanks be to God!

The challenges to our ministry – and our stamina – grow along with the blessings. We continue to seed the future God provides and we are working to accept invitations to come on two additional radio stations as soon as sponsors become available for that purpose. We are developing a new television program about leadership in the younger generation – Fox will broadcast it when we have produced a few episodes – and we will bring out a radio version of the same vision as soon as a few ducks over which we have no control fall into place in the regional radio market. (Sponsors are just one dimension of all that God needs to provide in His own timing.) We hope to see a major staffing expansion in the next year to spread the responsibilities of the ministry – and that too will require funds that are not currently available.

The bottom line is that the blessings and the challenges are overwhelming – and they are wonderful in our sight. We thank and praise the Lord our God and we ask your further support and participation. One-time gifts are always welcome, and pledges are even better – they keep on giving. We thank each of you in advance for prayer, for whatever financial gifts God may place on your hearts to contribute, and for your commitment of time and energy to any of our projects that specially move you. We want you to be assured that any funds you send or commit are used for the general funding of the ministry unless otherwise specified. (Overseas mission trips are funded by special gifts only and we do not mix funds in any way.) Any gifts are tax deductible – and they can’t tax your prayers anyway! Our appreciation for your support is beyond what we can express in words. God be praised – and may He bless you beyond imagination.

In Christ,

Jim and Diana Wilson, PrayNorthstate